U.S. Teachers Are Failing, So Are Their Critics: Chris Farrell

What’s wrong with this picture? Talk to any chief executive about the workforce of the future and they’ll passionately argue for the need to boost America’s K-12 educational performance. They’ll point out that the U.S. has lagged behind for years in global assessments of student achievement, especially in math and science.

Yet governors in hard-pressed states are cutting back on primary and secondary education spending, with some state leaders proposing draconian reductions.