Educational Wherewithal: Our Current Crisis

I was reading an article called "I'm Just Asking... Is Our Education Plan The Best We Can Do?" and was struck by how poignant the author portrayed his argument. We continue to look back into the past instead of looking toward the future. We teach in the same ways we always have... and seem to fear finding innovative ways to educate. The author asks the President to research new ways of creating a fresh perspective about the classroom environment.

This is extremely important. While America is still considered the only remaining superpower, our status in the world community is slipping due to archaic standards and subpar administration. Multiple choice exams are supposed to sum up the knowledge and synthesis of a student and proclaim whether or not he or she is proficient in a given task. This asinine way of running a classroom is quickly bankrupting our society, both monetarily and mentally. Our students are not challenged to think for themselves, but rather regurgitate information that has been placed before them. It is an appalling breach of the ethical trust handed down to us by those who taught us. We will be judged by how we leave society, and must instill a brighter future with limitless possiblities. This can be accomplished through shucking yesterday's methodologies and donning new technological strategies wrapped in creativity.