There have been dozens of stories like that; George W Bush got elected on the strength of his education “reforms”. Long-term experience justifies a strong belief (confidence over 90%) that the results will ultimately turn out to be due to a combination of selection bias (cherry-picking) and test fraud. The links are just examples; I’ve been offhandedly following education research and reform for decades. There’s a lot more evidence where that came from, and it tells a very consistent story.
Education simply isn’t a green field—the space of potential solutions has been fairly thoroughly explored (for the set of non-medical solutions that are broadly consistent with Western values and American cultural practices). If you are active in this space without learning that history, you are almost certain to repeat it.
There have been dozens of stories like that; George W Bush got elected on the strength of his education “reforms”. Long-term experience justifies a strong belief (confidence over 90%) that the results will ultimately turn out to be due to a combination of selection bias (cherry-picking) and test fraud. The links are just examples; I’ve been offhandedly following education research and reform for decades. There’s a lot more evidence where that came from, and it tells a very consistent story.
Education simply isn’t a green field—the space of potential solutions has been fairly thoroughly explored (for the set of non-medical solutions that are broadly consistent with Western values and American cultural practices). If you are active in this space without learning that history, you are almost certain to repeat it.