One reason why it might not be such a good idea to copy other nations - they tend to have fairly large achievement gaps between natives and immigrants.
The US has an achievement gap of about 20 pts on PISA, compared to roughly 40 for Norway and even higher in Finland and Sweden.
This isn't a big deal for nations with few immigrants, but it is a problem for the US.
(Of course, for the sake of making a snarky argument, I'm making the same fallacy as the author: if we copy other nations education systems blindly, we'll get the same result.)
The US has an achievement gap of about 20 pts on PISA, compared to roughly 40 for Norway and even higher in Finland and Sweden.
http://super-economy.blogspot.com/2010/12/amazing-truth-abou...
This isn't a big deal for nations with few immigrants, but it is a problem for the US.
(Of course, for the sake of making a snarky argument, I'm making the same fallacy as the author: if we copy other nations education systems blindly, we'll get the same result.)