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April 11, 2007
Wrong way education
Over at the blog, Endless Innovation they caught an interesting point in a recent New York Times story: Can the Chinese educational system embrace creativity and innovation?:
What caught my attention was the fact that the American and Chinese educational systems appear to be going in the opposite directions. While Americans are really getting into rigorous testing and a renewed emphasis on science and math, the Chinese are learning to downplay testing and are emphasizing things like innovation:
This echoes what I have been saying for some time: why do people think that the US has some built in natural advantage in the creative I-Cubed Economy? Competitive advantage is created, not static. And our public policies need to help, not hinder that process.
Posted by Ken Jarboe at April 11, 2007 9:26 AM
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