jackovesk
15th October 2011, 11:09
Rupert Murdoch labels US education system a crime
October 15, 2011
RUPERT Murdoch has labelled the US education system a "crime against our children".
http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/03/24/1225844/886490-rupert-murdoch.jpg
He said it needs visionaries of the calibre of the late Apple founder Steve Jobs to reform it.
"We need to tear down an education system designed for the 19th century and replace it with one that's suited for the 21st," said Mr Murdoch at an education conference in San Franscisco.
"And we need to approach the education industry the way my friend Steve Jobs approached every industry."
The chairman and chief executive of News Corporation (ultimate publisher of The Weekend Australian), said high dropout rates and general underachievement in US schools needed to be transformed.
"The standards for America's public schools are lower than our standards for American Idol," Mr Murdoch said.
"Most American classrooms haven't changed much since the days of Grover Cleveland. You have a teacher, a piece of chalk, a blackboard - and a room full of kids.
"Put simply, we must approach education the way Steve Jobs approached every industry he touched.
"To be willing to blow up what doesn't work or gets in the way.
"And to make our bet that if we can engage a child's imagination, there's no limit to what he or she can learn."
Mr Murdoch said better-trained teachers, technology and a competitive educational marketplace would produce a better system than the one that was suffering from a crisis of imagination and crisis of rising costs.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/rupert-murdoch-labels-us-education-system-a-crime/story-e6frg996-1226167108165
PS - Well Rupert you Old Bastard, for once I am going to Agree with You..!
I'm sure there must be a 'Hidden Angle' in there somewhere though..?
Or...Maybe its just time for Ruperts PR Team to Ramp-Up his Image after the News Of the World fiasco...Yeh, that makes more sense..!
October 15, 2011
RUPERT Murdoch has labelled the US education system a "crime against our children".
http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/03/24/1225844/886490-rupert-murdoch.jpg
He said it needs visionaries of the calibre of the late Apple founder Steve Jobs to reform it.
"We need to tear down an education system designed for the 19th century and replace it with one that's suited for the 21st," said Mr Murdoch at an education conference in San Franscisco.
"And we need to approach the education industry the way my friend Steve Jobs approached every industry."
The chairman and chief executive of News Corporation (ultimate publisher of The Weekend Australian), said high dropout rates and general underachievement in US schools needed to be transformed.
"The standards for America's public schools are lower than our standards for American Idol," Mr Murdoch said.
"Most American classrooms haven't changed much since the days of Grover Cleveland. You have a teacher, a piece of chalk, a blackboard - and a room full of kids.
"Put simply, we must approach education the way Steve Jobs approached every industry he touched.
"To be willing to blow up what doesn't work or gets in the way.
"And to make our bet that if we can engage a child's imagination, there's no limit to what he or she can learn."
Mr Murdoch said better-trained teachers, technology and a competitive educational marketplace would produce a better system than the one that was suffering from a crisis of imagination and crisis of rising costs.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/rupert-murdoch-labels-us-education-system-a-crime/story-e6frg996-1226167108165
PS - Well Rupert you Old Bastard, for once I am going to Agree with You..!
I'm sure there must be a 'Hidden Angle' in there somewhere though..?
Or...Maybe its just time for Ruperts PR Team to Ramp-Up his Image after the News Of the World fiasco...Yeh, that makes more sense..!