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This has been debunked. The stats do no support this idea (that because the US has to deal with ESL, etc, it can't perform better). If you factor out ESL studen
by nickbauman 11y ago
This has been debunked. The stats do no support this idea (that because the US has to deal with ESL, etc, it can't perform better). If you factor out ESL students in the US, the US still ranks poorly compared to other nations in the OECD, many of whom are far more multicultural than Finland.
- unimpressive 11y agoThere's more to culture than just language, and instructors having to perform in a multicultural environment has more side effects than just the effects on students who are directly challenged by aspects of mainstream school curricula.
- nickbauman 11y agoCanada, Netherlands, UK all have very multicultural societies. All three consistently outrank the US.
- peteretep 11y agoAll three are consistently outranked by the Finns, though.
- nullrouted 11y agoYou are comparing Canada which is like 95% of European decent to the U.S......come on be real? While it isn't just race it is also poverty, the U.S. has a lot of ghettos. You comparison is disingenuous.
- whatshisface 11y agoYou can't factor out ESL,etc students. Resources can't be spent on them without diverting them from others, and there is no way to know what we could have done if we didn't need to divert those resources.
- nickbauman 11y agoYou can factor out their test scores in places where they aren't present, for example, and see that we still fall below our multicultural peers in the OECD.