The trouble with competition is that it creates an order of magnitude more losers than it does winners. Yet it is the foundational element of nearly all school

The trouble with competition is that it creates an order of magnitude more losers than it does winners. Yet it is the foundational element of nearly all school systems in the world. Students don't just get accepted to every school they apply to; they have to compete to "get in." The basis of that competition is grades. If you want to fix competition in education you must first do something about grades and how they influence outcomes rather than learning.