Many inquiring minds write in to ask, what exactly is the Education Olympics? To which we say, tune in next week to find out. But in the meantime, here are some suggested events from Henry Olsen, head of the American Enterprise Institute's National Research Initiative:
The 200m Education Disability Hurdles - teachers compete to overcome the disabling home and social conditions their students bring with them to the classroom to get them to finish line with enough skills to compete in today's economy.Education Dressage - self-proclaimed school reforming superintendents compete to move the educational horse of their school districts toward reform without seeming to make a single reform-oriented movement.
Greco-Roman Curriculum Wrestling - advocates of traditional education wrestle with a massive educational bureaucracy to overthrow the textbook culture and re-instate classical learning.
Got some event ideas of your own? Let's hear about them!
