http://www.myshortpencil.com/blog Education News & Commentary Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:37:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.myshortpencil.com/blog/2005/10/13/character-education/jerry/the-root-cause-of-education-mediocrity/ http://www.myshortpencil.com/blog/2005/10/13/character-education/jerry/the-root-cause-of-education-mediocrity/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2005 01:17:52 +0000 Jerry http://www.myshortpencil.com/blog/?p=13 mere tinkering. None of them can substantially improve academic outcomes because the system is designed to produce mediocrity. In this article, I explore the root cause of education mediocrity. Do you know what it is? Think about it first, then read the article and see if we agree.]]> http://www.myshortpencil.com/blog/2005/10/13/character-education/jerry/the-root-cause-of-education-mediocrity/feed/ 0