How the World Learns: Comparative Educational Systems

Why Blame the Teacher? (1x11)

Air date: Jul 24, 2015

Is low student performance the fault of teachers? Consider this question as you study characteristics of students, teachers, curriculum, and culture in the "model" educational systems to see what makes them different (or not) from the U.S. and other middle- or low-performing countries. Look at the elusiveness of quality teachers in the Gulf region.