Here's an awesome short video on what's wrong with education in the West today! I've been reading and writing on this very subject too. All the hype about standardization and testing is baloney. America needs innovators, not just cashiers who can count and construction laborers who can read instructions and measure correctly. Enough already about infrastructure... how about putting some exciting content into the curriculum and passion into the presentation!
Fora.tv Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigms.