THE AMERICAN ^REEXPATRIATE

"America is often portrayed as an ignorant, unsophisticated sort of place, full of bible bashers and ruled to a dangerous extent by trashy television, superstition and religious bigotry, a place lacking in respect for evidence based knowledge. I know that is how it is portrayed because I have done my bit to paint that picture..." BBC's Washington correspondent Justin Webb, in a remarkably frank admission of his role in misinforming the British public about America and Americans

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Evans on education

I've taken the BBC's Harold Evans to task in the past, but his most recent piece, on innovation in education in the US, is a worthy read.

One nitpick: in the US, it's math, not maths.