Thanks, DD, very interesting article. Couple of comments.
Schools cannot do everything. Parents have a responsibility to nurture in their children a desire to learn (and the confidence and discipline to do so) at least up to the child's ability.
The Flynn Effect IMO is due to the exposure to more sophisticated concepts in an advancing/advanced society than in one where survival (finding food, shelter, clothing) is the primary concern.
The unfortunate part in the American education system (and elsewhere in our society) is that everything comes down to a common denominator, everyone must be equal (God did not make us equal in abilities, but we try to at least offer equality of opportunity). That means the quality of education in a classroom drops to the level where 'most' of the students can achieve it, leaving the bottom and top 15% at a disadvantage.
Instead of the schools concentrating on giving all students the same basic education, perhaps we can take a lesson from the English school system, where at two points during the educational process exams are given to assess a student's ability and achievement level. Those that score high go on to an education stressing intellectual concepts. Those that score low go on to an education stressing occupational subjects. In other words, the brightest are given an education commensurate with their abilities instead of being left to boredom in a class below their intelligence level, and the least bright are given a thorough grounding in some sort of occupation ensuring that they can support themselves and contribute to society by holding a job requiring less intelligence, but perhaps more skill, and where they can achieve up to their abilities without being made to feel inferior. Thus the entire population of students is suitably educated in accordance with their ability.
Like every system, there are problems with this one, too, but overall, it appears to me to be far superior to what we have here in America. JMO, of course.
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