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Education Olympics Today - Final Day - August 22, 2008
They waited until the last second, but the Americans finally won a medal in this year’s games—and a gold, no less. Pandemonium ensued on the set of Education Olympics Today.
Education Olympics Today - Day 10 - August 21, 2008
The Americans didn’t win a medal on the penultimate day of the 2008 Education Olympics, leaving them just one more chance for a top-three finish. A special guest joins us, sort of, to size up their chances.
Education Olympics Today - Day 9 - August 20, 2008
Just weeks after the death of one if its leading literary lights, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russia took two golds and a silver in three PIRLS reading events. Team USA, meanwhile, has two days left to secure its first medal. Can they pull it out?
Education Olympics Today - Day 8 - August 19, 2008
Today Roy Romer, former governor of Colorado and superintendent of Los Angeles Public Schools, joins us to discuss Team USA’s heretofore dismal performance in the 2008 Education Olympics.
Education Olympics Today - Day 7 - August 18, 2008
The Education Olympics resume after a weekend hiatus—for some competitors, that is. Students from Finland and Hong Kong were spotted engaging in some last-minute cramming, while the Americans played Nintendo Wii. The outcome was predictable.
Education Olympics Today - Day 6 - August 15, 2008
Another day, another stirring rendition of the Finnish national anthem, another taste of utter defeat for the Americans. Where did the United States go wrong? Education Olympics Today tries to answer that question in an EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. Today, the United States Education Olympics Committee’s very own Deep Throat speaks out.
Education Olympics Today - Day 5 - August 14, 2008
Oh world, beware ye Finland’s wrath!
For fearless are their bosoms when
A PISA test stands in their path
In reading, science, or in math.
Though sharpened are their Number Twos,
Still sharper are their well-trained minds;
Their foes they flummox and confuse
As Ed Olympics gold accrues!
Education Olympics Today - Day 4 - August 13, 2008
Day four of the 2008 Education Olympics featured a big, heaping plate of Finland, with a dash of the East Asian tigers to spice things up a bit. Also, roving correspondent Natascha reports on Jell-o wielding pranksters.
Education Olympics Today - Day 3 - August 12, 2008
We’re three days in to the 2008 Education Olympics, and the Finns are hitting on all cylinders. The Americans, meanwhile, seem to be stuck in neutral.
Education Olympics Today - Day 2 - August 11, 2008
As the first medals have been awarded, the Scandinavians have won early bragging rights.