Opinion & Comment
Improve Teaching

To the Editor:

As a teacher of special education, I read eagerly everything you print on this subject and education in general. Last week you printed an article on the poor performance of Israeli pupils in the PISA survey.

This past week you printed an article on the Knesset's approval of the establishment of a parliamentary committee of inquiry to look into this problem, which I agree needs to be. However, when I got to the end of the article, I was stunned. The committee will "focus on how to improve the students' grades." It is not grades that need to improve; it is the quality of teaching that needs to be looked into. Improved teaching will automatically improve learning and, of course, grades will rise accordingly.

M. Ahuvi

Bat Yam

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