广播电视英语短句 第 114 课：公立学校的教学-1

Americans have never had national education standards. 美国人从来没有国家教育标准。

Goals for what public schools should teach are set by state and local school boards. 公立学校的教学目标由各州和地方的学校董事会设定。

Their members are often elected. 学校董事会的成员通常经过选举产生。

But some Americans say the lack of national standards is wrong in a competitive global economy. 但是一些美国人说，在竞争激烈的全球经济中缺乏国家标准是错误的。

Former president Bill Clinton said it was as if somehow school boards "could legislate differences in algebra or math or reading." 前总统比尔 . 克林顿说，好像不知何故学校董事会“在代数或者数学或者阅读方面会有立法分歧”。