Looking at U.S. Education Through The Eyes of Japanese Teachers.

EVALUATION of schools; EMPLOYMENT of foreign teachers; UNITED States education system; SCHOOLS

Discusses a program through which 24 members of the Japanese Young Teachers Overseas Delegation worked in Ohio schools in grades K-12. Goal of the program to help the teachers better understand United States education; What the program taught the author about US schools; Perception of the Japanese teachers about grades, punishment, and discipline and how it differs in the US and Japan; Different priorities of American students.