Smagorinsky: Do criticisms of U.S. schools rely on distortions?

UGA Distinguished Research Professor of Language and Literacy Education Peter Smagorinsky discusses an interesting new book exposing the misperceptions and distortions about America's schools in an August 30 essay in the 'Get Schooled' blog of the [Atlanta Journal Constitution](http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2014/aug/30/education- mythbusters/).