it is today? because we re going to have these feedback mechanisms. the way you weight the different elements, how much tasks weigh into that, how strong the other elements are, that s what we re investing in. and that s where things can get controversial. because when it comes to education policy, the politics are nasty. no more cuts! in recent years, an all-out brawl between school districts and teachers unions has dominated the education debate. critics of the unions say they re more concerned about preserving their members jobs than educating children. the unions say that the administrators reforms aren t doing any good. at the center of the storm has been michelle rhee, the former chancellor of washington, d.c. s, public school system, one of the nation s worst performing school districts at the time she took over. in 2007 the education world went into a frenzy over the possibility that michelle rhee could actually turn around the
and we ll ask the man who spend billions of dollars trying to fix education about how he s spending his money, microsoft founder and philanthropist, bill gates. first, there are two nations whose students consistently rank on top of the world. south korea and finland. what is their secret? we ll take you there and show you how they get their impressive results with completely opposite approaches. let s get started. welcome to seoul, south california korea. there are many reasons to be impressed with this. ancient tiger that rose from the ashes of the civil war. but south korea s crown jewel is its education system.
achieve. where you see where they re confused. you see where they re bored. i also get to take kids around to neat places, you know, like my son and i have been to particle colliders and computer museums and all sorts of unusual things that are kind of stimulating. not everyone has guided tours of particle colliders with bill gates, but a young silicon valley tech guru is trying to give kids a customized education using technology. what i want to do in this video is try to figure out what x is. meet sal khan. the accidental creator of khan academy. a not for profit website that s turning heads. we want to figure out what bdc is. seven years ago he was working at an investment firm when he began tutoring his little cousin in math. when scheduling time got difficult a friend of kahn s made a suggestion.
in 2007 we spent over $10,000 per student. versus the $7,400 average for rich countries. how can we spend so much money and have so little to show for it? we ll ask that question and others to some of the leading figures in american education. here on this special and in a time essay. we ll examine the roll of teachers, testing and technology and we ll ask the man who spend billions of dollars trying to fix education about how he s spending his money, microsoft founder and philanthropist, bill gates. first, there are two nations whose students consistently rank on top of the world. south korea and finland. what is their secret? we ll take you there and show you how they get their impressive results with completely opposite approaches. let s get started. welcome to seoul, south california korea. there are many reasons to be impressed with this. ancient tiger that rose from the ashes of the civil war. but south korea s crown jewel is its education system. thanks to a militant
the shooting that nearly killed gabby giffords. christina taylor green died before her 10th birthday. she was born on 9/11. now her parents tell her story. i was hoping it was a nightmare and i was going to wake up and kept pinching myself hoping it wasn t real. it was that horrendous. it was unbelievable. roxanna and john green. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. i probably wouldn t be doing this job were it not for my guests tonight. he did an astounding 6,000 shows over a quarter of a century and pretty much invented the daytime talk show. he s talked to everybody and tonight i m delighted to say i have the great honor of being the latest person that phil donahue talks to. when i said i was interviewing you, extraordinary reaction. i put it on twitter this morning. you ve done one tweet. is that right? that is you, isn t it? there s a phil donahue twitter site. it has one tweet. that s my secretary s creation. you know, i m afraid i don t twitter. i do tex