100 representative American Kids entering high school. What does fate have in store for them . 25 out of that 100 wont graduate from high school. A total of 50 wont go to college. Thats half the class that wont go on to higher education. 50 will attend college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. Meanwhi meanwhile, other countries are outstarting us. On a recent international test, u. S. Students ranked only 15th in the world in reading, 23rd in science and 31st in math. Overall, the World Economic forum ranks the quality of our education at 26th. Whats odd is that weve been outspending most developed countries by a long shot. 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 . Well ask that question and others to some of the leading figures in American Education here on this special essay. Well examine the role of teachers, testing ands technology. And we ask the man who spent
story, this is piers morgan tonight. you only have to hear melissa ethridge once, you only have to hear it once. she s an outspoken person on all kinds of things close to her heart. welcome. thank you. you have a wonderful fiery soul offstage, don t you? i m just making some choices? when you look at your extraordinary life, professional and personal, how do you feel now about where you ve arrived, where you are right now? i think at this point, i m 51 now. i ve realized, oh, it s just a journey. you never get there. you never get it done. it s all about how you re doing it. that is so true. you will never actually arrive, are you? no. this train never gets to a station? it does not. there is no there there. for myself, who, you know, i ve achieved some of those markers that you think, oh, the oscar, those things, and each time, i go, there s no there here. that s nice, that s great but it s about how am i doing and how s this journey? what s been the best
you only have to hear melissa ethridge once, you only have to hear it once. come to my window. no one sings it like her. she s an outspoken person on all kinds of things close to her heart. melissa joins me now. welcome. pleasure to be here. you have a wonderful fiery soul offstage, don t you? i m just trying to lead this interesting life that we all have in front of us. making some interesting choices. when you look at your extraordinary life, professional and personal, how do you feel now about where you ve arrived, where you are right now? i think at this point, i m 51 now. i ve realized, oh, it s just a journey. you never get there. you never get it done. it s all about how you re doing it. that is so true. you will never actually arrive, are you? no. this train never gets to a station? it does not. there is no there there. for myself, who, you know, i ve achieved some of those markers that you think, oh, the oscar, those things, and each time, i go, t
they want. but it don t mean you re going to come in here and do this in rutherford county. it s my right as an american citizen, to have a place of worshi worship. murfeesboro is kind of a small-big town. it s a beautiful place where a family can live and grow and be a part of a community. very loving community. we love murfeesboro, and we love it for the most part, the way it is, and the way it has bee been. it doesn t matter what religion you are or what race you are, whatever, the people here are so welcoming. talk to the residents of people of murfeesboro, tennessee and they will tell you the strength of their city lies in its close-knit community and strong religious faith. the city has 104,000 people. more than 140 churches. and one mosque. for decades, muslims have lived and prayed alongside their neighbors. but in june 2010, their place in the community was questioned, exposing a growing fear of islam in america, ten years after the attacks of 9/11. we
here. they re going through the preliminary speakers now. you see a big crowd behind me. trust me, it runs out there way as well and over this way. this is the wisconsin homecoming. paul ryan and mitt romney landed just a short time ago. paul ryan said it was great to be home. he said he s been flying into the airport in milwaukee for the 14 years he s been in the united states congress. never has he returned home for a welcome like this. he now will be the republican vice presidential nominee. we re in a state that s been democratic for a long time. these republicans here think because of the romney pick of paul ryan, because of the election buzz in this state this year, the republican governor recently survived that bruising recall election, they think it s possible they can put wisconsin back in the republican column. a big homecoming for paul ryan here in wisconsin. these people know him quite well. the american people are just getting to know the coressman, the house bud