100 representative american kids entering high school. what does fate have in store for them? 25 out of that 100 won t graduate from high school. a total of 50 won t go to college. that s half the class that won t go on to higher education. 50 will attend college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. meanwhile, other countries are outsmarting 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. what s odd is that we ve 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? we ll ask that question and others to some of the leading figures in american education here on this special essay. we ll examine the role of teachers, testing and technology. and we ask the man w
what does fate have in store for them? 25 out of that 100 won t graduate from high school. a total of 50 won t go to college. that s half the class that won t go on to higher education. 50 will attend college, but only 22 will graduate within six years 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. what s odd is that we ve 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? we ll ask that question and others to some of the leading figures in american education here on this special essay. we ll examine the role of teachers, testing ands technology. and we ask the man who spent billions of dollars trying to fix education ab
take a rough look. 100 representative american kids entering high school. what does fate have in store for them? 28 of that 500 won t graduate. a total of 50 won t go to college, so that is half of the class that won t go on to higher education. 50 will at the end college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. meanwhile, other countries are outsmarting us. on a recent international test, u.s. students ranked only 15th in the world in reading and 23rd in science and 31st in math. overall, the world economic forum ranks the quality of our education at 26th. what s odd is that we have been out spending most of the developed countries by a long shot n. 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 will ask that question and others to some of the leading figures in american education here on this special and time essay, and we will talk to the man who spent billions