vetted and could have been a danger to the president. they don t vet to see how confident he is. it is a security risk. all four of us can sit around and say it is a security risk. they didn t have to go through metal detectors. really? 98,000-seat stadium without checking everybody in there? there is a level of risk that s tolerable working with the nsa, the cia. we ll take a quick break. the pope responded to rush. rush had a response today. we ll get to that. and a poor kid in duluth, georgia, got in trouble for kissing his teacher. what grade? senior in high school, 17. won t go to college. big trouble. more on the hottest news and the burning issues coming up with our great american panel and more straight ahead. a can of del monte green beans?
potential danger to the president. they don t vet to see how competent ehe is as a sign language interpreter. it is a security risk. all four of us can sit around and say it is a security risk. they didn t have to go through metal detectors. really? 98,000-seat stadium without checking everybody in there? there is a level of risk that s tolerable working with the nsa, the cia. we ll take a quick break. the pope responded to rush. rush had a response today. we ll get to that. and a poor kid in duluth, georgia, got in trouble for kissing his teacher. what grade? senior in high school, 17. won t go to college. big trouble. more on the hottest news and the burning issues coming up with our great american panel and more straight ahead. 6
100 american kids entering high school, what does fate have in store for them? 25 out of that hundred 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 attends 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, 15 in science and 31st in math. what s odd is that we have been outstanding most developed countries by a long shot. in 2007, we spent over 10,000 per student versus the $7,400 average for rich countries. highway can we spend so much
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