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. 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. 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
in paula hancocks. paula, the fifth nuclear test north korea appears to have conducted and the most powerful one and coming on the heels of president obama s visit to asia. reporter: that s right. the timing certainly is interesting, john. the fact is north korea announced on state-run television saying they successfully tested the nuclear warhead and they can put that on any one of the ballistic missiles. it is impossible for the world to verify that specifically in washington and seoul and tokyo. in the past hour, there has been an intelligence briefing for lawmakers here in seoul. they have said they believe north korea s goal is to mount a nuclear warhead on a scud missile. remember 28,000 u.s. troops in south korea are here now. this is going much quicker than expected. intelligence says north korea has advanced quicker than expected. there is large interest around the world in china and japan and russia condemning the nuclear test. it shows that kim jong-un is determi
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