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
surprising to them and to us the levels that they were reaching. and it was fascinating just to watch them be free, to have that freedom to explore on their own. one crucial discovery thordarson made was that it made a lot of sense for students to watch the videos at home. woohoo! victory! it is the reverse of the current system where students spend valuable class time simply getting the basic information from the teacher. copying notes. now they re able to do the problems, which are really the most important part of the learning process, they re able to do the problems with other people around them. a teacher around them. with their peers around them. they can actually tutor each other. when her students get stuck, thordarson tells them to write their name on the board. another student soon comes to the rescue. add this to it. the classroom buzzes with little tutors who are learning themselves through the act of teaching. and if a particularly gifted student gets bored,
watch them be free, to have that freedom to explore on their own. one crucial discovery thordarson made was that it made a lot of sense for students to watch the videos at home. woohoo! victory! it is the reverse of the current system where students spend valuable class time simply getting the basic information from the teacher. copying notes. now they re able to do the problems, which are really the most important part of the learning process, they re able to do the problems with other people around them. a teacher around them. with their peers around them. they can actually tutor each other. when her students get stuck, thordarson tells them to write their name on the board. another student soon comes to the rescue. add this to it. the classroom buzzes with little tutors who are learning themselves through the act of teaching. and if a particularly gifted student gets bored, she can race ahead and try calculus if she wants. if you look at people who
offer. we saw kids exploring areas that we didn t know they could. i mean, it was it was surprising to them and to us the levels that they were reaching. and it was fascinating just to watch them be free, to have that freedom to explore on their own. one crucial discovery thordarson made was that it made a lot of sense for students to watch the videos at home. woohoo! victory! it is the reverse of the current system where students spend valuable class time simply getting the basic information from the teacher. copying notes. now they re able to do the problems, which are really the most important part of the learning process, they re able to do the problems with other people around them. with the teacher around them, with their peers around them. they can actually tutor each other. when her students get stuck, thordarson tells them to write their name on the board. another student soon comes to the rescue. add this to it. the classroom buzzes with little tutors who ar
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