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
what we need is a broad set of measures where your peer teachers, the feedback from students, evaluation of your video, of your classroom activities, all these things need to be brought together to build a personnel system. if the remedies aren t greater accountability and more emphasis on merit for good teachers and dismissal for bad teachers and tests, what should we do? well, the biggest problem we have in american education is the fact that so many children live in desperate poverty. more than 20% of our children live in poverty. and the best way to improve academic performance would be to address both the social problems as well as the school problems. i would love to see bill gates pour millions and millions into coming up with the very best way to improve early childhood education. these would be immense social contributions. if there was a magic thing
alone is what is the measure of teaching excellence. what we need is a broad set of measures where your peer teachers, the feedback from students, evaluation of your video, of your classroom activities, all these things need to be brought together to build a personnel system. if the remedies aren t greater accountability and more emphasis on merit for good teachers and dismissal for bad teachers and tests, what should we do? well, the biggest problem we have in american education is the fact that so many children live in desperate poverty. more than 20% of our children live in poverty. and the best way to improve academic performance would be to address both the social problems as well as the school problems. i would love to see bill gates pour millions and millions into coming up with the very best way to improve early childhood education. these would be immense social contributions.
we re not an organization that says that testing data alone is what is the measure of teaching excellence. what we need is a broad set of measures where your peer teachers, the feedback from students, evaluation of your video, of your classroom activities, all these things need to be brought together to build a personnel system. if the remedies aren t greater accountability and more emphasis on merit for good teachers and dismissal for bad teachers and tests, what should we do? well, the biggest problem we have in american education is the fact that so many children live in desperate poverty. more than 20% of our children live in poverty. and the best way to improve academic performance would be to address both the social problems as well as the school problems. i would love to see bill gates pour millions and millions into
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