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And while we spend much of the education budget badly, good teachers and good schools cost money. so cutting education budgets now will not improve quality. we need to reallocate the money, spend it better and get better results. finally, though, lets try to do all these reforms, keeping in mind the genius of american education. i went through the asian educational system that is now so admired. it gave me an impressive base of knowledge and taught me how to study hard and fast. but when i got t...

Finally, though, lets try to do all these reforms, keeping in mind the genius of american education. i went through the asian educational system that is now so admired. it gave me an impressive base of knowledge and taught me how to study hard and fast. but when i got to america for college, i found that it had not trained me that well to think. >> the way that carver develops the characters -- >> american education at its best teaches you how to solve problems, question authority, think for you...

Money. so cutting education budgets now will not improve quality. we need to reallocate the money, spend it better and get better results. finally, though, lets try to do all these reforms, keeping in mind the genius of american education. i went through the asian educational system that is now so admired. it gave me an impressive base of knowledge and taught me how to study hard and fast. but when i got to america for college, i found that it had not trained me that well to think. >> the way th...

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 and in a time essay. well examine the roll of teachers, testing and technology and well ask the man who spend billions of dollars trying to fix education about how hes spending his money, microsoft founder and philanthropist, ...

a country. indeed our democracy depends on an educated citizenry. lets take a look. 100 american kids entering high school, what does fate have in store for them? 25 out of that hundred 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 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...

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. 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 wor...

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 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 ...

take a rough look. 100 representative american kids entering high school. what does fate have in store for them? 28 of that 500 wont graduate. a total of 50 wont go to college, so that is half of the class that wont 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. ove...