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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 outspendin...

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 ...

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...

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 real...

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. s...