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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...

>> i believe that the future lies in personalizing education and in customizing it. >> one-on-one teaching is kind of the ideal that you'd like to achieve. where you see where they're confused. you see where they're bored. i also get to take kids around to neat places, you know, like my son and i have been to particle colliders and computer museums and all sorts of unusual things that are kind of stimulating. >> not everyone has guided tours of particle colliders with bill gates, but a young silicon valley tech guru is trying to give kids a customized education using technology. >> what i want...

And in customizing it. >> one-on-one teaching is kind of the ideal that you'd like to achieve. where you see where they're confused. you see where they're bored. i also get to take kids around to neat places, you know, like my son and i have been to particle colliders and computer museums and all sorts of unusual things that are kind of stimulating. >> not everyone has guided tours of particle colliders with bill gates, but a young silicon valley tech guru is trying to give kids a customized education using technology. >> what i want to do in this video is try to figure out what "x" is. >> mee...

Achieve. where you see where they're confused. you see where they're bored. i also get to take kids around to neat places, you know, like my son and i have been to particle colliders and computer museums and all sorts of unusual things that are kind of stimulating. >> not everyone has guided tours of particle colliders with bill gates, but a young silicon valley tech guru is trying to give kids a customized education using technology. >> what i want to do in this video is try to figure out what "x" is. >> meet sal khan. the accidental creator of khan academy. a not for profit website that's tu...

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...