Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100805:20:46:00
Many other countries in international stand dardized tests. they looked at the failure to provide quality education and compared it to a permanent national recession. they estimated the gdp between 1.3 trillion to $2.3 trillion higher if our education system provided students with the skills they need. ferg the money. forget that the public education system is making us poor. consider what's it's doing to millions of kids stuck in substandard schools. they aren't juz losing earning potential, they are losing out on life potential. without an education, kids are more likely to end up in poverty...