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the largest haul yet. the winner takes all of them and seizes momentum as the clear-cut front-runner. so if the polls are right, mitt romney could be coasting to an easy win. cnn's john zarella is at a polling place in tampa. john's, how's the turnout been? >> reporter: real good. this is actually the largest republican precinct in hillsboro county, the tampa area. about 3800 registered republicans here, and turnout has been very good this morning. a lot of people going before work. a lot of families coming before dropping off their kids at school. so quite a good turnout. there's 23...

For high school dropouts, it is 14%. part of the reason we're in this crisis is that we have slacked off and allowed our education system to get rigid and sclerotic. but part of it is that other countries have focused intensely on education in recent decades. the result? we have a population of adults now that face real competition in a global economy. as bill gross, the head of the world's largest bond firm, pimco, puts it, american workers are too expensive and too poorly educated to compete globally. there are two variables here. our education level, which is too low, and our wages, which a...

We've listened to the experts. so what should we do about american education? here are my thoughts. first, let's face up to the fact that we have a deep problem. the data is clear. the unemployment rate for college graduates today is just 4%. for high school dropouts, it is 14%. part of the reason we're in this crisis is that we have slacked off and allowed our education system to get rigid and sclerotic. but part of it is that other countries have focused intensely on education in recent decades. the result? we have a population of adults now that face real competition in a global economy. as...

That we have a deep problem. the data is clear. the unemployment rate for college graduates today is just 4%. for high school dropouts, it is 14%. part of the reason we're in this crisis is that we have slacked off and allowed our education system to get rigid and sclerotic. but part of it is that other countries have focused intensely on education in recent decades. the result? we have a population of adults now that face real competition in a global economy. as bill gross, the head of the world's largest bond firm, pimco, puts it, american workers are too expensive and too poorly educated to...

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...