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>> exactly. the basic truth of the matter is that all children are different just in the way that all adults are different. human ability and aptitude and passions are tremendously diverse. >> despite that basic truth, america's education system approaches children as if they're all the same. it was originally designed to meet the needs of industrialism in the 19th century. and it hasn't really changed. if you think about it, our schools literally resemble factories. right down to the ringing bells that mark the beginning of every class. >> we educate children by age all the time. we have sepa...

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...

a country. indeed our democracy depends on an educated citizenry. let's take a look. 100 american kids entering high school, what does fate have in store for them? 25 out of that hundred won't graduate from high school, a total of 50 won't go to college. that's half the class that won't 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 the world in reading, 15 in science and 31st in math. what's odd is that we have been outstand...

100 representative american kids entering high school. what does fate have in store for them? 25 out of that 100 won't graduate from high school. a total of 50 won't go to college. that's half the class that won't 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 world economic forum ranks the quality of our education at 26th. what's odd is that we've been outs...

Failures not definitive. in these final days before winter the 2012 election year, it is time to ask, do you believe? >> i am not just a whimsical figure who wears charming suit and eeffect jolly testimony meaner. you know, i -- i'm a symbol. i'm a symbol of the human ability to be able to suppress the selfish and hateful ten den says that rule a major part of our lives. blach i take an omega for my heart.