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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. 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. what s odd is that we ve been outspending most developed countries by a long shot. 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 essay. we ll examine the role of teachers, testing ands technology. and w ....
Achievements over the last 20 years has been accompanied by a stagnation in wages for the median american worker. now, if we can raise our education levels, the payoff is huge. when jonas walks in, what does he see? the global consulting firm mckenzie estimates that if the united states had in recent years closed the gap between its educational achievement levels and those of better performing nations like finland and korea, gdp in 2008 could have been $1.3 trillion to $2.3 trillion higher. this represents a 9% to 16% jump in gdp. so how do we get there? some elements of the solution seem obvious. the writer malcolm gladwell says it takes 10,000 hours to get really good at anything. it s really just another way of making thomas edison s famous point that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. ....
Now, if we can raise our education levels, the payoff is huge. when jonas walks in, what does he see? the global consulting firm mckenzie estimates that if the united states had in recent years closed the gap between its educational achievement levels and those of better performing nations like finland and korea, gdp in 2008 could have been $1.3 trillion to $2.3 trillion higher. this represents a 9% to 16% jump in gdp. so how do we get there? some elements of the solution seem obvious. the writer malcolm gladwell says it takes 10,000 hours to get really good at anything. it s really just another way of making thomas edison s famous point that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. now, if our kids spent two years less in school than in many other countries, they will find themselves behind in many areas. ....
It s already happening. our decline in education achievements over the last 20 years has been accompanied by a stagnation in wages for the median american worker. now, if we can raise our education levels, the payoff is huge. when jonas walks in, what does he see? the global consulting firm mckenzie estimates that if the united states had in recent years closed the gap between its educational achievement levels and those of better performing nations like finland and korea, gdp in 2008 could have been $1.3 trillion to $2.3 trillion higher. this represents a 9% to 16% jump in gdp. so how do we get there? some elements of the solution seem obvious. the writer malcolm gladwell says it takes 10,000 hours to get really good at anything. it s really just another way of ....
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. south korea and finland. what is their secret? we ll take you there and show you how they get their impressive results with completely opposite approaches. let s get started. welcome to seoul, south california korea. there are many reasons to be impressed with this. ancient tiger that rose from the ashes of the civil war. but south korea s crown jewel is its education system. thanks to a mi ....