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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...

You could do to improve the inner city, you know, i'm all for any ideas there. i think improving the schools, having them be as good as the really good charter schools like the kipp and others, that is to me the most transformative thing. because the kipp school is running on the same dollars per student per year as the drop-out factory that's five blocks away. >> kipp, which stands for the knowledge is power program, is a group of public schools that are allowed to operate independently of the normal school system. most of kipp's students qualify for public assistance. yet more than 95% of it...

Coming up with the very best way to improve early childhood education. these would be immense social contributions. >> if there was a magic thing you could do to improve the inner city, you know, i'm all for any ideas there. i think improving the schools, having them be as good as the really good charter schools like the kipp and others, that is to me the most transformative thing. because the kipp school is running on the same dollars per student per year as the drop-out factory that's five blocks away. >> kipp, which stands for the knowledge is power program, is a group of public schools tha...

>> if there was a magic thing you could do to improve the inner city, you know, i'm all for any ideas there. i think improving the schools, having them be as good as the really good charter schools like the kipp and others, that is to me the most transformative thing. because the kipp school is running on the same dollars per student per year as the drop-out factory that's five blocks away. >> kipp, which stands for the knowledge is power program, is a group of public schools that are allowed to operate independently of the normal school system. most of kipp's students qualify for public assis...

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...