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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...

Do about maximizing money. >> right, right. >> and you're trying to influence them by offering them a little bit more money or a little bit less money. >> mm-hmm. >> is it really going to work? >> the merit pay proposal that we put in place in washington, d.c., allowed the most highly effective teachers who were teaching in the lowest performing schools to make twice as much money as they were in the old system. so when you're talking about the potential of doubling someone's salary, that's not a little bit of money. >> what the gates foundation is trying to do is to come up with the perfect c...

Rationale behind this is wrong. you're looking at teachers who have gone into this profession for reasons that don't have to do about maximizing money. >> right, right. >> and you're trying to influence them by offering them a little bit more money or a little bit less money. >> mm-hmm. >> is it really going to work? >> the merit pay proposal that we put in place in washington, d.c., allowed the most highly effective teachers who were teaching in the lowest performing schools to make twice as much money as they were in the old system. so when you're talking about the potential of doubling some...

A little bit more money or a little bit less money. >> mm-hmm. >> is it really going to work? >> the merit pay proposal that we put in place in washington, d.c., allowed the most highly effective teachers who were teaching in the lowest performing schools to make twice as much money as they were in the old system. so when you're talking about the potential of doubling someone's salary, that's not a little bit of money. >> what the gates foundation is trying to do is to come up with the perfect combination of carrots and sticks to improve teacher performance. the hillsborough county, florida, s...

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...