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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...

What we need is a broad set of measures where your peer teachers, the feedback from students, evaluation of your video, of your classroom activities, all these things need to be brought together to build a personnel system. >> if the remedies aren't greater accountability and more emphasis on merit for good teachers and dismissal for bad teachers and tests, what should we do? >> well, the biggest problem we have in american education is the fact that so many children live in desperate poverty. more than 20% of our children live in poverty. and the best way to improve academic performance would...

>> we're not an organization that says that testing data alone is what is the measure of teaching excellence. what we need is a broad set of measures where your peer teachers, the feedback from students, evaluation of your video, of your classroom activities, all these things need to be brought together to build a personnel system. >> if the remedies aren't greater accountability and more emphasis on merit for good teachers and dismissal for bad teachers and tests, what should we do? >> well, the biggest problem we have in american education is the fact that so many children live in desperate ...

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...