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It's the so-called last-in, first-out policy. >> this is a policy that makes absolutely no sense for children. because what it results in is one, you end up firing some of your best teachers. two, you end up disproportionately negatively impacting the lowest performing schools in the system because they are the ones that have the largest number of new teachers. and, three, you actually end up having to lay off or fire more teachers because the junior teachers are the lowest paid. >> after she left d.c., rhee started her own organization, students first, to push her agenda all over the country....

Now, if our kids spent two years less in school than in many other countries, they will find themselves behind in many areas. we don't have to go to the lengths that south korea has gone to lengthen the school day and school year, but we can't do the least work and hope for the best results. whether you look at south korea or finland, getting great teachers is obviously at the heart of good education. we had great teachers until the mid 1970s. the most talented, hard working and ambitious women in america could only go into a few professions. and teaching was top among them. the good news is t...

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...