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And while we spend much of the education budget badly, good teachers and good schools cost money. so cutting education budgets now will not improve quality. we need to reallocate the money, spend it better and get better results. finally, though, let's try to do all these reforms, keeping in mind the genius of american education. i went through the asian educational system that is now so admired. it gave me an impressive base of knowledge and taught me how to study hard and fast. but when i got to america for college, i found that it had not trained me that well to think. >> the way that carve...

Finally, though, let's try to do all these reforms, keeping in mind the genius of american education. i went through the asian educational system that is now so admired. it gave me an impressive base of knowledge and taught me how to study hard and fast. but when i got to america for college, i found that it had not trained me that well to think. >> the way that carver develops the characters -- >> american education at its best teaches you how to solve problems, question authority, think for yourself and be creative. it teaches you to learn what you love and to love learning. these are incred...

Money. so cutting education budgets now will not improve quality. we need to reallocate the money, spend it better and get better results. finally, though, let's try to do all these reforms, keeping in mind the genius of american education. i went through the asian educational system that is now so admired. it gave me an impressive base of knowledge and taught me how to study hard and fast. but when i got to america for college, i found that it had not trained me that well to think. >> the way that carver develops the characters -- >> american education at its best teaches you how to solve pro...

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...