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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. 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. what s odd is that we ve been outspending most developed countries by a long shot. 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 essay. we ll examine the role of teachers, testing ands technology. and w ....
i ll make you a bet and i m confident i ll win it. though i haven t met them. my bet is that they re completely different from each other. aren t they? yes. you win. exactly. the basic truth of the matter is that all children are different just in the way that all adults are different. human ability and aptitude and passions are tremendously diverse. despite that basic truth, america s education system approaches children as if they re all the same. it was originally designed to meet the needs of industrialism in the 19th century. and it hasn t really changed. if you think about it, our schools literally resemble factories. right down to the ringing bells that mark the beginning of every class. we educate children by age all the time. we have separate subject departments and divisions. all of these things are really organizational features which are in the interest of efficiency. they re not much to do with learning. describe the school of the future, if you could build it. ....
Aren t they? yes. you win. exactly. the basic truth of the matter is that all children are different just in the way that all adults are different. human ability and aptitude and passions are tremendously diverse. despite that basic truth, america s education system approaches children as if they re all the same. it was originally designed to meet the needs of industrialism in the 19th century. and it hasn t really changed. if you think about it, our schools literally resemble factories. right down to the ringing bells that mark the beginning of every class. we educate children by age all the time. we have separate subject departments and divisions. all of these things are really organizational features which are in the interest of efficiency. they re not much to do with learning. describe the school of the future, if you could build it. i believe that the future lies in personalizing education ....
exactly. the basic truth of the matter is that all children are different just in the way that all adults are different. human ability and aptitude and passions are tremendously diverse. despite that basic truth, america s education system approaches children as if they re all the same. it was originally designed to meet the needs of industrialism in the 19th century. and it hasn t really changed. if you think about it, our schools literally resemble factories. right down to the ringing bells that mark the beginning of every class. we educate children by age all the time. we have separate subject departments and divisions. all of these things are really organizational features which are in the interest of efficiency. they re not much to do with learning. describe the school of the future, if you could build it. i believe that the future lies in personalizing education and in customizing it. one-on-one teaching is kind of the ideal that you d like to ....
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. south korea and finland. what is their secret? we ll take you there and show you how they get their impressive results with completely opposite approaches. let s get started. welcome to seoul, south california korea. there are many reasons to be impressed with this. ancient tiger that rose from the ashes of the civil war. but south korea s crown jewel is its education system. thanks to a mi ....