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Thanks to a militant drive for success, this nation's students have outperformed the rest of the world for the better part of a decade. on the most recent visa exam, the benchmark international test, south korea ranked first in reading and second in math among all nations. >> in south korea, teachers are known as nation builders. >> president obama has noticed, singing korea's praises on a regular basis. on a visit to seoul in 2009 he asked south korean president lee myung-bak what his biggest challenge was in education. the president's reply? korean parents care too much about their children'...

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...