There’s good news and bad news about the state of public education in the United States. While the greatest gains have been made in Math and Science education from 1995 to 2003, most Americans still only give public schools a below-average grade. Take a graphic look at America’s Report Card on Education to see how public education in the U.S. stacks up against the rest of the world.
#1 by persiaprince on February 16, 2010 - 9:16 am
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not as bad as people make it out to be
#2 by Khiyo on February 16, 2010 - 9:29 am
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This is a good statistics though I’m confused in some levels like the salary (is it monthly or annually) and to the number of hours (is it per day or per week )?
#3 by Jay Willingham - CampusByte on February 16, 2010 - 2:55 pm
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This really surprised me. I never thought the US would be so close to other countries in some of these stats.
#4 by Scott Williams on February 17, 2010 - 3:14 am
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I believe the public is more right than the statistics reported here. Unfortunately, these numbers don’t have much bearing on the quality of education. I’m very sour on the state of our public education. The system is in very bad need of serious competition.
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#5 by Joshua on February 17, 2010 - 10:30 pm
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You forgot to mention our schools being severely below par with the rest of the world. Seriously, look at the chart of the world’s education. One tidbit you forgot to mention is countries like the Ukraine have a better education system than us, we’re not doing enough to keep our kids competitive with the world market and in the end we WILL lose by becoming a third world country.
#6 by Sephiroth on February 18, 2010 - 4:57 am
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Wow. Pretty cool. Looks like Germany is pwnage.