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Other nations outclass U.S. on education
- 09-16-2010
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By Jim Axelrod/CBS News The following report is part of CBS News' new series on education: Reading, Writing and Reform.
In every town in America, the back-to-school rush is on, reports CBS News correspondent Jim Axelrod. In Croton, N.Y., the Arturo brothers are already cracking the books "I feel we get our money's worth in Croton," said the boys' mother. "Especially for three kids." The public schools have done right by the Arturos, but that's not the case across the board, says education consultant Mark Schneider. "Our top students are just not world class anymore," Schneider told CBS News. And he's right. Of 30 comparable countries, the United States ranks near the bottom. Take math - Finland is first, followed by South Korea, and the United States is number 25. Same story in science: Finland, number one again. The United States? Number 21. (more…)
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