Worldwide college rates passing us by

09-13-2011

By Kathryn Baron/Thoughts on Public Education

There’s a lot to celebrate in not being the worst. The United States’ education system has taken a beating on the international stage over the past decade, but, according to the latest report on the state of education in the world, we’re not terrible. We are, however, stagnating while other industrialized countries move ahead. To paraphrase Woody Allen, the relationship between education and global competitiveness is like a shark: “it has to constantly move forward or it dies. And I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark.” That’s harsh, but consider this figure from Education at a Glance 2011, published this morning by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development t (OECD). Of the 39 million 55- to 64-year-olds around the world with college degrees, more than a third are in the United States. (more...)

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