Weekly Column
01/23/12 -- What’s Really Holding Our Kids Back
About a year ago, a well-respected international organization released its comprehensive assessment of student achievement across 34 different countries. As you may remember, the results for the United States were abysmal, with, for instance, our students ranking only 25th in math. At the same time, students in China – likely the top competitors for the next generation of Americans in various fields – aced every single academic category.
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