The U.S. education system is not as globally competitive as it used to be, a study by the Council on Foreign Relations revealed on Monday.
“The real scourge of the U.S. education system — and its greatest competitive weakness — is the deep and growing achievement gap between socioeconomic groups that begins early and lasts through a student’s academic career,” wrote Rebecca Strauss, associate director for CFR’s Renewing America publications.
“And while America does spend plenty on education, it funnels a disproportionate share into educating wealthier students, worsening that gap,” she said.
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7 comments:
Sooner or later this sliding will stop!
hmmmmm...really??? my goodness; who saw this coming? Many of Us saw this coming and have tried to sound the alarm, to No avail, for Many Years.
Funnels money into wealthier students? Look at the tens of millions spent on special ed. students, at risk students and kids who won't behave. In this county almost nothing is spent on students who behave and achieve. The gap is increasing as more decide working and paying taxes is for chumps.
Toilet paper is more useful anymore than a public high school diploma and/or a degree from a public university. This is due in large part because some braintrusts came up with the need to "close the achievement gap." They closed it all right by lowering the standards.
Almost all education money is spent on those who aren't achieving and/or aren't behaving. It's making no difference at all. No one wants to look at the real reasons for that, but saying it's because so much ed. money is spent on wealthy students is just lying.
But they aren't going anywhere else.The really smart people are coming here from elsewhere.The really stupid ones are staying put.
keep loving that public education! see how well it works? laughing....
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