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America’s educational failings

In other words, if we really want to reduce inequality, we need to reform the system, spend money where needed — such as early education — and get to work at it now.

What we learn from this study is really just an extension of what we have discovered in the PISA results. The biggest force behind falling American rankings is not that the United States is doing things much worse but that other countries have caught up and are doing better. The U.S. system of education and training is inadequate in the new global environment.

By Fareed Zakaria

Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fareed-zakaria-americas-educational-failings/2014/05/01/b61eaa22-d15c-11e3-9e25-188ebe1fa93b_story.html

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