RSSCloser look shows U.S. students don’t lag world
From: The Washington Times | May 19, 2009
Your kids are lagging behind students all around the world. The White House says so, with concern bordering on alarm. So do institutions such as the Gates Foundation, citing performance tests, graduation rates and other benchmarks. But don’t measure for dunce caps just yet. Although they’re not in first place, U.S. students generally hold their own on international tests. They spend more time in school than the Obama administration would have you believe. In addition, their college graduation rates stack up better than reported. That is not to say the critics are totally wet and that the U.S. can’t do …
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