Where American Education Lines Up Against China
Charles Blow:
It's no secret that America's educational systems could use some help. New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow charges that the country is in dire straits. Lining up statistics from a recent report, Blow details how students in the United States have little chance of besting their competitors -- specifically, students in China.
This week, the Center for American Progress and the Center for the Next Generation released a report entitled "The Race That Really Matters: Comparing U.S., Chinese and Indian Investments in the Next Generation Workforce." The findings were breathtaking:
Half of U.S. children get no early childhood education, and we have no national strategy to increase enrollment.
Marcella Kreiter has more.
Posted by Jim Zellmer at August 27, 2012 2:20 AM
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