Monday, December 9, 2013

U.S. ranks 17th in reading, 21st in science, and 26th in math


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In four years, we have gone down in reading from 11th to 17th, in science from 20th to 21st and in math from 25th to 26th.
Some insist the persistence of poverty in an affluent America is the cause of these declining test scores.America’s poor receive free food, free health care and free education for their children from Head Start to K-12. The poor get subsidized housing and subsidized incomes. They are exempt from federal income taxes. State programs and private charities pick up where the feds leave off. Yet, if poverty explains the dismal performance of America’s students, why are they being lapped by *Vietnamese 15-year-olds?
Patrick Buchanan at buchanan.org

*Playing the Devil's Advocate, I believe poor Vietnamese are few and far between.  Of course, this is because of their work ethic.
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  1. True BlueDecember 10, 2013 at 6:50 AM

    The numbers have been dropping for some time; in fact ever since Jimmy Carter started something called (oddly enough) the "Department of Education" -which (like the "Ministry of Truth) is an Orwellian misnomer. Time to get the "Fed" out of the "Ed"

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    1. Brock TownsendDecember 10, 2013 at 10:45 AM

      "Department of Education"

      One of many that need to go.

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