Why Are U.S. Students Falling Behind The World?

Michelle Rhee and StudentsFirst initiatives have featured on a regular basis on FIJ in the past.

Here is Michelle Rhee on the state of the U.S. education system.

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Is Public Education Getting a Failing Grade?

In an effort to inform the public and shape education reform in the upcoming year, members of the Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K-12 Education released their second annual list of the top five best and top five worst events in American education in 2011. This list indicates that several positive developments led to greater parental choice, system transparency and teacher accountability; however, “the worst” events indicate that there remains considerable room for improvement.

In this video Hoover Institution scholar Dr. Bill Evers discusses whether taxpayers are getting what they pay for out of public education.

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