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1. One thing I don't see addressed here is the "why" - why does the US rank

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:57 AM

Mar 2016

well behind other countries?
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/12/03/248329823/u-s-high-school-students-slide-in-math-reading-science

What are the other countries doing differently that enables their students to excel?

The whole "privatization" scheme is a response to this problem and will continue to be pushed unless or until US public schools make significant gains in this regard.

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Education in Crisis and the Threat of Privatization [View all] n2doc Mar 2016 OP

Because they are purposely awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #3