It costs a lot to be this dumb November 15, 2006
Posted by Brian in Education.trackback
As a follow up on a previous post I did on declining math skills in this country here are a couple of charts that speak volumes. The first chart shows just how far we are trailing other countries, including the Czech Republic, Poland (!) and Hungary. So much for all those Polish jokes I’ve been learning for years.
Now here’s the kicker. We spend more as a percentage of GDP than every other country in the world except for Iceland.
Raise your hand if you think the solution is to spend more.
If your hand is up then you are a first-rate product of our government education system. You may put your hand down now.
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