U.S. High-School Students Slip in Global Rankings

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U.S. 15-year-olds made no progress on recent international achievement exams and fell further in the rankings, reviving a debate about America's ability to compete in a global economy



U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan called the results a "picture of educational stagnation" and said it was at "odds with our aspiration to have the best-educated, most competitive work force in the world."

But Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union, said the data show the U.S. has been going down the "wrong path," and said high-scoring countries don't use student test scores to pay and fire teachers or to rate and punish schools. "There is a road map out there," he said. "But we are not following it."

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[duffyduff]

1. More b.s.

Our country is doing just fine, in truth.

This is just propaganda to further the attempt to privatize public education.

Arne Duncan needs to be impeached and thrown out of office.

Neoliberal propaganda doesn't belong on a "Democratic" board.