World student-ranking results released

[lovuian]

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=306293

Finland and South Korea have topped the world in a new student ranking survey.

According to the OECD, the two countries lead the world when it comes to education, especially in reading and science.

In particular, Finnish students ranked top in science, while South Korean teenagers were first for reading.
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The United States, Spain and Italy were among the 32 countries whose education was found to be below the average.
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Makes ya feel Proud of America doesn't it

[Azathoth]

1. Well, on the bright side, if intelligent design had been counted as a science

We would probably have ranked higher. :cry:

[lovuian]

2. its so sad

Dumbing Down of America

[Bright Eyes]

3. America? Where's that?

:P

[mediaman007]

4. I don't know why we even care about these rankings...

There are so many factors that limit our performance. We aren't comparing apples to apples. First our society is not homogenous. We are constantly integrating new Americans. Secondly, our culture is much more tuned to consumerism. As long as children play video games and watch inordinate measures of television we will score low. Then there is the constant voucher argument, which takes away any consensus about paying for a good public education. In our society, potentially great teachers head for business not the classroom.

There may be good news though! If we can get the rest of the World to buy in on this global economy, maybe every other country will sink to our level and we will be able to move up in the rankings.