October 30, 2012

Who's Beating the U.S. in Education?

A half-century ago, the U.S. was the undisputed leader in education. Today, other countries are leap-frogging the U.S. on global measures of student skills and knowledge. Here's a look at some of the data.

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education,
high schools,
United States,
graduation rates

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July 11, 2012

Improving Education in the U.S.

I spoke this week at the annual conference of the Education Commission of the States about the importance of investing in effective teacher evaluation and improvement systems—which is key to enabling and empowering great teachers.