America is Slipping Out of Top Educational Standings!

About 20 years ago, America was at the top of the world charts of education. Since then, we have slide to 9th in the world for the percent of our population which holds a high school degree and to 7th with those who hold a college degree. The United States has the second highest amount of money spent per student with $11,152 each year, only to be behind Switzerland who's at $11,334. Ray Simon, the deputy education secretary stated that ,"We're not just letting down many of our students, we're also not giving our taxpayers the best return on their investments." While our eighth graders are starting to match their peers around the world in science and math, the fourth graders are starting to fall farther behind. America is trying to find a new way to push the facts and information about graduation towards those most likely to drop out of education.