You would think the bureaucrats who run government schools would want to focus on the basics, such as teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic.
After all, no nation spends more per pupil on education than the United States. And based on some Cato Institute research, I suspect the OECD estimate of about $15,000 per student is a low-ball estimate of the burden on American taxpayers.
So what do we get for all this money? To be blunt, the results are miserable, with Americans ranking well below average compared to our overseas competitors.
Here are some comparisons on both literacy and numeracy from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. You’ll have to click the images to get an enlarged view. But maybe you won’t want to do that since it’s depressing to see that Americans are near the bottom for math skills and well below average for verbal skills.
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