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Discussion - United States Profile > Education
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Kim
23rd September 2009 |
There should be a data checker for this information and it should be updated more frequently, alot of this information is nearly a decade old! |
MNTX (Texas, USA)
2nd March 2009 |
The information here contradicts the US Department of Education and Federal Budget Office, both showing closer to 8% of GDP spent on education versus the 5.7% listed here. It appears by the reports that only Federal spending is accounted for. In the US, schools are funded on both the State and Federal level. This is inaccurate without the State numbers. |
Teaire Davenport-Allen (USA)
19th February 2009 |
Well I believe the term literacy in its self is a very board subject because who was it that made up the rules to say this is literacy and here is what makes it good and this is bad.I think that literacy is more than being able to read and write in the standard English. I think that it is the being able to communicate effectively.So who are we to go around and try to measure the literacy of other people. |
Scott Bell (USA)
27th October 2007 |
Compulsory education is mandated by teh federal government, although the implementation is left up to the individual states. The first eight grades are mandatory and teh remaining four of the twelve can only be opted out from by special dispensation; e.g.: hardship or emancipation. I am surprised that literacy rates are not listed here. |
Tim (Taiwan)
12th May 2007 |
Compulsory education in the United States is controled by each state and it is not 12 years. |
Barrison (Provo, UT)
21st February 2007 |
Hi I'm not sure if anyone actually looks at this page but I need some of statistics comparing US students to those of the rest of the world. I heard somewhere that we were way way behind most other countries, even behind those countries far behind us in economic terms. Help please! Thanks. |
mary
15th November 2005 |
i think you should have charts of the literacy rate in the united states |
Missy
8th November 2005 |
Instead of ranting and raving about the state of our educational process here in the US, please go out and DO something about it! Share your ideas and views with children... Be a volunteer at schools or libraries, etc. I believe we are more "free-thinking" than any of the hippies in the 60's ever were. It is unfortunate that with "free-thinking" comes free-love which has led to unprotected sex, which has led to numerous diseases, etc. I am all for free speech and the American way, but we have to take care of "cleaning up our act" so we can stay alive long enough for it to matter. Mr. Harris, I agree that standardized curriculum can hamper free thought, however it is up to our teachers, parents and other adults in this country to "fill in the gaps" for our kids like they did in the good old days. Parent used to take a much stronger role in education and discipline that resulted in better, stronger adults. Let's get back to the basics and Learn again. School is not for the advancement of political gain, but for learning basic fundamentals. Parental guidance and Community can teach the other things important to our young people, so get out there and be a part of your kids lives and a part of your community. |
Michael Harris
21st September 2005 |
The same is happening in the United Kingdom, though to a smaller degree. The education system is producing scores of students who can regurgitate the opinions of their lecturers but who cannot thinks themselves: an orthodoxy of small 'c' conservative (and often left-wing small 'c' conservatism) is developing helped by the proliferation of degrees that specialize towards commerce (e.g. Business Studies, M.B.As). The old humanist tradition is dying - free thought is hampered by standardized curriculum and an emphasis on integer-results. Children are definitely getting better education, but at the expense of free-thinking. |
William Caylor
1st December 2004 |
I find little ground for Mr. Harris' fears. While the proportion of students attaining tertiary education seems small to me, always being around those expecting to go to college, at the least a vocational school, it is worth noting that the US is highest in this category. |
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