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[Zinix]

 

It's so common to see studies about the United States's lackluster academic performance compared to other countries, it's barely newsworthy anymore. The American education system, the story goes, is mediocre. A new report from the National Center for Educational Statistics complicates that picture a bit. It attempts to rank how individual states compare internationally, and shows a wide gap between the highest-performing states and the lowest: Massachusetts does quite well against other countries, while Mississippi, Alabama, and the District of Columbia do poorly.

 

http://www.theatlant...y-unequal/7354/

 

[Big Boss]

How do you propose we fix this Zinix.

[Hank Hill]

How do you propose we fix this Zinix.

 

Pay attention in class, for starters

[Big Boss]

Pay attention in class, for starters

Hah

[grahamf]

Frightening that the actual capital does so poorly.

[Gimbal]

http://www.theatlant...y-unequal/7354/

 

Of course it's unequal. If you compare a country where it's the law to stay in school until a certain age to a country where you get kicked out of school if you can't keep your grades up it's obvious who will outperform.

[DexterousGecko]

you've reached a new low zinix

[Trash Waifu]

I swear all you're doing is reading NeoGAF and whenever a news topic is made over there you make the same one here.

[TriplePower]

Europe all the way. (Hope this won't start a war.)

[Mewbot]

Europe all the way. (Hope this won't start a war.)

Nah mate, 'straya's where it's at.

[Hunter]

Why is this in general gaming? Is there a game based on the American education system?

[grahamf]

Why is this in general gaming? Is there a game based on the American education system?

The American education system IS the game.