Fact Is, Students Have Never Known History : NPR
Bingo.
Since the ’70s, the U.S. has typically placed in the bottom quartile in worldwide math and science rankings.
“We have the biggest economy in the world, the most productive workers, the most inventors, the most patents, the greatest universities. How could all of this success have come from kids who were in the bottom quartile in the international assessments?” [Dianne] Ravitch asks. “It suggests to me that there’s no connection.”
