"Fix the fucking educational system and stop wasting people's time."
America spends more % of it's GDP and more $ / capita than any nation on earth.
America graduates far more people from college than any European country.
European Americans score better than Europeans on standardized testing.
Same for all ethnic groups: Asian Americans do better than Asians, African Americans do better than Africans etc..
The reason America - on average - fares a little lower than Europe has to do with it's ethnic composition. BTW - I'm not saying that some ethnic groups / races are 'smarter' than others, but that literacy, attitudes towards education etc. are multigenerational things, and most Latino Americans and African Americans are only about 1.5 generations fully literate, so it will take some time to fully catch up.
In fact - if you account for ethnicity - America has the best schools in the world - wherever they come in from - they do better than they would have from whence they came.
I'm not saying American schools are perfect or whatever - but it's worth noting that if you look at the facts, they don't fit the whole 'American schools are crap' narrative. It's more nuanced than that.
America spends more % of it's GDP and more $ / capita than any nation on earth.
America graduates far more people from college than any European country.
European Americans score better than Europeans on standardized testing.
Same for all ethnic groups: Asian Americans do better than Asians, African Americans do better than Africans etc..
The reason America - on average - fares a little lower than Europe has to do with it's ethnic composition. BTW - I'm not saying that some ethnic groups / races are 'smarter' than others, but that literacy, attitudes towards education etc. are multigenerational things, and most Latino Americans and African Americans are only about 1.5 generations fully literate, so it will take some time to fully catch up.
In fact - if you account for ethnicity - America has the best schools in the world - wherever they come in from - they do better than they would have from whence they came.
I'm not saying American schools are perfect or whatever - but it's worth noting that if you look at the facts, they don't fit the whole 'American schools are crap' narrative. It's more nuanced than that.