[re_nortex]

I’m certain that the United States headed this list during the Reagan years. But with the advent of KKKarter and a string of liberals thereafter, the American education has been on a downhill trajectory. They value multiculturalism over real learning.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Clearly smart doesn’t mean wise.

[LegendHasIt]

Sounds about right...

Sad that USA is so bad though

[Theoria]

'Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Finland, Estonia, Switzerland, Netherlands and Canada'

Not exactly havens of diversity.

[Big Horn]

We have some very smart and talented and some on the other end.Our education system needs some remodeling.

[toast]

We had an exchange student from Switzerland last year. Their high schools are stratified by tests they take in the 8th grade.

I wouldn’t doubt we are comparing their top 20% to our mainstreamed 100%.

[doorgunner69]

What?

All of Africa is last, and the muzzies that supposedly invented modern math are not at the the top? Blasphemy!

[PCPOET7]

looking at the list they gave of top countries . I don’t trust the list because at least tow of the countries at the top of the list dot test all of there population. south korea and japan. I am curies on how honest the numbers are coming out of Estonia.

[miliantnutcase]

Look at how low Sweden and Norway are doing. How the mighty have fallen. Wonder if it’s due to “diversity”...

[Art in Idaho]

". . and the United States sits at the tail end of the top third, tied at 28th with Italy. "

An absolute disgrace.

November 8, 2016. . Last chance for our Sacred Republic?

May God help us through this and guide up with the right decisions.

[LibWhacker]

Yawn... How many times has the good old USA swept, or nearly swept, all the Nobel Prizes in science? Wake me up when any CONTINENT even gets close.

[pallis]

Considering all the inner city schools that contribute to the average, it is no surprise that the US is not in the top 10. Multiculturalism has its price, a high one. But look at the bright side, all those kids from other countries, can now come to universities in the United States for cutting edge mathematics and science. ...Meanwhile, a large number of US students who would like to be in our best universities can’t be because they are victims of our mass education fiasco that drags the top down to the bottom in the name of fairness.

[Daffynition]

Watched some of the NatGeo Bee the other night. The kids were delightful! A vast majority of the students appeared to be of Indian descent. Two appeared to be Caucasian.

These top 10 finishers who competed in today’s preliminary round of the 2015 National Geographic Bee held today in Washington, D.C., will take part in the final round of the competition on Wednesday, May 13. They are Kapil Nathan of Alabama, Sojas Wagle of Arkansas, Nicholas Monahan of Idaho, Patrick Taylor of Iowa, Abhinav Karthikeyan of Maryland, Lucy Chae of Massachusetts, Shriya Yarlagadda of Michigan, Shreyas Varathan of Minnesota, Karan Menon of New Jersey and Tejas Badgujar of Pennsylvania. ©Rebecca Emily Drobis ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2015 National Geographic Bee

[Daffynition]

Anyone else remember a book called “Why Johnny Can’t Read?” [1955] Its author, Rudolph Flesch caused quite a stir. It coincided with the Cold War and the Space Race.

With the launch of Sputnik a whole lot of state and federal money poured into the schools. It was emphasized that getting a good education was our patriotic duty, our contribution to winning against the Soviets. Math and science classes were better funded and we had new books and equipment.

[Amagi]

But where does the US rank in what really counts with the education establishment, i.e., pervert sex education?
Thank you Arne Duncan.

[Paulie]

And Common Core hasn’t even taken root yet. Unless CC is eliminated lock, stock, and barrel, the U.S. is headed for the bottom 10. Easily.

[Vinnie]

Math lesson.. Two plus dos am fo.

[EEGator]

The top countries don’t have the anchors of 40 million Blacks ans 50 million Mexicans/C.A./S.A..

[ScottinVA]

But the U.S. leads the world in the “sexual diversity” and “gender studies” areas.

[Awgie]

Congratulations to my Canadian Cousins in the “Polite State of America.”