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What Went Wrong with America's Schools?


Education is the key to any countries economic success. For a country
to be economically sound, the business and industry within that country must be
financially prosperous. In today's
high tech world economy, businesses and
industries need well educated employees to prosper. Therefore, the
deterioration of a countries educational system should be considered a major
economic problem. Between 1965 and 1980, the performance of American students
dramatically declined, the educational system fell backwards, and it is
affecting today's
schools, as well as the future of the US's work force.
During that 15 year period, US students' test scores severely dropped in
comparison to other industrial countries. After 1980, the dropping scores
leveled off, and recently, they have begun in increase. But American students
must play catch-up with the rest of the world, and today's
public school system
is not prepared to facilitate the major leap......

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