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LAST
IN MATH AND PHYSICS
The
U.S. Is Last In Math. In
December 1999, Al Gore highlighted the failure of American education:
"We rank 18th out of 18 nations surveyed in 12th
grade math, Tim [Russert]. We now have 60 percent of the businesses
in America with good paying jobs they cannot fill because they can’t
find enough people with education." (Al
Gore, Democratic Presidential Debate, NBC’s "Meet the
Press," December 19, 1999) Click
Here To See Al Gore Describe The Education Recession.
The U.S.
Is Last In Physics. In
physics, U.S. high school seniors ranked last. (National
Center for Education Statistics, Pursuing Excellence: A Study
of U.S. Twelfth-Grade Mathematics and Science Achievement in International
Context, 1998, Figure 16)
Nations
That Scored Higher Than The United States In Grade 12 Math:
Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland,
Iceland, Norway, France, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Austria,
Slovenia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russian Federation, Lithuania
and Czech Republic. (National
Center for Education Statistics, Highlights From the third International
Mathematics And Science Study, 1999, p. 7)
Nations
That Scored Higher Than The United States In Grade 8 Math: Singapore,
Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Belgium-Flemish, Czech Republic, Slovak
Republic, Switzerland, Netherlands, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Austria,
France, Hungary, Russian Federation, Australia, Ireland, Canada,
Belgium-French, Sweden, Thailand, Israel, Germany, New Zealand,
England, Norway and Denmark. (National
Center for Education Statistics, Highlights From the third International
Mathematics And Science Study, 1999, p. 4)
Nations
That Scored Higher Than The United States In The Final Year Of Secondary
School Average Physics Include: Norway, Sweden,
Russian Federation, Denmark, Slovenia, Germany, Australia, Cyprus,
Latvia, Switzerland, Greece, Canada, France, Czech Republic, and
Austria.
(National Center for Education Statistics, Highlights From the Third
International Mathematics And Science Study, 1999, p. 10)
Former Education
Secretary William Bennett Bemoaned Sad State Of Education In The
U.S. "Thousands of jobs are going unfilled
every month because our schools aren’t producing enough well-prepared
students. What kind of nation have we become when we can’t
educate our own children and supply our own workforce? Why are some
poor children in India learning more math and science than wealthy
ones in Grosse Pointe, Mich.?" (William
Bennett, "Math, Science Deserve More Emphasis," The
Dallas Morning News, September 12, 2000)
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