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September 13, 2006
yeah . . .but can they play football?
American and European societies face a growing lack of ambition among their children.
An annual study by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, found that the number of 2005 college graduates in China was more than the number of college graduates in the entire European Union.
More than a quarter of 15-year-olds in the United States, Italy, Mexico, Portugal and Turkey performed at (or below) the lowest levels in mathematics.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 13 September, 2006; page A7; 'China, India schools outperform U.S., Europe'
Posted by williamfrick at September 13, 2006 11:39 AM