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News Coverage November 2009

November 17, 2009— Detroit Free Press —“America Must Do More to Fix Education”
When America learned about the subprime mortgage lending crisis, then watched the subsequent roll downhill of the national economy, widespread panic and unfettered fear led Congress to fork over $700 billion to the culprits who helped cause the problem. So what do we not get about the other crisis that begs for our attention: the U.S. education crisis. High schools are graduating students who can barely read. Record numbers of teachers will soon retire. The Russians are gaining on us. Yes, while Russian eighth-graders scored at about the same level as U.S. eighth-graders on the last TIMSS, or Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study -- which tests students in 54 countries and the United States on math and science -- Russian fourth-graders made significant gains.

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