Right I'm sure private schools self selecting high performing students with well funded parents has nothing to do with it. And the US was #1? LOL. Yeah that hasn't been the case since Europe rebuilt itself after WWII.QuakerOats;1836591 wrote:..................when we were # 1. Thanks for making my point.
Amazing how parochial schools have always turned out top-notch scholars and continue to do so (at half the cost).
US will continue to fall until religion becomes a fairy tale that it is and we focus on STEM education. Look no further than Finland or Sweden if you want a successful education model.