The mean pattern of educational and economic achievement within multi-racial countries such as Canada and the United States has increasingly been found to prove valid internationally.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The results indicate that heterogeneity of race and heterogeneity of family educational background can increase the achievement of children from weak educational backgrounds with no adverse effect on children from strong educational backgrounds.
I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of good work and good citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement.
Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.
Higher education is one of few areas where this country competes with the rest of the world and wins. The best of American higher education outstrips any in the world. Look where the rest of the world goes for higher education, for graduate degrees. They come here.
To compete in a global economy, our students must continue their education beyond high school. To make this expectation a reality, we must give students the tools they need to succeed, including the opportunity to take a college entrance exam.
Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system.
The country that consistently ranks among the highest in educational achievement is Finland. A rich country, but education is free. Germany, education is free. France, education is free.
Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism.
A basic element of the American dream is equal access to education as the lubricant of social and economic mobility.
This is what America is about when it comes to understanding that it is equal opportunity versus equal achievement. Each and every one of us has the opportunity for greatness in this country.
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