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Failing grades: waning education standards threaten U.S. competitiveness.(Industry Study)
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National Defense
- Article date:
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June 1, 2008
- Author:
- Gropman, Alan L.
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High-quality education is absolutely critical to national security, and the United States must soon address a number of challenges in its educational system if it wants to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy and in key technologies.
Of concern is that U.S. student scores are lagging behind other nations in critical areas such as math, science and reading, concluded a study by the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
A group of U.S. and foreign military officers and civilians completed the study last year after visiting dozens of educational organizations in the United States and abroad.
The study highlighted the dichotomy between the way ...