Education in America: Don't Fail Me Part 1

Part 1 of the CNN special "Education in America: Don't Fail Me," featuring FRC Team 842, 1403, and 3675, reported by Soledad O'Brien.

CNN description: In "Don't Fail Me: Education in America", we learn that at this very moment, America's future is at stake. "If we don't generate the next group of innovators, scientists, engineers, and problem solvers," inventor Dean Kamen warns, "our standard of living, our quality of life, our security, will plummet!" American students rank 17th in science and 25th in math when compared to other industrialized nations. They don't have the skills to take on the high tech jobs of the future. This is because of how and what we teach American kids. It is also because of a culture that values sports and celebrities above all. The United States needs to change the way students are taught math and science, and children need to be encouraged and inspired to take the toughest classes in those subjects. There is a nationwide competition designed to motivate high school students to take those classes, push themselves, and learn more. Students Maria Castro, Brian Whited and Shaan Patel are actively involved in it. But is it too late for them? Is it too late for us?

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Education
• America
• Don't
• Fail
• Me
• CNN
• Soledad
• O'Brien
• FIRST
• Robotics
• Competition
• Maria
• Castro
• Brian
• Whited
• Shaan
• Patel
• Team
• 842
• 1403
• 3675

[FreeeeS]

the problem is right under your noses USA! religion! uber-conservatism! absolutism! objectivism!

[kennethlei57]

She just called Shanghai a country.... Even the news broadcasters are under educated.

[JCshorts]

@Fackalishus yep in germany i am average. over there i was labled being an over-achiever. Just because i actually studied for tests. Math is not my subject (Only got a B), I scored over 100 Points in AP English (I was awarded some extra points for projects and had straight As on usual tests) We did nothing but watching Disney movies. my brain starved over there!

[Fackalishus]

@JCshorts funny thing was in America I was like a super student but in Asia I was normal-below lmao Even when there was other people who visited us from other countries they always seemed to be smarter in general, I remember I was blown away cause this girl from Thailand who was in AP Calc with me got 100 percent through like the whole year...and she was like two years younger than me

[JCshorts]

@Fackalishus twas the same thing with my study partner in ap chemistry he was way ahead of all the others (he was from korea). while he did the calculating stuff i did the writing and evaluation part together we always got top scores and different awards

[Fackalishus]

@1point61803 I graduated top 20 and had dreams of going to college and being the first in my family to have a college degree, however, due to my family being extremely poor I can't afford to go to college. Now I am just working a job and trying to take care of my only family member (77 year old father)... I just can't see myself going anywhere and it saddens me that I disappoint my family

[Fackalishus]

@JCshorts I was educated in Asia and when I moved to the US I got to skip two grades, my dad was educated in America and when he moved to Asia they moved him back grades cause the students their were just far ahead....lol

[blueiguy1]

@tyseibert *sigh* you lazy bum. I just gave you three links about each issue. See title 9 ,and the others from the first comment. I never said whites were stupid you wanted a source I gave it to it you. All I gave was valid info about educational achievement.btw botswana (an AFRICAN country) has had the highest economic growth since the 70's have fun searching for that source on your own . lol good day sir!

[tyseibert]

@blueiguy1 lol you're so full of shit. Please provide me with a link to your source. If white people are so dumb then why is America and Europe the top two places on earth to live?

[blueiguy1]

@tyseibert Not African Americans dummy African Immigrants. Affirmative Action benefits WHITE WOMEN more than anyone else (see title 9) I have always been against it for that reason. btw the population of blacks is around 15% (if not more if you include some Latin Americans ) Again if your idiot I caution you to please stay off the computer lol

[tyseibert]

@blueiguy1 lol do you know what the percentage of blacks in the U.S is? It's around 10% and you're trying to tell me there are more blacks in college than whites? You are smoking crack. Even if you are saying per capita I'm positive you're wrong. If this is true then I guess it's time to get rid of affirmative action which gives blacks an upper hand when applying to colleges. No you would never get rid of that now would you? lol

[blueiguy1]

@tyseibert I love how idiots like you think you know what the fuck your talking about . The united states census along with the The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, and the Numerous other sources list this as true . Sorry if that makes white peoples ego tingle but its true .