Education In Crisis: Americans Want To Make Education Great Again

Some Americans are apprehensive about their education and what it stands in the world today. The slogan, "Make America Great Again" has been associated with "Make Education Great Again." Some Americans believe that the education is in crisis and need to be polished all over again.

Educational Standing

Achieving Tomorrow states that the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has just recently released a report about low-performing students in nations that take the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). The result shows that students from East Asian countries outperformed the American students.

In fact, there were 37 countries that surpassed the U.S. The assessment is based on proficiency level in reading, science and mathematics.

There is about less than 5 percent of 15-year-old students from South Korea, Shanghai, Vietnam and Hong Kong who executed below the proficiency level in the three said subjects. On the other hand, the United States have doubled it with 12 percent of 15-year-old students achieved below basic proficiency levels in mathematics, reading and science.

Marc Tucker of The Atlantic said that Vietnam and Latvia have a smaller number of low-performing students than in the U.S.  He further said that if it is poverty that accounts for the U.S.'s high proportion of low-performing students, how come these two countries are doing better than the U.S.

Make Education Great Again

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Huffington Post reports that the slogan, "Make Education Great Again" outraged Americans and believed that their education is a natural tragedy. They want reform.

John Ewing, an educator, a mathematician and President of Math for America -- a New York non-profit supporting STEM teachers said that the group of education reforms, who represent the slogan "Make Education Great Again" were incensed and believe that education is in crisis.

"We all want America education to be great. Of course, we can do better. Of course, we must try. Of course, we have a long way to go," said Ewing. "But in education as in politics, the opposite of "everything is broken" is not "everything is fine. We will make education (and our country) better by building on them."