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As far as the PISA goes, we are competing against countries that:

give paid maternity leave as national policy (while we don't)

have free national preschool for all children

do not have nearly the percentage of immigrant children who don't speak their first language as we have

do not have nearly the income divide that we do

have had national health insurance for decades

give teachers more planning time and less instructional time on average (60% instructional vs. 80% instructional in the US)

only send in test scores from certain schools in their countries

So . . . after you take all of that into account and realize that we are not being compared to apples, we look pretty dang good.

We have some excellent public schools in America and some incredible students coming out of them.  Go into those schools and check it out.

We do have some work to do in poorer areas of this country, but that work is not all inside the schools (by any stretch).

I have a friend in Australia.  In Australia all babies are monitored from birth on.  A community health nurse visits all homes regularly and has "meetings" for groups of new parents who live in the same area.  The parents not only know each other from day one (and can support each other), they know how to take care of the children and keep them physically and mentally healthy.  The nurse meanwhile can observe any problems early.  Why can't we do this in the US?  I think it would go a long way toward better outcomes.  [/quote]

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