Education Facts - Ann Coulter

I do not have the source for her 'facts' but from anecdotes only - they seem reasonable. Don't dismiss her facts from her sarcasm. She does provide facts, albeit I do not have any citations for them. I am not including all her sarcasm or bombastic commentary - simply the little bit on education.

What she fails to mention is, after receiving the worst possible education, most of our students turn around in university and we again have the best education system in the world. Goes to show - as bad as it can get, students somehow come out reasonably ok at the end.

The exception would be - what happens to them when they finish their university education. many will be sucking on the exhaust pipe of liberalism and spouting off its many achievements - like education.




In fourth grade, the earliest grade for which international comparisons are available, American students outperform most other countries in reading, math and science. Fourth-graders score in the 92nd percentile in science, the 58th percentile in math and the 70th percentile in reading, where they beat 26 of 35 countries, including Germany, France and Italy.

But by the eighth grade, American students are only midrange in international comparisons.

By the 12th grade -- after receiving the full benefits of an American education -- Americans are near the bottom.








Ann Coulter