/2011/07/30/the-state-of-education/
{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/07\/30\/the-state-of-education\/","trash":"","name":"the-state-of-education","parent":"","title":"The State of Education","date":"2011-07-30 10:04:21","filepath":"posts\/2000325_the-state-of-education.xml.json","type":"post","content":"Education is the most important investment for improving poverty, violence, and the economy. This graphic illustrates how bad the situation is for the United States (and it's getting worse).\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/07\/useducation.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-326\" title=\"US Education woes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/07\/useducation-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"US Education woes\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<em>Click the above image to view the whole thing.<\/em>\n\nSome data points:\n<ul>\n\t<li>Less than 30% of US students are proficient in math and reading.<\/li>\n\t<li>Singapore, Korea, and Finland hire 100% of their teachers from the <strong>top <\/strong>1\/3 of university students.<\/li>\n\t<li>The US hires almost 50% of teachers from the <strong>bottom <\/strong>1\/3 of university students.<\/li>\n\t<li>In 1970, starting lawyers were only paid $2,000 more than a starting teacher. \u00a0In 2011, starting lawyers get paid $115,000 more than a starting teacher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>"}}
