Reinventing Education

I'm reviewing James Powells An Education Crisis and let me start off by saying thanks for your opinion and I couldn't agree more.

 U.S. students recently finished 15th in reading, 19th in math, and 14th in science in the ranking of 31 countries by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Seriously? Apparently education provided here in America is worse than that many countries? I agree with James that there needs to be increased education in math and science but more importantly in my opinion, reading. How will they ever learn if they don't understand ? I also really like his idea in incorporating more language classes into school schedules, and especially the basic chinese or mandarin, since they are the number one widely spoken languages in the world. This Education Reform Bill that would triple our current public education fund would be fantastic, but you know as well as I do, it won't happen. More school for kids and more taxes for everyone? Most Americans aren't really thinking about their future generations and what would benefit them. They are more concerned about what would benefit them now, people want things done and they want it done fast, especially americans. We all want to see the fruits of our labor and for something like this, unfortunately, most wouldn't see the benefits in our lifetime. Another problem is with the foreign languages, sadly, most Americans will never leave the country and know this, and therefore wouldn't see the point in endorsing something they think they or their kids will never use.Ultimately while a great idea with great intentions, it probably won't happen. Hopefully one day  America will stop procrastinating and being selfish, how else will we ever have a better tomorrow if we don't start today?