compared to other first world western countries it isnt that far ahead

Most countries in the OECD are not west, you're just narrowing this down to America+allies. Contrast America to the world, not just the EU. And America actually spends loads of money for each student, only Austria, Norway, Luxemburg, and Switzerland spend more each student. 80% American students are happy at school; 74% believe that their scholastic settings are ideal.

Americans marked average 491 on the most recent big multinational test, the PISA 2012. It was actually above OECD average, and was close to the OECD average for happiness in schools, while the higher-scoring countries generally were below average for happiness (see Hanguk's internationally leading suicide rates). Other countries:

and? if its 28th in the OECD its either the same spot or further behind internationally, USA is the richest country it should spend more on education and less on the military and then it could be first in OECD

and? if its 28th in the OECD its either the same spot or further behind internationally

My point is, it's already one of the most spending countries on teaching (the most, I believe), and it's got a good blend of teaching and happiness. Nothing to waste taxpayer money on to try and repair something not broken.

i didnt say spend more money i said make the standards stricter cause for a country spending so much on teaching its international education ranking is quite low.
change it dont throw more money at it

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international education ranking is quite low.

It's not, I already showed you.

change it dont throw more money at it

If it was really that easy, don't you think it would've already been done?

international education ranking is quite low.


It's not, I already showed you.


cherry picking at its worst, this is what i said: for a country spending so much on teaching its international education ranking is quite low. which is quite different to international education ranking is quite low.


change it dont throw more money at it


If it was really that easy, don't you think it would've already been done?


plenty of other countries which spend less on education and have better education systems

cherry picking at its worst, this is what i said: for a country spending so much on teaching its international education ranking is quite low. which is quite different to international education ranking is quite low.

What you're doing would actually be relatively cherry-picking, as I have a bigger sample of countries and a more extensive study, where America marked the highest. It's already spending loads on teaching, but it obviously goes beyond mismanagement. Slovakia spends less than half as much as America each student yet marked better on average. It's in great deal cultural and a balance between innovation/creativity-killing and depression against poor teaching. See Hanguk, the highest under-18 national suicide rate, or Finland, which has more lax standards, but has a pretty poor happiness at school rate, and values teachers much higher at a more societal level.

plenty of other countries which spend less on education and have better education systems

You can't play copy-paste with government. There are more factors than just organisation and money spent, see above.