Unless you’ve spent the past three years hibernating, you are aware that the state of the United States educational system is troubling…to say the least. For a nation that spends more money than any other country in the world on education, we seem to be doing horrible as 2010 statistics showed that out of 34 countries, the United States ranked 14^th in reading, 17^th in science and 25^th in math. Countries ranking the highest in this study were Canada, China, Finland, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea. It should be noted that most of those countries mentioned in that study have a similar government-funded educational system, and just like the U.S, private institutions provide education as well. [Read more...]