Sunday, August 31, 2025

America's Education Crisis

America’s education crisis threatens to unravel a superpower by Melissa Lawford
And Meike Eijsberg
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/31/americas-brain-power-withers-as-china-powers-ahead/
As the US endures falling math and literacy skills, Chinese students are powering ahead. 

Why Johnny Can’t Add Anymore
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/u-s-math-education-crpe-report-naep-scores-648adf94
Low standards and ideological fights don’t help students, as math scores plummet. 

The Sino-American Battle for Brains
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-attacking-universities-while-china-invests-in-higher-education-by-lee-jong-wha-2025-07
In the struggle for global economic, technological, and geopolitical leadership, higher education can make all the difference. While China invests heavily in building world-class universities, the US is actively undermining its elite institutions of higher education – not least by alienating foreign talent.