Science In America Essay

Dr. Michio Kaku famously stated: “the United States has the worst educational system known to science.” Were it solely up to U.S. graduates, the scientific establishment and tech economy would collapse, he says, “forget about Google, forget about Silicon Valley. There would be no Silicon Valley.” Instead, U.S. science and tech thrive because of immigrants who come on H-1B visas, “America’s secret weapon… the genius visa.” If it wasn’t for immigrants, the United States of America wouldn’t be preforming financially as well as it would otherwise. Instead of using our “Genius vise” we need to increase the genius rate born and raised here in the states! Currently we are being out performed in every field of education and the sciences. Our children

According to Nation’s Report Card students in 4th grade only 40% of students are considered proficient in math, and only 36% of students are proficient in reading. For 8th grade students, only 33% are considered proficient in math and 34% in reading. Compared to 34 other countries, the U.S. ranks 27th in math, 17th in reading, and 20th in science. Currently we placed 21st for High School graduates. 83% of students graduate high school on average with some states averaging as low as 66% and others as high as 94%. As of 2015, 45% of students graduated college, while 31% did not, and another 12% are still enrolled. The remaining 12% transferred to other colleges. The United States is in 13th place when accounting for students graduating college. This is simply dismal and for a world power is unacceptable. Our public education system receives funding from multiple sources, but overall roughly $12,000 is allocated for each student each year. The U.S. spends the most money on education compared to other more frugal nations, even so, academic scores are poor and meager at best. This spending obviously does not translate into better performance. Every state and locality decide how much money it allocates towards education and how is it allocated with a few federal guidelines. Though, the schooling system, mainly colleges, has become more focused on short term profit. Focusing more time and money on sporting events than academic