Areas Quote by Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Of course, the American education system is very inefficient in many ways compared to other countries in Europe or Japan, but it works in…

— John Forbes Nash, Jr

In American math classes, we teach a lot of concepts poorly over many years. In the Asian systems they teach you very few concepts…

— Bill Gates

The language skill in the U.S. for the most part has been awful. Many Americans don't learn any foreign language.

— Stephen A. Schwarzman

“Other countries whose educational systems achieve more than ours often do so in part by attempting less. While school children in Japan are learning…

— Thomas Sowell

“We spend more per pupil than any other country, but among industrialized nations, American students rank near the bottom in science and math. Only…

— Glenn Beck

It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science,…

— Safra A. Catz

I think even in American schools, they must be studying in a specialized manner.

— Sergio Leone

Today, over half of China's undergraduate degrees are in math, science technology and engineering, yet only 16 percent of America's undergraduates pursue these schools.

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate…

— Bill Gates

America has a strategic interest in continuing to welcome international students at our colleges, universities, and high schools. Attracting the world's top scientific scholars…

— Norm Coleman

Studies show American students are becoming less proficient in math. Experts say we should have seen this coming, but nobody could put 2 and 2 together.

— Jay Leno

High school is closer to the core of the American experience than anything else I can think of.

— Kurt Vonnegut