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Research
11:39 am
Fri July 27, 2012

Americans may take the lead in London, but in the race for education, we're losing to Latvia

Credit graphic from "Achievement Growth: International and U.S. State Trends in Student Performance
On education gains, the U.S. lags behind other nations and Michigan lags behind other states.
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Tonight, millions of Americans will tune into the opening ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics, eagerly waiting to see whether the U.S. will resume its dominance in the race for gold.

If only we did so well in the race to educate our kids. 

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