1. Education in America vs. China and India
Or, Why I am moving to China in March

2. Brains are everywhere. Discoveries can be made everywhere and industries built on those discoveries can also be anywhere.
3. RISK
4. A Matter of Time
5. 583,200 minutes422,400 minutes302,400 minutes
6. 25%of US high school students fail to graduate on time.
US Dept. of Education
7. "In India and China they are struggling to get out of poverty. Becoming an engineer, becoming a scientist, is a passport out of poverty. You'll be much better off than your parents, and be better respected by society That does not exist in the USA."
8. Parents who think their child's high school as teaching the right amount of math and science:
70%
High school principals who say they are not worried about low academic standards:
79%
American students score highly in one area relative to their international peers:
self-confidence.
9. 10. 11. It looks like the American students life is like, almost a dream. Its like no studying, very light syllabus. And maybe study only when you want to.
12. America: 53 million K-12
India: 212 million
China: 194 million
13. 14. 2009 PISA Test
15 year olds in 65 countries
All China regions outperformed the US
15. 16. Immigration
17. Why?
18. Is it parenting?