The United States is home to the greatest education institutions in the world. Nobody is going to argue that MIT, Caltech, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Yale, and Harvard are the top dog institutions on our planet. And, given our increasingly technologically oriented society, the need for students who are technically adept is absolutely necessary.
Yet, the trends in education is disturbing. Some highschools grad cannot even grasp basic algebra:
In my opinion, math is as important as English for university. If highschool grads are ill-equipped for the rigor of university, what then? Will the university be forced to water down their curriculum in response to the influx of bad students?
Not to imply that our curriculum is bad; it isn't. But when the United States decides to walk down a new path, Canada isn't very far behind. This article addresses those issues:
http://www.osstf.on.ca/Default.aspx?DN=76e080a5-0ec6-4448-8bba-67494d2add93
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