[Simon28003]

Being careful to separate education from employment or any other related issue, I think the answer is that the French and British education systems are probably better than the USA, but not by much. Basic Stats on Adult Literacy: (source – AskJeeves.com) USA – 97% (1979 est.) France – 99% (1980 est.) UK – 99% (1978 est.) OK, Adult literacy is a broad indicator at best and should not be taken as the only indicator of education, but it works as a quick and dirty signpost. The USA is working at a significant disadvantage to the UK and France. It has no common curriculum and allows politicians, not educators, control over key aspects of the local curriculum (recent high profile example Kansas and Evolution\Creationism). The political system favours low taxation which means that education does not recieve than same level of funding that is seen in the UK and France where taxation is generally higher. There is also the fact that the US education system does not require student to specialise until much later in their education and generally has a shorter academic year than is seen in Europe. At the same time as this it does have a very healthy adult education system (possibly a response to the weaknesses of the primary education system, possibly due to other cultural differences).

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