Claim: We've noticed that in talking about education, politicians like to use statistics that show the U.S. is way behind other countries. That certainly makes it easier to tout whatever education policies the pols are pushing. But sometimes kids in the U.S. perform better than politicians make it sound. Our colleagues at PolitiFact.com caught President Obama misleadingly claiming last week that "In eighth grade math, we've fallen to ninth place." U.S. eighth graders are in ninth place,
Fact-check: Obama's Misleading Education Stat - FactCheck.org
Verdict: we've noticed that in talking about education, politicians like to use statistics that show the u.s. is way behind other countries. that certainly makes it easier to tout whatever education policies the pols are pushing. but sometimes kids in the u.s. perform better than politicians make it sound. our colleagues at politifact.com caught president obama misleadingly claiming last week that "in eighth grade math, we've fallen to ninth place." u.s. eighth graders are in ninth place,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2009-03-16T21:46:00