The US education system isn&#x27;t as good as Russia&#x27;s(source: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thelearningcurve.pearson.com&#x2F;index&#x2F;index-ranking" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thelearningcurve.pearson.com&#x2F;index&#x2F;index-ranking</a>) and its only going to get worse with the lowering of standards due to &quot;common core&quot;; just take a look at some actual questions on a common core test
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nationalreview.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;373840&#x2F;ten-dumbest-common-core-problems-alec-torres" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nationalreview.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;373840&#x2F;ten-dumbest-com...</a>.<p>There is multiple articles from various view points on the fact that education in the US is declining.<p>&quot;American students are continuously proving to know less in subjects like history.&quot; &quot;A 2010 study by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed the U.S. history testing scores are &quot;stagnant,&quot; with only 9 percent of fourth graders correctly identifying a photograph of Abraham Lincoln and stating two reasons for his importance.&quot;(Source: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;01&#x2F;11&#x2F;public-education-100-year_n_2456991.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;01&#x2F;11&#x2F;public-education-10...</a>)<p>&quot;The United States invests more in K-12 public education than many other developed countries, yet U.S. students remain poorly prepared to compete with global peers.&quot;(Source: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.forbes.com&#x2F;sites&#x2F;jamesmarshallcrotty&#x2F;2012&#x2F;03&#x2F;26&#x2F;7-signs-that-americas-educational-decline-is-jeopardizing-its-national-security&#x2F;#2e4e52a05999" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.forbes.com&#x2F;sites&#x2F;jamesmarshallcrotty&#x2F;2012&#x2F;03&#x2F;26&#x2F;7...</a>)<p>&quot;There’s a delightful and true saying, often attributed to Joseph Sobran, that in a hundred years, we’ve gone from teaching Latin and Greek in high school to teaching remedial English in college.&quot; (Source: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thefederalistpapers.org&#x2F;education-2&#x2F;middle-school-reading-lists-100-years-ago-vs-today-show-how-far-american-educational-standards-have-declined" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thefederalistpapers.org&#x2F;education-2&#x2F;middle-school...</a>)