Same in Belgium and Netherlands. There is no reason to send your kids to private schools, since the state funded schooling system is already good enough. Same

Same in Belgium and Netherlands. There is no reason to send your kids to private schools, since the state funded schooling system is already good enough. Same goes for universities (don't know about the impact on research though, just talking about education here) And I also highly doubt that graduating a "prestige" university really makes much difference here. If you want to make more money, start your own business. In my opinion, a lot of problems in US come from the fact that they don't offer proper education to the lower class. In Europe it's great to share a class with kids from all kinds of backgrounds.