My question has always been, why is the US dropout rate at ~30% country wide, but Canada has a figure marginally above 10%. What is the social norm that's havin

My question has always been, why is the US dropout rate at ~30% country wide, but Canada has a figure marginally above 10%. What is the social norm that's having a huge effect on these children's ability to stay in school? This isn't mentioning that even American institutions recognize that Canadian children are better educated. Even the sports scouts who hand out college scholarships say that while American students need an 80% to apply, Canadians only need a 60% because the educational standard in Canada is higher. How can a country consider its education system even passable, if the standard of its high school graduates with 100% is worse than any Canadian kid on the honour roll?