I am wary of comparing one states education system to another. Not every country is created equally and although it looks easy to look at some raw numbers and s

I am wary of comparing one states education system to another. Not every country is created equally and although it looks easy to look at some raw numbers and state this country is doing better than this country. Most of these comparisons tend to not look at the overall picture. The developed countries that have the lowest scores tend to have high levels of immigration. Predominantly this is Canada, the UK, and the US. While programs such as the US "no child left behind" has been an educational disaster, this has been a problem for years. Schools have a limited, and shrinking, budget. The student population isn't getting any smaller so as an educator your options are to cut funding to a bunch of smart, but bored students, or cut funding to the lowest levels. In one instance you might be denying the next Bill Gates. In another you might be keeping someone from turning to a life of crime. Usually from the same immigrant families, they will complain about the education their children receive in the host country but if pressed to send the children back, even if just for school, most would rather take their chances in their new country.