The issue on the US is probably somewhere in the middle of complexity. We have money and even poor districts have way more money than kids in developing economies, but our culture gets in the way, politics gets in the way, politization gets in the way, unions get in the way, the federal dept of education gets in the way. None of these actors are all bad. They all do some good but together they are destroying things.

First of all, not all kids are meant to go to college or university. Second, we’re teaching fewer useful skills that are needed to function in industry and society. We’re also teaching them dependence and less independence.