Avah Sherman. Professor Highfill. Engl 1304. 1 May 2017.

Avah Sherman Professor Highfill ENGL 1304 1 May 2017 The declining value of education in America Since the end of the Cold War, there have been a number of changes that have occurred globally. The mobile communication and internet technology has exposed this world to the new avenues of possibilities. With the advent of globalization, a borderless world has started to emerge, and the significance and demand of the education in this new world education has grown even more. The United States and the entire Western region has been witnessing n erosion of advantages in technological, economic, and defense arenas. This is because the country is lagging the other countries of the world with respect to education. In the present times, the†¦show more content†¦(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2015). The scarcity of the American STEM workers leaves the organization with only two options. They are either compelled to import into the country, expensive foreign labor force, or end up moving their operating facilities to the other countries. A great amount of money is constantly be ing spent by the United States for the school goers than it is done by any other country around the world. According to estimates, it costs around $11,800 per child in comparison to the $4,000-$5,000 in the others countries under comparison (Hood, n.d.). This excludes the huge amount of money which is spent only on the 10 percent children who opt to afford private school education, America spends approximately $8,000 in the form of public money on every child every year. Still, the country is ranked 27th position on the global ranking list of the educational achievement of school, and this position is below Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico. Most social critics blast the public schools in America regularly calling them the factories that are mind-deadening and developed and designed to propel the white students belonging to the working class join the brain-dead jobs. On the other hand, the schools are known to be excoriated like the retirement parks that have been designed for the unionize d and lazy teachers who would like to involve in into the activities of