Sad to say that the US education system is in a bit of a sad state currently, but Bing is trying to do something about it, launching a new site and new initiative focused “providing information and resources to learn, a community platform to connect, and tools and initiatives to act:
LET’S REDU from Redu on Vimeo.
Some of the statistics are pretty sobering:
Why all the fuss?
1.2+ Million
The number of students that drop out of school every year. That’s more than 6,000 students every school day and one every 26 seconds.
53%
Percentage of U.S. students expected to graduate high school in the 50 largest cities.
18th Place
Ranking of 12th graders in combined mathematics and science assessments against 21 other countries.
1+ Million
Number of veteran teachers who are nearing retirement. America will need 2 million new teachers in the next decade.
One in Six
Public School Students attend a High-Poverty School
You can learn more, and join it, at www.bing.com/redu.