we are supposed to be the land of opportunities, but we are falling behind

There are so many people talking about how we need to change everything about education in America. Why is it not happening?  I am scared for what it will be like when my kids are adults and living in the world we have created here.  American is falling behind because of the way we educate our people.  After reading the first passage in Linda Darling-Hammond’s book “The Flat World, Educational Inequality and America’s Future” It has made me think about the fact that other countries, even those less fortunate, are passing us by simply because they know how teach, they know how to learn, and we are talking about how we need to change, but nothing has been done.  As stated by The New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, 2007, “The American standard of living will steadily fall relative to those nations, rich and poor, that are doing a better job,” (page 1) Simple little “patchwork” changes are not helping, something drastic seems to be the only thing that will get us back on track.  We need an educational make-over.