There are a number of reasons. First of all, in Europe, high school was the domain of the elite. Thomas Piketty writes about this. In 1950s, Americans had 80% high school education. In Europe, it was 30 or 40%. What should that tell us? We should be investing in higher education in this country as opposed to reversing those trends. (1:13:52–1:13:59)
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