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It’s time for the U.S. get back in the game in education.

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25 years ago, the U.S. led the world in high school and college graduation rates. Today, the U.S. has dropped to 20th and 16th.

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U.S. students fall behind 31 countries in math proficiency, according to a 2011 Harvard study that concluded the U.S. could increase GDP growth per capita by enhancing its students’ math skills.

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The decline in STEM knowledge capital is reducing the basic scientific research that leads to growth.

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the NAEP science results showed students’ performance worsened the longer they were in school, with 72 percent of the fourth graders, 63 percent of the eight graders, and just 60 percent of the 12th graders scoring at or above the “basic” level.

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American students aren’t keeping up with students in other countries in math and science.

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Sixty percent of the new jobs that will open in the 21st century will require skills possessed by only 20 percent of the current workforce.

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STEM workers can expect higher salaries.

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College graduates overall make 84 percent more over a lifetime than those with only high school diplomas.