Not only is US, in India as well.Performance of institutions has come down because of :
-Stress is more on information than knowledge
-Admitting children in educational institution at a very early age, depriving them of childhood.
-Overloading of information
-importance to width of information and not depth.
-no stress on moral values
-decrying memorization and asking children to be original in areas where one can not be original at the early age, that is understanding basic concepts.
-too much distraction in terms of extracurricular activities
-exposure to TV,Video games
-lack of parental control
-lack of harmonious family
-stress on ranks , not on proficiency
-fixing of goals in life at an early age.
-uncommitted, non-dedicated teachers
Unless these anomalies are corrected educational institutions shall go down the hill further.
On Education.
Educational reform is called for by not overloading children,not pressurizing them,by parental control,value systems.
