The magnitude of the problem with education

[greybeta]

Okay, one of the questions on the Truman application is to describe the problem or needs of society you want to address when you enter public service. The problem is that I need to find reliable statistical data to define the magnitude of the problem.

So I want to address the problems we have in our education system. I'm really not sure if I want to do K-12 or college, but I do need to know where I can find the statistics. I'll be googling stuff, but I still won't be sure who I can rely on.

Could anyone point me in the direction of finding some sound statistcs to define the problem of our education system?

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[greybeta.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the input. I decided just to focus on my home state to make it easy on me :).