Shorter Summers

I don't agree with how Arne Duncan wants to deal with education. He says that we are at a disadvantage because we have shorter school years then countries like India and China. He also says that we need to know how we stack up against the students in India and China. I don't understand why he thinks we need to change our school system to compete with other countries when none of the other countries have done that. He also talks about the drop out rate, but doesn't he realize the drop out rate will only increase the more the school year increases. In my opinion, that is  a domino effect waiting to happen. Staying in school longer won't stop people from dropping out, if anything it will increase the drop rate. I don't feel think he has put much thought into how increasing the school year will effect the drop out rate because he is so concerned with how we compare to students in other countries.