Understanding the problems with US Schools: Bill Gates says states think Big Money- little scrutiny.

Following on from my post yesterday which made a comparison between educational systems in the US and Finland there is a great talk from Bill Gates at TED. Although it appears a little of topic to start with as it looks at state budgets the big picture is really useful and soon the focus turns to the looming problem as an ever expanding deficit can only lead to swingeing cuts in education budgets.