U.S. slips in global education survey: "''They're catching up with you in the proportion that finish school [and] the proportion that go to college,'' said Barry McGaw, director of education for the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which develops the yearly rankings.
''The one area you remain ahead is how much you spend,'' McGaw told U.S. reporters Monday. ''They don't need to catch up with you on quality, because many of them are already ahead.''"