Other prosperous countries are having trouble funding education

Is it just me, or does it seem like once a culture "makes it," they slack off?  Rising economies - China, India, South Korea - see education as the most valuable investment you can make for the future of your children.  But, not all established economies see it that way.  We think we do, but our actions are starting to say the opposite.

Here is a morbidly fascinating article from our neighbors to the north about college students who don't read  - http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/994530--mallick-why-canadian-kids-can-t-read