Just as one would expect socialized medicine to produce the same poor results no matter where it’s tried, so would one expect that government education would lead to the gradual erosion of academic standards no matter where it’s tried.

This report from New Zealand gives some evidence to confirm my hypothesis. Apparently, there are college-educated Kiwis who are functionally illiterate, just as there are American college grads who have trouble with simple reading, writing, and math.