For the American magazine Foreign Policy is not the case in panic. But there are squeaks, and how. The latest survey of Program for International Student Assessment (Pisa) certify that the American high school students are struggling to keep pace with Asian colleagues . On 65 countries in the race, the Americans were classified to 31st place in mathematics, the 23rd in science, 17th in the "language" . Students of Shanghai were ranked first in mathematics, science and early first-language (for the record, the Italians are the 35th in math). Not only that: in the first eleven places there are seven Asian countries. More bad news for the U.S.: it is eroding the role of the largest pole of attraction for students across the world (the share went from 24% in 2000 to 19% in 2008). In Asian countries - according to a report by Unesco - the growth of spending on research has increased from 27 to 32 percent from 2002 to 2007 , while that of Western countries has decreased over the same period. Foreign Policy for America can sleep another night's sleep, however: the first stars and stripes do not would be (for now) in danger. But one thing is certain: the challenge of the future goes on education. In Italy it is pitch dark .
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