James' Education Dashboards
Tools for looking at education the way it actually performs, rather than the way it is talked about. Each one is built from official data, and every claim that isn't a number is tied to the source it came from.
US vs World in Education
Every international test the United States takes part in, from fourth grade to adulthood, country by country — plus what the systems that beat it do differently.
5 test programmes ~100 countries grade 4 → adult TIMSS · PIRLS · ICILS · PISA · PIAAC
Open the dashboard → Interactive mapsEnrollment Maps
Where the students go. Every U.S. county and school district through 2055, as births, moving and immigration change — beside the long view: American states counted back to 1980, and South Korea, where the same thing already happened and has further to run. Korean primary enrolment is down 62% from its peak, and down another third by 2032 on children who have already been born.
US 1899 → 2055 Korea 1965 → 2050
Open the dashboard →Built from the official published tables — the IEA's TIMSS, PIRLS and ICILS, the OECD's PISA and PIAAC, and the Census Bureau's population estimates with NCES enrollment. Each dashboard carries its own sources, permissions and method notes. Spot something wrong? Tell me on LinkedIn or X and I'll fix it.