Big Data + Libraries

Will big data be the catalyst that pushes American schools into the 21st century?  

You've heard it before, and you'll hear it again: The education system is failing. According to the Associated Press, about 1,700 schools nationwide can be deemed "dropout factories," which essentially means their senior class has 60% or less of the students who started there as freshmen. And every 26 seconds, a student in America drops out of high school, or in other words, 7,000 a day. Let that sink in.