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What's stopping you from donating your own money?daveman, you are part of the social compact. You don't get to drop out, and your responsibilities are defined by societal expectations. You just can't be Shane riding off into the sunset.
Repeal the Department of Education Reorganization act signed in 1979 by Jimmy Carter.
Repeal the Department of Education Reorganization act signed in 1979 by Jimmy Carter.
Repeal comments like yours. Just stupid.
In 1970, the average public education funding per student was $4K in 2006 dollars. By 2005, this had increase to over $9K in 2006 dollars.
We're spending a ton of money per student - with much of it wasted on bureaucrats, federal regulatory compliance, and union distorted compensation schemes.
Many people believe that lack of funding is a problem in public education,[10] but historical trends show that American spending on public education is at an all-time high. Between 1994 and 2004, average per-pupil expenditures in American public schools have increased by 23.5 percent (adjusted for inflation). Between 1984 and 2004, real expenditures per pupil increased by 49 percent.[11] These increases follow the historical trend of ever-increasing real per-student expenditures in the nation's public schools. In fact, the per-pupil expenditures in 1970-1971 ($4,060) were less than half of per-pupil expenditures in 2005-2006 ($9,266) after adjusting for inflation.
Does Spending More on Education Improve Academic Achievement? | The Heritage Foundation
Repeal the Department of Education Reorganization act signed in 1979 by Jimmy Carter.
Repeal comments like yours. Just stupid.
Explain why.
Better yet, please provide data showing how much better American kids have done since the act became law.
Of course kids do better when they are actively supported by their parents. In an ideal world, parents will take interest in their kids school work, attend school board meetings and PTA meetings, and volunteer at schools. But we don't live in an ideal world. It's a lot easier to improve the schools than improve the parents.About all most parents can do is to encourage their kids to do well in school and see they do their home work.If the parents do their job, I assure you the schools will do what they are supposed to, because the parents are going to be in the middle of it: taking responsibility for themselves as parents, and ensuring the school personnel and resources 'best practices' are being done.
If we going to be leaders in 21st century, it's go take a lot more than parents telling Johnny to do his home work. We going to have to have better trained teachers and lot more of them. Classes sizes need to be reduced. Kids are going to have spend a lot more time in classrooms and schools have to be more completive.
Dead wrong, flopper. Read Taz's comments above. He is right on. Kids as a group do not do well in school in proportion do parents who are not as involved.
I disagree with your statement that there is no correlation between class size and better education, particular in elementary education. There have been many studies showing smaller class sizes improved student performance. As class sizes grow, teachers spend more time maintaining discipline and less time teaching. Teaching a class of more than 30 third graders is not really teaching. It's child care. Learning disabilities go undiagnosed. Kids that need extra help don't get it. The class runs at the speed of the average student. Slow learners are lost in shuffle. The bright kids are bored.About all most parents can do is to encourage their kids to do well in school and see they do their home work.
No, what parents need to be doing is taking time to go to school board meetings and get more involved with their children's education to make sure the schools are actually teaching them something other than useless crap.
We going to have to have better trained teachers and lot more of them. Classes sizes need to be reduced.
There is no correlation between smaller class sizes and better education.
Kids are going to have spend a lot more time in classrooms and schools have to be more completive.
Because 30 to 35 hours a week isn't enough already? What we need to do is change the whole educational structure and move away from this foundation of a liberal arts education that pushes everyone towards college. Finland consistently gets ranked the highest in education almost every year and kids don't go to school there until age 7 and have hardly any homework at all.
The last thing we need to do is subject children to spending more time in a useless learning environment.
In 1970, the average public education funding per student was $4K in 2006 dollars. By 2005, this had increase to over $9K in 2006 dollars.
We're spending a ton of money per student - with much of it wasted on bureaucrats, federal regulatory compliance, and union distorted compensation schemes.
Many people believe that lack of funding is a problem in public education,[10] but historical trends show that American spending on public education is at an all-time high. Between 1994 and 2004, average per-pupil expenditures in American public schools have increased by 23.5 percent (adjusted for inflation). Between 1984 and 2004, real expenditures per pupil increased by 49 percent.[11] These increases follow the historical trend of ever-increasing real per-student expenditures in the nation's public schools. In fact, the per-pupil expenditures in 1970-1971 ($4,060) were less than half of per-pupil expenditures in 2005-2006 ($9,266) after adjusting for inflation.
Does Spending More on Education Improve Academic Achievement? | The Heritage Foundation
Pheh...people like Starkey will never get it boedicca.
He/She will just say the problem is $9,000 isn't enough.
Of course cost have risen sharply since 1970. We have expanded the job of public education far beyond educating the kids in the mainstream. Here are just a few of the expensive programs we put on back of public education.In 1970, the average public education funding per student was $4K in 2006 dollars. By 2005, this had increase to over $9K in 2006 dollars.
We're spending a ton of money per student - with much of it wasted on bureaucrats, federal regulatory compliance, and union distorted compensation schemes.
Many people believe that lack of funding is a problem in public education,[10] but historical trends show that American spending on public education is at an all-time high. Between 1994 and 2004, average per-pupil expenditures in American public schools have increased by 23.5 percent (adjusted for inflation). Between 1984 and 2004, real expenditures per pupil increased by 49 percent.[11] These increases follow the historical trend of ever-increasing real per-student expenditures in the nation's public schools. In fact, the per-pupil expenditures in 1970-1971 ($4,060) were less than half of per-pupil expenditures in 2005-2006 ($9,266) after adjusting for inflation.
Does Spending More on Education Improve Academic Achievement? | The Heritage Foundation
