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[DGS49]

The Great Dumbing Down of American Education

Unless the dumbing down of our country's education system is somehow reversed, America’s road to permanent mediocrity will be well assured.

americanmind.org

Read it and weep.

My view - one that is widely held but rarely acknowledged - is that if you want to get your kids a good public-school education, try to find the Whitest school district you can, hopefully one with no established teachers' union. If you live "in the City" you damn-well better find an exclusive charter school, a private school, or a parochial school - otherwise, figure on tutoring your kids extensively to supplement what the school does, at least through 12th grade. (Some big cities do have a few exemplary public schools, some with strict entrance requirements, and those are in my mind, effectively Charter schools).

And with the invasion of tens of millions of non-English speaking illegals - who cannot be kept out of public schools because of their illegal status - things are going to get worse before they get better.

With these crippling demographic issues, even the most constructive public policies are not going to make much difference. The only real solution is to divide the student population into segments so the those who want to learn and are capable of learning at a good pace are segregated [bad choice of words?] from "everyone else," so that their education will not be fatally compromised.

My darling grandchildren go to lily-White suburban school (with a very strong union), and their mother - bless her heart - in a public school teacher and the best mother I've ever seen, from a standpoint of cultural enrichment.

And for this I am eternally grateful.

 

[Winston]

The Great Dumbing Down of American Education

Unless the dumbing down of our country's education system is somehow reversed, America’s road to permanent mediocrity will be well assured.

americanmind.org

Read it and weep.

My view - one that is widely held but rarely acknowledged - is that if you want to get your kids a good public-school education, try to find the Whitest school district you can, hopefully one with no established teachers' union.

That doesn't hold water.

Schools are More Segregated than 30 Years Ago. But How Much?

The difference of a few percentage points — over three decades — worries some experts. Others are less concerned.

www.the74million.org

Are public schools as segregated today as in 1960s?

The United States is backtracking on integrating public schools, according to Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.). "Yesterday marks

www.politifact.com

If segregating the schools was the answer, why are the results so bad now when the schools are more segregated than they were in the late 1960's?

The problem is not desegregation. The problem is not the teachers. The problem is not the lack of funding. The problem is obvious. The problem is the parents, period.

First, where is the respect for education? You, yourself, climate change isn't real, colleges are indoctrination camps, scientists are stupid. If you have no respect for education why should the kids give two shits about it?

Second, where is the parental engagement. When I was growing up, every parent attended the PTO meetings. If they didn't, the community would first, attempt to ascertain as to why, and second, pretty much adopt the student whose parents didn't bother to show by advocating for them. Today, the PTO meeting looks like a ghost town, and quite frankly, is mostly attended by immigrants and minorities.

Third. Just going to be blunt here. One family, one income, period. A child deserves a stay at home parent. Certainly, in elementary school, just as important in High School, and quite honestly, probably even when they are in college. You know who has the highest majority of stay at home Moms, or Dads for that matter, immigrants. They get it, you don't.

 

[DGS49]

Perhaps I wasn't clear. I'm not suggesting RACIAL segregation; I want segregation of kids who want to learn and are capable of learning from those who don't and cannot.

Race has nothing to do with it. Don't you know, Diversity is our strength?