[wastedyears]

I can’t remember the make-up of my high school when I was there. Though it was diverse. It was fairly evenly spread out between everybody.

[Liberty Wins]

This should have been posted a few hours later when more people could respond. Education is a hot topic, and Democrat ignorance on the subject really makes me sizzle.

[television is just wrong]

the problem is the teachers are NOT qualified. they are taught liberal values and not taught how to teach. they think the kids will learn reading by osmosis and keep telling parents to READ to the kids and the kids will get it.

I have been around the school district since 1990 with my kids and the amount of students that cannot read in grammar school levels is phenomenal.

[Leisler]

Who benefits? If young adults are stupid, not knowledgeable, need welfare, employee police, welfare agents, prison guards, medical services this is all good and helps the Democrat voter base the government/tax paid social service employees. They need losers. It is the Democrat teachers obligation to see that the factories produce the product that best fits the welfare system. Losers.

[Uncle Chip]

Not a one of them even whispered a mild word of outrage about a public school system that spends $13,000 per child -- third highest among big-city school systems -- and produces pupils who score among the lowest in just about every category.

Let's see ---- ($13,000 per child) x (23 children per classroom) = $299,000 per class. If the teacher is paid $70,000/yr, that leaves $229,000 to be spent for administration, books, utilities, janitorial. Where does the rest of that money go????

In the middle and high schools in our our local public school districts there are more teachers not in the classroom during the day than there are teachers in class. Teachers average 3 class periods per day, and yet they still clamor for more teachers and the teachers whine about being overworked and underpaid.

[Bernard]

Fixing bad schools in a bad neighborhood with high levels of poverty, broken or non-existent family life, high crime levels, etc. does not solve the problem, it treats the symptom. To be successful in that environment, a teacher can't be a dedicated professional who goes home to a clean, safe environment each night, the teacher has to be a dedicated missionary who is part of a larger effort.

The goals of increasing spending on one problem in the community might be noble, but should be realistic in terms of success and impact without other actions to improve the whole community, not just the part inside the school building for part of the day.

[sport]

That is not necessarily true.They know exactly what is wrong with public education. That is the reason they send their children to private schools and colleges.

[RoadTest]

Peter Drucker, in his book “The New Realities”, has pointed out the two greatest faults of the education system: The removal of values and not preparing students for the world they will step into.

[cinives]

The big problems with public schools in particular are:

nonacademic curriculum starting in 1st grade
low expectations
illiterate teachers
too much overhead/administration
psychological “health” emphasis instead of academic merit
no discipline

Other than those things, the schools are just fine. /s

[MissEdie]

Of course most Democrats can’t personally relate to the poor condition of some of our public schools because they went to private schools and likewise are sending their own children to them.

[Yardstick]

The suspension of reality is what the Democrats are all about, but this really puts a point on it.

[Dick Bachert]

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS THEN AND NOW:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0lR1KQq2-U

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

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