[cloudmountain]

1. By what measure is it "just fine"?
2. The only thing it appears to be be undeniably successful at is funding the teacher's unions.

1. "Just fine" is above horrible and below really good. It's an acceptable measure of education, considering the MILLIONS and MILLIONS of students the system HAS to take.

2. I'm with you there.

[tacticalogic]

1. "Just fine" is above horrible and below really good. It's an acceptable measure of education, considering the MILLIONS and MILLIONS of students the system HAS to take.

So anything above "horrible" is "just fine"? No wonder it a freaking mess.

[tacticalogic]

It's an acceptable measure of education, considering the MILLIONS and MILLIONS of students the system HAS to take.

If you can make a case that they have a higher student-to-teacher ratio than other states that produce better results, or that they spend substantially less per pupil then you have the basis for an argument. That there are millions of students is not, in and of itself, any basis to explain the problem.

Let's see you make that go away with insults.