American kids are not growing stupid. Their public educational system is failing.
The public school system must have failed. Look what we have in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Could it get any worse than that?
You got that right! Why is it that so many homeschooled kids outperform public school kids on just about every level?
When are people gonna understand that more money ISN'T going to solve the problem!
I saw a report on tv yesterday that showed that kids who were deemed to be "slow", when challenged with harder work, tutored and given the support they needed, improved their grades by leaps and bounds. I think there's a lesson in there. I think our standards for our children are just way too low.
Friendly amendment:
American kids are not growing stupid. Their public educational system is being destroyed with a lack of competition.
IMO, no matter what the situation, monopolies do not ever improve and they never, EVER, outperform competitive entities. JMHO
INtroducing competition naturally fixes things to the maximum extent. The issue in my mind is how to inject competition into education industry (if you can call it that).