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Now, how long have I been hearing (from both sides) the we need to increase funding for our schools?
And not just at the federal level, but at the state and local level.
Why do we find education from the federal level?
How crazy is this?
First the states (the taxpayer) sends money to DC.
DC sets up a large bureaucracy (which needs massive finding)
DC then send what left back TO the states, along with a whole slew of restrictions on HOW to spend the money.
The local districts must now spend money on people whose sole job is to track HOW the locals SPEND the money.
Does this REALLY make and sense?
In the midst of the third presidential debate in Florida, which was supposedly about foreign policy, President Barack Obama interjected a few words about American education.
The rationale was not unreasonable. A better-educated America will be a better-performing and more internationally competitive America.
"Let's talk about what we need to compete. ... Let's take an example that we know is going to make a difference in the 21st century and that's our education policy," he said.
Unfortunately, as is so often the case with politicians, what we hear...
As a former public school teacher. I saw first hand an attitude of "remove a cork from my head, pour in the knowledge, put the cork back in and don't expect any effort whatsoever from me."