Can we ever remake public schools to get costs under control and better results?

[Zorkorist]

Well said sir, the whole post.

Worst part is, how do you think those kids of the morons will do? Even worse than their parents. It's a downward spiral and simply a result of modern society. It's the sort of natural mechanism that helps ensure great nations fall from within.

No, it's not a downward spiral. It's not natural selection.

There is a clear and obvious failure to educate children here, and it is not due to "genes."

-John

 

[CADsortaGUY]

For profit is fine for the private system, the problem is that we do need a public system as well for those that can't afford to enroll their kids in a private school. We had a very effective public system for the first 2/3s of the 20th century. If you really want to get to the root of the problem you have to start examining what has changed in the public system beginning in the early 1970's onward.

NEA went union in the mid sixties. Hmm....

 

[Brigandier]

I just thought of a possible solution that has been proposed for years, year round schooling. reduces the massive summer break, hopefully increases retention of information and better prepares students for the real world.

 

[Zorkorist]

I think it works... it's not like kids need a summer vacation.

School them year long and they will probably enjoy it.

-John