Our Education Systems Are Failing

it is not talk of only american education system the education system of the whole world is being affected by the external influence
likewise take the example of india
institutes are there now butr no of children n quality professors are less thus resulting in poor education at higher costs thus failing the economy of country completely

Many schools are underfunded; but, it doesn't matter how much money you throw at the problem if the money is mismanaged.

My school district just lost 3.5 mil in funding because they lied about how they were going to use the funds. When we originally approved the extra funding (through property taxes), we were told the money was going to be used over a 7 year period to make "capital improvements" - repairs to existing facilities, build extra classrooms, replace school desks and lockers, etc. And, we were told that it was just a temporary need - that once this had been accomplished the "override" would no longer be needed.

This year (2 years before the override expires) the school district came back and said they need the override for an additional 7 years. The reason they gave for this is that the money has not been used for the "capital improvements" it was supposed to go for - those things have still not been done. Instead, the money was used to give everyone employed by the school district raises and to pay for "retreats" for the faculty. And, of course to continue the increases in salaries and the retreats the taxpayers have to keep coughing up the extra money.

I think you know where the taxpayers told the school didtrict to go. They destroyed the trust of the community - the money did not go where it was suppossed to go. Do the teachers deserve raises? Yes, but, that money was not for that purpose. Did they deserve "retreats"? No, they could have gotten together in the school during the vacations and accomplished the same things without the extra expense of traveling out of town.

So, they now have 2 years to figure out how they are going to manage without that money.

Just as we have corruption and mismangaement in government, we also have it in our school systems. This needs to be addressed before we keep throwing money at the problem.

our schools are toying with the idea of grading teachers-and they should.we have the
highest pay and the worst scores.obviously something is majorly wrong with that picture.

i credit my grandmother for not being as dumb as a stump.
she was a teacher herself but she actually taught instead of demanding yet more money with no results like most of them here.

our books were so old when i went to school (no funds left to buy new)
kennedy was still alive,and not yet president!
they were horrifically non-pc by today's standards.i sure hope they've gotten new since.