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Education just isn't a priority for Americans, it's not about partisan anger and vitriol --both sides don't prioritize educations. Polls of both parties' voters

Education just isn't a priority for Americans, it's not about partisan anger and vitriol --both sides don't prioritize educations. Polls of both parties' voters show that education is not a top issue, but rather social concerns, the economy, guns, immigration, trade, climate change, these are all given as much if not more political oxygen than education.

corporate_shi11 7y ago
The problem with education in America is not government and policy, but individuals, families and culture. Many school districts across the country have horrid graduation rates and median test scores. The amount of money you pour into these districts has very little impact on student outcomes. How different would wage growth and average wages look like if the people in these districts took school seriously? The numbers would probably be much better.
- matchbok 7y ago
  It's hard to take school seriously if you have to work 3 jobs to provide for your child.
  - corporate_shi11 7y ago
    Yet the Chinese seem to accomplish it.
    - mc32 7y ago
      Yep, I’ve seen it. Families scraping up money from all kinds of places and driving old beaters just to make sure they can send their kids to after school cram school. A lot of it is culture. I mean, some parents are well off but many are just really eking it out, never the less any extra money goes into education rather than new scooters or vacations or clothes, etc.
      - corporate_shi11 7y ago
        And at the end of the day, the amount of money you have or the time you have outside of work as a parent matters much less than the amount of time the student puts into their work. Many Asian students know they have to (because they are expected to) put in the time.
  - marcusverus 7y ago
    This old canard! Only 0.4% of Americans in the workforce have three jobs. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/06/about-thirteen-million-united-states-workers-have-more-than-one-job.html https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/06/about-thirtee...

corporate_shi11 7y ago

The problem with education in America is not government and policy, but individuals, families and culture. Many school districts across the country have horrid graduation rates and median test scores. The amount of money you pour into these districts has very little impact on student outcomes. How different would wage growth and average wages look like if the people in these districts took school seriously? The numbers would probably be much better.

matchbok 7y ago
It's hard to take school seriously if you have to work 3 jobs to provide for your child.
- corporate_shi11 7y ago
  Yet the Chinese seem to accomplish it.
  - mc32 7y ago
    Yep, I’ve seen it. Families scraping up money from all kinds of places and driving old beaters just to make sure they can send their kids to after school cram school. A lot of it is culture. I mean, some parents are well off but many are just really eking it out, never the less any extra money goes into education rather than new scooters or vacations or clothes, etc.
    - corporate_shi11 7y ago
      And at the end of the day, the amount of money you have or the time you have outside of work as a parent matters much less than the amount of time the student puts into their work. Many Asian students know they have to (because they are expected to) put in the time.
- marcusverus 7y ago
  This old canard! Only 0.4% of Americans in the workforce have three jobs. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/06/about-thirteen-million-united-states-workers-have-more-than-one-job.html https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/06/about-thirtee...