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The US however is not a good example of public education. School fees are quite high. Private companies push student loans eagerly. Funding to schools is highly
by socialdemocrat 7y ago
The US however is not a good example of public education. School fees are quite high. Private companies push student loans eagerly. Funding to schools is highly depended on neighbourhoods.
To see that publicly education can work very well. Look at Finland e.g. But there are also many asian countries showing good results with public education.
Based on my experience as a foreigner in the US, the US school system strikes me as something operating far more like private enterprise. Schools compete for students while there are no strong national standards and so you get insane grade inflation. I was shocked when I studied in the US how high grades where. Anything to please the "customers" I mean the students I guess.
- frockington1 7y ago> The US however is not a good example of public education So why is the common reaction to fund public schools even more? To me the logical reaction is to cut funding and try something different
- lotsofpulp 7y agoThe logical reaction should be to analyze the problem and try to suss out the cause. Unfortunately, the cause seems to be a widening wealth/income gap creating a segregated society and a lack of stable and supportive families on the lower income end. The solution to that, a long term initiative to change culture and create stable families and wealth transfers, is politically impossible, so the next best, easiest thing one can suggest is more funding for the schools.
- lonelappde 7y agoUS has fine reasonably affordable public colleges. The student loan crisis is about people who shouldn't have attended those private schools in the first place.