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He's a really good author, and I think anyone interested in this subject should definitely read him. [1] However I think that the American and German school sys

He's a really good author, and I think anyone interested in this subject should definitely read him. [1] However I think that the American and German school systems definitely diverge in that they haven't defunded, devauled and destroyed the German system to a point where it's questionable why it even exists in its current form still. [1] https://www.naturalchild.org/articles/guest/john_gatto.html https://www.naturalchild.org/articles/guest/john_gatto.html

mschuster91 3y ago
Oh we do have defunded our system as well - particularly the buildings are rotting. Estimates are 45 billion dollars [1], and that's just to catch up with deferred maintenance and upkeep work, not to create new school buildings to match the increased demand or new staff. Education is one of the easiest things for politicians to "save money" by cutting budgets and the consequences usually take 15-20 years to appear, at which time the responsible politicians are long gone and can't be held accountable. [1] https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/bildung/investitionsrueckstand-an-schulen-kfw-sieht-weiterhin-milliardenluecke-bei-schulsanierungen-a-721dc495-cb3b-4b4b-b654-1cec1e6c75b2 https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/bildung/investitionsruecksta...
- jamal-kumar 3y ago
  You should have seen the one I went to. There was warning stickers on all the walls not to disturb them because they were filled with asbestos and it represented an enormous mesothelioma hazard if you like, knocked into them hard enough and breathed
karaterobot 3y ago
The U.S. spends more per child on education than Germany, and a lot more than almost any other country. Luxembourg spends more than everybody, then comes Norway, Austria, and Iceland, who spend a bit more than the U.S., but they are all well above the global average. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd/education-expenditures-by-country https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd/education-exp... Whatever complaints we may have about the U.S. education system, they cannot be explained by a lack of funding.

mschuster91 3y ago

Oh we do have defunded our system as well - particularly the buildings are rotting. Estimates are 45 billion dollars [1], and that's just to catch up with deferred maintenance and upkeep work, not to create new school buildings to match the increased demand or new staff. Education is one of the easiest things for politicians to "save money" by cutting budgets and the consequences usually take 15-20 years to appear, at which time the responsible politicians are long gone and can't be held accountable. [1] https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/bildung/investitionsrueckstand-an-schulen-kfw-sieht-weiterhin-milliardenluecke-bei-schulsanierungen-a-721dc495-cb3b-4b4b-b654-1cec1e6c75b2 https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/bildung/investitionsruecksta...

jamal-kumar 3y ago
You should have seen the one I went to. There was warning stickers on all the walls not to disturb them because they were filled with asbestos and it represented an enormous mesothelioma hazard if you like, knocked into them hard enough and breathed

karaterobot 3y ago

The U.S. spends more per child on education than Germany, and a lot more than almost any other country. Luxembourg spends more than everybody, then comes Norway, Austria, and Iceland, who spend a bit more than the U.S., but they are all well above the global average. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd/education-expenditures-by-country https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd/education-exp... Whatever complaints we may have about the U.S. education system, they cannot be explained by a lack of funding.