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"Education performance has stagnated ever since the DoEducation was created. Who benefited? Not me or my kids!" Education performance lagging in the US is not
by muhfuhkuh 14y ago
"Education performance has stagnated ever since the DoEducation was created. Who benefited? Not me or my kids!"
Education performance lagging in the US is not the fault of it being federated. The shining education systems by competency in Math, Science, and Reading comprehension (S. Korea, Finland, Canada, New Zeland, and Ireland) all have federated education systems. FWIW, though, I love the idea of the Finnish 7-16 compulsory school then switching to academic (university) track or vocational (tech school/apprenticeship) track. That is something we can and should do here in the states.
- crusso 14y ago> Education performance lagging in the US is not the fault of it being federated It's not the fault of being federated, but obviously federating it here the way we did was a catastrophic waste of money and effort. Maybe we should completely scrap the current waste of money and gradually put something else in place that works? I certainly don't trust the current power structure to do anything but continue to waste our federal education dollars.
- davidhollander 14y agoCountries with smaller population, smaller geographical area, or more homogenous culture are at some point more comparable to individual states in the US than the United States as a whole. "Federated" isn't very meaningful relative to other metrics when making international comparisons. For the sake of presenting the alternative perspective advocating the abolishment of involuntary schooling, I would recommend reading the following piece by Cevin Soling: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmarshallcrotty/2012/02/27/why-public-schools-must-be-abolished/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmarshallcrotty/2012/02/27/w...