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It’s interesting. Whenever someone says “the US needs to do a better job of funding education” someone always comes out with this exact comment. Yes, the world

by hluska 1y ago

It’s interesting. Whenever someone says “the US needs to do a better job of funding education” someone always comes out with this exact comment. Yes, the world knows that your country spends more per capita on education than other countries. That’s been made abundantly clear time and time again. But, if the system is so good and utopian, why do so many children get shot at school? And why do so many American elected officials have such a poor understanding of the US constitution? Absolutely no signs of trouble, hey?

jandrewrogers 1y ago
No one said the current system is good, just that it can’t be fixed with more money nor can it be fixed at the Federal level. None of the issues you mention have anything to do with education spending.
- kelseyfrog 1y ago
  Sure it can. The president can declare a national emergency(IEEPA) and regulate international commerce by taxing capital inflows ie: A tariff on money. The only reason he doesn't is because the political backlash resulting in making the dollar undesirable as a reserve currency would have massive political fallout. In short he can, he just doesn't want to enough.
LorenPechtel 1y ago
The problem here is with the assumption that the problems can be solved by throwing money at them. Typically they can't. To a very large degree what schools turn out is based on the students that come in. It's the home and the neighborhood far more than it is the schools themselves. You get a better result if you put students with other students of like ability and motivation. This works pretty well at the university level, but historically it was used to discriminate and thus doesn't get done earlier. And, likewise, we are very focused on equality even when it comes at a detriment to the students. (Once again, legacy of it being used to discriminate.)

by hluska 1y ago

jandrewrogers 1y ago

No one said the current system is good, just that it can’t be fixed with more money nor can it be fixed at the Federal level. None of the issues you mention have anything to do with education spending.

kelseyfrog 1y ago
Sure it can. The president can declare a national emergency(IEEPA) and regulate international commerce by taxing capital inflows ie: A tariff on money. The only reason he doesn't is because the political backlash resulting in making the dollar undesirable as a reserve currency would have massive political fallout. In short he can, he just doesn't want to enough.

LorenPechtel 1y ago

The problem here is with the assumption that the problems can be solved by throwing money at them. Typically they can't. To a very large degree what schools turn out is based on the students that come in. It's the home and the neighborhood far more than it is the schools themselves. You get a better result if you put students with other students of like ability and motivation. This works pretty well at the university level, but historically it was used to discriminate and thus doesn't get done earlier. And, likewise, we are very focused on equality even when it comes at a detriment to the students. (Once again, legacy of it being used to discriminate.)