Elminate public schools, let states handle it themselves. If thats not politically viable, a voucher system so the money goes with the kids instead of to the schools, so that private schools can basically put that money to better use.
School is an interesting industry--- we have a surplus of teachers but too many students per teacher. Obviously, we need to make better use of the teachers we have.
School vouchers have shown no significant empirical improvement in education. Choosing schools is not the answer.
Every school should be doing well, rather than overloading one school and bringing it down because they don't have the resources.
Losing schools would just wreck local communities.
Competition doesn't always work. Look at the American healthcare system - on average the worst in the First World.
In fact as far as I'm aware the UK is the only european nation that outright bans guns for civilians.This is why people ban guns. Gun supporters don't know what guns are.Shotguns I'll give you (provided you're allowed 12 and larger gauges... because I mean... come on...) but not .22s.
School buses would solve that problem.
It's not really that big of a deal, my cousin went to handicapped school, and it was about half hour drive by car (more by bus), which is plenty to get out of bad area into a good one.
If vouchers also cover transportation, that's the solution to getting to better schools.
I'm a democrat, and I would support a voucher program.
In fact as far as I'm aware the UK is the only european nation that outright bans guns for civilians.This is why people ban guns. Gun supporters don't know what guns are.Shotguns I'll give you (provided you're allowed 12 and larger gauges... because I mean... come on...) but not .22s.
Also since it hasn't been suggested yet, less stupid kids would probably help in general.
Just give the teachers more rights, so that they have more authority and maybe students start to respect people again.....
Also make the classes / lessons more interesting, like chemistry and Physics class ( many teachers just talk thru classes instead of showing stuff )
That's not necessarily the case. Say you were in Camden. Instead of sending your kids to the nearest public school in your busing zone you could send your kids to the BEST school in your busing zone. Such schools would automatically receive more funding for things like teachers, equipment and expansion.
It would also be nice if we got rid of teachers' unions that provided lavish benefits for no reason at all.
Yeah but then what about the shit schools in that same area? Obviously School of Awesome can't accommodate all the children in that busing zone, so School of Shitheads becomes the alternative. I dunno, I'm leaning towards this being a "below the border" thread as I don't recall there being much of an issue here in Canada.
In fact as far as I'm aware the UK is the only european nation that outright bans guns for civilians.This is why people ban guns. Gun supporters don't know what guns are.Shotguns I'll give you (provided you're allowed 12 and larger gauges... because I mean... come on...) but not .22s.
Whose nation? I have no idea where to begin with the American system. But with the Danish system i think less students per classroom would be a good start
They work 180 days a year. Everyone else works about 230-240. In exchange they get median salary, fully paid pensions and health benefits (They pay nothing) as well as guaranteed raises. So to recap, they get compensated more for working less than just about any job in the private sector. These benefits aren't performance based. They just get them.
Then they have the nerve to claim they NEED the benefits for the good of the students... while they're on strike.
I have no sympathy for teachers.
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... You could say the same about anything. Look at the Olympics. They're the best athletes in the world, but there's always going to be those shitty athletes that are the "worst" at the Olympics.
Just because the shittiest schools all of a sudden close down doesn't mean the "new worst" school won't be infinitely better than the previous worst.
One of the major issues is that our school calendar is still based off an agrarian society. This is no longer necessary in many parts of the country. I would advocate more time in school over summer and spreading any remaining of the break time over the course of the year. Losing what you learned in the previous year is an issue with the long summer break.
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