Education in America
I stated yesterday that I don't believe the Federal government should be involved in public education. Let me just take this opportunity to elaborate a bit.
In my opinion the majority of the funding for public education should come from local and state government, not the federal government. The federal government should provide funds for the building of new schools and upgrades of existing facilities. But they should not pay for teacher salaries or textbooks. When the federal government supplies money for these things they then have their foot in the door to start dictating curriculum requirements.
Take the No Child Left Behind legislation. In exchange for increased funding, schools are required to meet specific guidelines. Although this helps make sure all students throughout the country are learning the same general information it forces teachers to teach to the test rather than encourage their students to become leaders and independent thinkers.
This may seriously harm the American entrepeneurial spirit. Only by encouraging students to think outside the box and come up with new ways of looking at things can we maintain our preeminence in creating new industries. We need to improve our teaching of math and science, but also emphasize true history and grammar as well. This PC crap of trying to remake America's history based on a "multi-cultural" standpoint is stupid. The early formative years of this country were dominated and guided by primarily Western Protestant views. Teach history as it was and not how people may wish it had been. This is only one example of meddling with the curriculum in order to advance an agenda.
Tomorrow I will discuss some other subjects that have become controversial in American public schools. And later the role of the teachers' unions and how it has affected education.
In my opinion the majority of the funding for public education should come from local and state government, not the federal government. The federal government should provide funds for the building of new schools and upgrades of existing facilities. But they should not pay for teacher salaries or textbooks. When the federal government supplies money for these things they then have their foot in the door to start dictating curriculum requirements.
Take the No Child Left Behind legislation. In exchange for increased funding, schools are required to meet specific guidelines. Although this helps make sure all students throughout the country are learning the same general information it forces teachers to teach to the test rather than encourage their students to become leaders and independent thinkers.
This may seriously harm the American entrepeneurial spirit. Only by encouraging students to think outside the box and come up with new ways of looking at things can we maintain our preeminence in creating new industries. We need to improve our teaching of math and science, but also emphasize true history and grammar as well. This PC crap of trying to remake America's history based on a "multi-cultural" standpoint is stupid. The early formative years of this country were dominated and guided by primarily Western Protestant views. Teach history as it was and not how people may wish it had been. This is only one example of meddling with the curriculum in order to advance an agenda.
Tomorrow I will discuss some other subjects that have become controversial in American public schools. And later the role of the teachers' unions and how it has affected education.
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