Is the U.S. education system corrupt?

Question

Is the U.S. education system corrupt?

Answer 1

This was an old misconception to many Americans. In fact, US's school system is indeed the world's very best.

Why? Only US school system allow the kids to develop on their own. Not by pressures or any other means.

The result of this system is that we produced enough people to fill the labour job pool such as construction, mail delivery, truck drivers etc. We at the same time also prooduced a huge supply of very bright to medium bright student pool from Harvard to Howard, from UCLA to NC State ....

That's why United States was and still is the world's leader in science, research and technology. The very best still only originate from here first.

The free spirit in the American school system is the precious attribute in our education system. You can randomly pick just any kids from our school system and put her/him on the podium, you will always have an earful (not to mention their beautiful writing skills in English.). .

This is STILL the opposite you see today in the products from Asian regions.

Answer 2

Yes.

They do not teach that there have already been black Presidents, 1/4 black anyway.

They do not teach that Democrats sponsored the genocide of Africans in the US.

They do not teach that Andrew "jacka*s" Jackson was a slave trader.

They do not teach that FDR was a fascist who suspended the constitution and tossed thousands if not hundreds of thousands of US citizens into concentration camps for ethnic reasons.

And that is just a little of the corruption of the US education system.

Answer 3

yes it is. At my kids school there is a horrible teacher. She is kept because her mom works for the superintendent and her brother is on the school board. She now has tenure, so she will be there forever. That is just a small town example of corruption. The US education system sucks.  

Answer 4

Absolutely. The NEA, DOE, and the Teachers' Union blocks any and all attempts to inject market principles of competition into education. Their main concern is keeping their own pockets lined, their voting bloc and jobs secure. The education of the children comes next.

Teachers are paid on the archaic principle of time served in the union, not on merit (how well one does there job). This leaves old out dated teachers that turn out low grading students in the classroom when someone better could do the job better.

Vouchers and/or education tax incentives are the way to allow for more choice in education (private schools or home schooling). We all know how well the government runs things compared to a privately run business which if it fails it closes up. So there is more accountability and responsibility in the private market. Government run schools just throw more money at the problem, usually with no improvement. Plus vouchers/tax incentives allow the lower class, whom is usually doomed to a sub par education that affects their entire lives, to get out of the mire and get a sound education. Of course there would always be public education for those that can't afford a private school or just opt out.

BTW, not all private schools or home schools are religious, that is a huge fallacy.

Edit: Bill H, our test scores are consistently lower than other industrialized nations. Every since John Dewey's liberal teaching methods, allowing the student to dictate the curriculum and removing guidelines of the past, took over our traditional educational approaches, our education system has plummetted! That's what liberal "progressive" education gets you. His goal was to change the political and social landscape of America through the students "feel good" education, in order to have a more liberal, socialist society void of capitalism. I suggest you read this book.

http://www.shop.com/+-a-the+decline+of+a...