Re: Bill Gates Says He Dosen't Pay Enough Tax
I'm not look for quick. I'm looking for start.
You're awful keen on taking apart any & all suggestions but don't seem to want to discuss your own.
Well, there ya go. All done. The novocaine should be wearing off shortly.
Education is a sore spot with many. I believe that Washington doesn't hold all answers, much to the chagrin of the pro-centralization crowd. I believe we can improve education if we rid it of the Dept of Ed and "no child left behind" and allowed the states to address their issues, benchmarking off whomever they thought worthy. Finland is number one in the world but would be very difficult to copy nationwide, but a state might be able to duplicate its success. Another state might find a completely new scheme, while another can take bits from both to fashion one that fits them.
Do you agree, or do you think that Washington should establish "guidelines" and "assist" states in doing it the "right" way?
You're awful keen on taking apart any & all suggestions but don't seem to want to discuss your own.
I'm not the member that's refusing comment, Accountable.....and I'm absolutely not timid about tearing apart bullshit
The novocaine should be wearing off shortly.
Hope you survive and the pain is of a short duration.
I believe that Washington doesn't hold all answers
I can agree with that.
The Feds seem to have entered education in a big way at least back in the 60's to help bring many states up to reasonable standards, where state and local funding were issues because of poor local economies.
But like the bureaucrats they are, have taken control to the point that locals often seem to know their own needs better.
I believe we can improve education if we rid it of the Dept of Ed and "no child left behind" and allowed the states to address their issues, benchmarking off whomever they thought worthy
'No child left behind' was obviously a bureaucratic mess that artificially judged on raw test scores rather than testing for general knowledge. The testing scores were skewed to show improvement where, too often, none existed.
Wasteful programs can always be cut from government programs, but to end the Department of Education when there is obvious need is illogical.
One of the great sacrifices without oversight would likely be even worsening educational environments for ethnic/ poverty stricken portions of our nation.
Finland is number one in the world but would be very difficult to copy nationwide, but a state might be able to duplicate its success.
Finland has a great deal of success from it's quality of teachers.
This is something the US needs a lot of improvement with.
Can of worms there with the power of the NEA and it's position on tenure and performance relating to job security.
Do you agree, or do you think that Washington should establish "guidelines" and "assist" states in doing it the "right" way?
What do you mean, 'right way'?
I think there should be standards that the States should address, but achieving them is going to vary from locale to locale. For instance and contrast.......the educational needs of rural poverty will not be the same as well to do suburbanites, nor the needs of poverty stricken in ghettos similar to either rural needs or suburbanites. Consider cultural differences and I don't see how blind regulated control from a Federal bureau will be effective.
You want an absolute, but there isn't a logical one. Common sense can cover a lot of ground efficiently, but that does require the Feds giving up some control where locals work closer to the problems. At the same time, standards do need to be set and uniform.
Much of the angst in the midwest over the ED seems to come mostly from the fundamentalist segment that's being restricted from forcing their religion into public school curriculums.
I think allowing this would be incredibly destructive to the educational process, especially science.
I certainly wouldn't want Ohio to look like the mess Kansas got itself into in the recent past.
