Every time there is a debate about education, someone mentions that some parties want less money to go there, inferring that money somehow equals results- ALL of the countries that are KICKING OUR ASS in this sphere SPEND LESS PER PUPIL THAN THE US. Obviously dollars spent do not have anything to do with the end product.

Let’s at least start being honest about this fact.

If you don’t have at least a 3.00 GPA -YOU DON’T HAVE TIME to play high school athletics, to play video games, or to watch TV!!!!!. We are too soft on our children and do not make them apply themselves to their studies. That’s why the end product of our educational system is not acceptable. We are all to blame, but money isn’t the reason.

India spends one tenth per pupil and has a much better end product.

When a business wants to improve a subsidiary, they go back to basics and focus on their knitting. Perhaps that would be a good lesson for public education.

Maybe the best outcome would be to stop listening to egghead PhDs and EdDs and get a private equity turnaround manager into the mix.

And university-level education is even worse.

Public education does not mean federal, and removing the federal department of education does not mean an end to public locally run institutions of learning. Certainly you can see the difference.