Public Education Issues - article by High Quality Articles

Public education issues should be a central focus of the coming election!

According to some organizations which measure academic achievement in educational programs around the world, the U.S. now ranks 23rd of 148 countries. Other studies show that fully 25% of the American public is functionally illiterate and the average high school graduate cannot balance a checkbook. In some areas of the country, high school dropouts number as high as 40%. We should all consider this a national disgrace.

Public education issues we face today are a cumulative lot, brought about by decades of downgrading the quality of public education. Teacher's salaries have not risen to be commensurate with the required skills or the current cost of living. Public school funding is being cut dramatically, resulting in fewer available classes and more students per classroom. Some public libraries have completely run out of funding and have been forced to close their doors. So what's to be done to address the many public education issues?

Perhaps one avenue lies in pressing the Presidential and other candidates, looking to be elected this fall, for a real and upfront plan to get our education back on track. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 has failed miserably. This 'teaching to the test' approach is no way to truly educate a child. What our public schools need is a massive influx of funding, to properly compensate teachers, reduce class sizes, open public libraries and restore a college preparatory curriculum.

Public education issues affect all of us. The current educational standards are inadequate to provide the background knowledge our children need in order to make intelligent and informed decisions, which is the backbone of a successful democracy. People who are poorly educated do not possess the knowledge or insight necessary to arrive at conclusions that help shape a better society for future generations. It may be argued that the downsizing of quality in education over the last decades has led us to our current state of affairs.

This democracy is supposed to be by, of and for the people. Maybe it's about time we spoke up, writing to our school board superintendents, congressional representatives and Presidential candidates, demanding that something substantial and significant be done to at least restore the college preparatory curriculum, as well as getting as many kids as possible into college. This country is rich enough to do all of this. The question is, do these public education issues matter enough to make it happen?

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