Fix public education
In other words, if only 20 percent of our children receive the education needed, then 80 percent of our children will not be adequately prepared for the world in which they will live. Full Story »
Posted by H. Bryan BrooksbankReview
A former school board president takes a good look at what is wrong with the present system and actually provides some workable solutions.
I believe public schools are the most important institutions in our society. Being educated is essential for a productive life and it is also essential for the preservation of our democracy. Failing to educate our children puts our very way of life in jeopardy. Today, as a nation, we are failing to adequately educate a majority of our children.
I couldn’t have said it better
In the 1980s when Texas reformed our education system, we forced out a large number of highly valued teachers because they did not have the proper creditial. Almost all of them were in the vocatioal arts, these programs suffered and many were eliminated as unqualified teachers with credentials drove away the students. The irony of this was that only few years earlier, the state had gone through am expert certification program where an industry expert could be certified to teach in their area of expertise without a college degree if they had the professional knowledge to pass on. Again these, positions were mostly in the vocational arts are, The value of this area of education goes beyond just the knowledge that was passed on, but it helped keep those students most at risk for dropping out in school.