[cranked]

Public school K12 system is beyond repair other than giving it a total overhaul. Furthermore, the requirements to be a teacher continued to be dumbed-down (example: PRAXIS, etc.) which invariably allows those who would otherwise not be qualified teachers to teach. GG Unions and libtard educators, great work. /s

[OttawaFreeper]

When I read comments like yours, I think of how schools simply served communities, particularly when my great-uncle and his younger brother (my grandfather) were youngsters growing up in a small rural hamlet in Ontario over a century ago. And actually, my great-uncle married a woman who was the local school teacher and she ended up keeping a large collection of letters, papers, books, and other things pertaining to school and teaching back then, giving that good bit of insight into what all of that was like at that time.

[Rummyfan]

I agree. We spend so much money on education yet the schools are producing graduates who are functionally illiterate. Where does all the money go? And if you have an inkling to teach, which I did after retiring from my old job, you have to go back to school for a year or so and then serve a virtual apprenticeship for another year. But the job is desirable Because of the retirement benefits. You have PhDs teaching elementary school. I blame it on the NEA, the AFT, and bloated administrations filled with patronage jobs. The students get the shaft in the form of no education, and we the taxpayers do because we fund these pensions.