Here is a link to the 35 Atlanta ‘educators’ indicted in a conspiracy to change students’ answers on standardized tests to help them pass. http://www.ajc.com/gallery/news/whos-who-aps-indictments/g8nR/#last
Yes, the overwhelming majority could be Obama’s kin.
A pretty good summary of the history of bad education, especially as I’ve lived it with New Math hitting at age 10 and going from there. Fortunately, I generally have not experienced it since I grew up in the middle of the country (KS) so it was slow to arrive there, if ever. Some of it was certainly an issue by the time I had children in school in the 1980s. But, again, being in the middle of the country (OK) still provided some insulation from outright foolishness. Probably not the case for my grandchildren who are just now arriving on the scene with school a little ways into the future.
Privatize all of it.
Another brilliant expose of the educationist establishment by Bruce Price.
We could save oceans of money by closing the public schools and letting parents utilize the private sector and/or home school their children. Public schools cost a minimum of $10,000 to $15,000 per student whereas private schools cost on average $7,000 per student.
The possibilities are all far better than the current system: Individual teachers (formerly employed by the public schools) could rent a single classroom from the now-bankrupt public school system and gather in as many voucher/supported or privately supported students as they think they can teach. Those teachers who teach their subject well would make far more money than they are receiving now from the public/socialist system.
Remember that in the time of Adam Smith parents paid the professor directly.
Public schools that can’t teach first graders to read are racist and inhumane.
Bruce’s website has a wealth of information about LANGUAGE, CULTURE, and EDUCATION gathered from the universe (and some from the Web). Try it.
http://www.improve-education.org/