[DannyTN]

I think we ought to replace the $7 billion head start program that serves 1 million students with an automated program.

Instead send every kid a cheap $100-$200 computer preloaded with age appropriate educational programs that are fun and focus on reading and math and a rather locked down operating system.

Allowing $100 per computer for shipping and handling and administration, the total cost of the program would be $300 million.

A savings of $6.7 billion.

[WaterBoard]

In 1940, the average American had an 8th grade education and managed to build the most productive society in the world.

Now, we have doubled our education budgets, have 1/2 the class size, and exponentially increased the number of teachers.

Now, students graduating college still can’t do basic math or write a cogent paragraph.

Throwing money at the problem is not the solution.