“There are many reasons why America’s students are falling behind those in other countries”
I believe that the real reason is that the TEACHERS ARE FAILING to educate our students.
I don't believe the teachers set the grade standards or develop the curriculum, do they?
I think that teachers are part of the problem, but not the whole problem. They get shoved into a governmental system that basically makes it impossible to do their jobs correctly.
They cannot effectively control their classrooms, because no meaningful consequences are allowed for disruptive students. They have to teach using the constantly changing plans some over-paid administrator makes in order to justify his salary.
Therefore, the good teachers either leave, or become cynical and start counting the years left until they can retire.
GM failed. Banks failed. Our economy is failing. Our elected leaders are failing. The justice system is failing. The family, as an institution, is failing. The Church is failing. American values are being swept away and being replaced by socialism at every turn.
But we expect our schools to do wonderful things! How strange...