KMA-628

Actually, the current "system" (i.e. the one that is failing) was created by Jimmy Carter under pressure from the NEA. Education spent most of its time being funded by the state not federal level (the Dept. of Education is relatively new). It has always received some gov't money but the framers never meant it to have mandated federal funds.

So to go back to a system that used to work we would have to:

a) abolish the Department of Education (which I favor)

b) Let the states take back control over their schools.

You took my point wrong. Past spending increases haven't worked and another spending increase would fail as well.

and....

your post only recommended spending more money, saying it was "ridiculous" to think that spending more money won't work. You didn't mention the other problems until your last post.

Ridiculous is pouring more money into a system that doesn't work.


My Proposal:

1) Eliminate the waste caused by oversized and spendthrift administrators.

2) Reduce the administration size of the schools. Eliminate or severly reduce the scope of the Dept. of Education.

3) Return control over the schools back to the states.

4) Take control over the beast that is called the NEA

and you would probably find a better educational system that would thrive
without spending increases.

Finally, I never said you were anti-Bush (but I have read your other posts so I am aware of your stance) I was showing that there are spending increases in place, right now. Very large ones, in fact (contrary to what is reported).

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