Our Schools...

Everybody has their hand out for government money.
Our Public School System is asking the federal gov't. for $28 billion so they won't have to lay off 100,000 teachers.
Some of the reasons for the schools running out of money are:
(1) Illegal aliens crowding our schools
(2) New schools recently built, have stadiums, auditoriums and landscaped campuses that make most colleges "drool with envy"
(3) Teaching subjects that should be extra-curricular, such as Band, Sport teams, Ethnic studies, Wood shop, etc.
(4) less than 1/2 of required subjects are the important ones, such as Reading, Writing, Math, Science and History
(5) Public school salaries are about 20% more than Private school salaries.
(5) Administrators and Coaches salaries are extremely high
Public schools have a goal of having every child go to college. This is done by teaching them to pass tests rather than learn the subjects. Not everyone is wanting or capable of going to college. What became of the Public Trade Schools that we used to have ? Many students at the High School level attended these schools and learned important trades and skills that afforded them great careers, such as plumbing, auto repair, air conditioning, electronics and electrical installation, computer maintenance, farm equipment, etc.
The Teacher's Union(s) are screaming about layoffs as the incompetent teachers might have to go. Many teachers have such behavioral and language problems in their classes that most of their teaching day is devoted to "baby sitting" their students.
Again, we see a failure of government run programs.
One solution might be for the gov't. to issue vouchers to anyone that wants their children to be well educated in private schools.
Home schooling has become so popular (and growing rapidly) because the Public School System IS NOT teaching our children the basics needed to survive in this society. Just look at how illiterate and unknowledgeable most of the High School students you know are.
The main reason for this is that the REAL goal of the Public School System is not education but teaching our children to "conform to society" Do you remember the very first thing that you were taught when you started going to school ? Yes, it was a "fire drill", where we were all taught to hold hands and go down the hall in single file. That was our first indoctrination and continued throughout our elementary and high school years with seating order, grading systems that deteriorated from the 0 - 100%, to the A - F, to finally Pass - Fail.
The system can't be fixed with just more money. It needs to be completely overhauled to meet this generation's needs.