Why school system is failing our children, all private supplemental business are thriving. School is monopoly.

Answer 1

No, schools are not a monopoly at all. Sadly, it is because parents just don't care. I was fortunate enough to go to primary school (K-10 anyway) where the parents cared. When I moved to the south, and it should have been my 11th grade year but I graduated in a SEMESTER, I ended up in a school where parents didn't care. It was the #1 high school in the state too! I ended up in classes with kids who couldn't read! then, when I went to college at one of the nation's TOP UNIVERSITIES I found that I was the ONLY PERSON in my freshman english class who could write a complete sentence. It's sad, but it's because of apathy on the part of parents.

Answer 2

Absolutely. It's a monopoly and that's the problem. We should go to an all-voucher, privatized school system where the funds that would have been spent on a student's education are given to the parents as a voucher which of course can only be redeemed for school tuition. The parent would then have the chance to shop around for the best school and schools would have to compete for their business. Imagine the possibilities? To compete schools might actually provide a high quality of education, state of the art technology and clean lunch areas and clean bathrooms. Schools that use the money the most efficiently will be rewarded and will expand. Like in the business world, schools that offer the best product will thrive and the general standard of education will rise.

Answer 3

The reason our public schools are failing is multi-part.

1. Schools should not be funded by local property taxes, because it created the situation where wealthy neighborhoods fund wealthy schools; so people move from poor neighborhoods, if they are mobile, to better neighboods to get into better schools creating a collapsing public school system for poor communities.

2. Lack of good political priorities. Most counties and states create a tiered budgetary system for dwindling state and local funds. Public Safety (police and fire) receive top priority (this sometimes includes prisons on the state level). Health (county public hospital system and insurance) receives a second tier and Education usually comes somewhere after that. Education needs to be raised to a "public safety" issue tier, because it affects the safety of our kids and communities. The poorer and less educated our kids remain the more likely they turn to crime and drugs.

3. Lack of Partental Involvement is the third. The poorer the school system and neighborhood, the less parental involvement because parents either are barely making financial ends meet or the environment of poverty and crime is not conducive to making education a priority for parents -- getting through the day, paying the rent, and avoiding crime and drugs are first on the agenda. Studies show that the more parental involvement the more successful schools and children do in education.

The solution is to completely rethink our public school education and create minimum standards (not for test scores for children to be promoted) but minimum standards for educational opportunity.

1. Mandate maximum class sizes of no larger than 20 students.

2. Mandate that every student should have a government issue laptop computer or desktop that is updated with educational software and updated hardware every 4 years - if a thin client/server system is used, servers need only be updated).

3. Mandate school buildings and facilities to be painted and maintained to be an appropriate, clean and learning friendly environment every 3 years.

4. Mandate parental participation in education for children (issuing monetary fines on a sliding scale for parents who don't provide mimimum participation).

5. Mandate that teachers discuss college, hang banners from local, state and national colleges and universities starting at grade level, so that the child in immersed in the idea that they are going to higher education at an early age and throughout their careers.

6. Give complete funding to schools to reach these objectives, purchase materials on a federal, state or county level to receive discount pricing and standardize the minimum levels of educational material received by each student, poor or wealthy. We would not begrudge police the proper body armor and weapons to protect and serve. We must not begrudge our children the proper tools and support to be successful.

Answer 4

The school system is not failing the kids, parent involvement is. Be more involved with the child and they will thrive.

Answer 5

i think one reason why is because in most public schools there are generally more students in a class as where in private schools there aren't generally as many students in one class. i went to both public and private school . i found that i did better in private school because the teachers would actually stay on a subject a little longer if the students were having trouble with it. my teachers in the private school also spent more time with me on the areas that i needed extra help with. as where in public school my teachers way of things were for examlpe " i am only going to spend ten minutes on this after that if you are having trouble i cannot help you, you will just have to work on it yourself, or go to a tutor" i felt uncared about in public school, so therefor i didn't try as hard. i don't think it's right to blame it on the parents because there are alot of parents who do try to help their children as much as they can, my mother also used to sit there until i finished to make sure i did my work, other parents have their ways. also you have to look at other things such as the types of students at the public schools and the types of students at private schools. to me the students at the private school i went to were more well behaved, and we did not have to worry about name calling, fighting, ect.... name calling, fighting, ect... can also have an effect on how you child does in school. for instance if someone is picking on your child, they may not be able to concentrate on what they should be(meaning their work).

Answer 6

lol, makes sense in a way, but on a more serious note. Schools fail our children because not enough money is poured into improving them

Answer 7

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Answer 8

The rap music gives the kids the brain damage.

Answer 9

Monopoly can be fun

Answer 10

Is this a question or a statement? Thanks for the points.