How do ever expect to get rid of crime in the United States if you spend less on failing schools?

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How do we...

Answer 1

The US Government needs to get off their asses and find a new concept for teaching tomorrows generation. They English for 12 years in a row but how many can actually spell correctly? They teach these classes for every year they are in school but after 7th grade it's just teaching the same things.
Do we need to read these plays that a guy that lived and died over 400 years ago wrote? I don't think so.
They need to teach these kids how the real world works. How to spend their money correctly, how to deal with financial situations correctly. Do these kids need to learn Calculus? **** no, they will never use it in their everyday life.
My point to all of this is that they teach these kids things they will never use in their everyday life. They need to teach them how to live, how to survive.
The simple fact is that the U.S. Government needs to take a cut in their "special interest" programs and fund these kids and help those that cannot help themselves get out of poverty. Our school system is a damn joke that will never fix itself... no matter how many teachers you hire.

Answer 2

It's not failing schools . . . it has been and ALWAYS will be failing parents.

Babies making babys.

Fathers taking no responsibility for the sperm they produce. Mothers thinking it's alright to give birth at 15.

Crime is perpetuated by people who have nothing left to lose. And why is that? Because they weren't raised by PARENTS who instilled in them the desire to learn and study and not become criminals.

Don't blame the schools. By the time these people enter the public schooling system, it's too late.

Answer 3

That’s how the free market works. A failing business eventually runs out of money and is replaced by another that does a better job. The same concept can be applied to schools.

Answer 4

You are confusing correlation and causation. It is true that high school dropouts are most likely to commit a crime. It does not mean that they would not commit crimes if they stayed in high school. What it does mean is that the same factors that contribute to crime (poverty, neglect, abuse, etc.) also contribute to dropping out.

The majority of crime decrease in the U.S. during 1990s can be explained with four factors: (1) increased incarceration rate, (2) greater number of law enforcement officers, (3) the collapse of the crack market, and (4) legalization of abortion.

Answer 5

There is no link between school and crime. Crime is commited by educated people too. At the same frequency.