Do you think that public education is effective in this day and age? Or, actually counterproductive?

Question

There is an undeniable crisis in public education today. There is an ever increasing chasm between societal changes and our schools ability to effectively educate our children. It is unbridgeable with our present methods. We assert that modern public education in the United States is completely lost in Minos' Maze. We have also lost Ariadne's golden cord. Through endless testing, labels, misguided research and less than dismal leadership, we are blindly and foolishly rushing further and further into the maze towards our inevitable demise at the horns of the Minotaur.

Answer 1

I agree that there is a crisis in public education, I just wouldn't have thought to look at it from such a mythological perspective ;)

I think our training of teachers is terribly misguided. If more teachers were dedicated to the subjects they taught, students would get much more out of it. Instead, students all too often grow to dislike these subjects and have little motivation to succeed at them.

They say "those who can't do, teach", but I think that those who can do best ought to teach about what they do, because they are best equipped to inspire other students to do their best as well. Of course, not all such people have the inclination to do so, which is also unfortunate.

Answer 2

PUBLIC EDUCATION IS A MUST WHEN THE ILLITERACY RATE IS HIGH. IF THE MASSES ARE WELL EDUCATION, PUBLIC EDUCATION BECOMES COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.