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This is why Liberals will not allow school choice. Have to keep bringing new Pensives and Annabella's into the world.
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No but there are laws that say if your kid lives in this zip code he or she has to go to this public school.
Please provide evidence that shows that it was in fact a democrat who put through that bill. It reaks of the other side's mindset.
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Hey Cat, why is it that Liberals think every problem can be fixed by throwing more of other peoples money at it?
Why is it that Conservatives think that every problem will just fix itself and that paying taxes is "unconstitutional" when those taxes are what fixes problems with education and health care?
Without taxes, where the hell would the money for these things come from? If you really think fundraising alone can keep the school systme afloat, you're gravely misinformed as to how much money those fundraisers bring in.
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We spend billions on public education every year in this country but despite that our public education system is ranked one of the lowest.
Spend more on education, and less on "national defense"?
Take a close look at the cirriculum and improve it?
Begin a nationwide campaign aimed at getting children to read things other than magazines about Miley Cyrus?
Begin an assertive nationwide campaign aimed at getting children to read in general.
Cease and desist the removal of material(books and such) and forms of physical education because they are "too violent"(phys. ed stuff) or "have foul language" or "writer mentioned a tit" or "promotes devil worship", or "teaches a theory that isn't widely accepted", or "teaches a theory that IS widely accepted, but clashes with one parent's religious beliefs", etc, etc, etc.
CUT funding to football programs(especially in the southern states) and take the money saved by that and put it into something important, such as education.(seriously, you yanks take football FAR too seriously, it's just a sport).
Allow teachers to form rapports with their students. I get the feeling that teachers are afraid to take individual students aside, or become close enough to them to make a difference, because they'll be fired for it on suspicion of being a paedophile.
Increase funding to teaching schools.
There are so many things that could improve the state of America's education system, the problem is that you people see it as "socialism", which, by the way isn't communism. There's a difference.