America’s Issues
Witht the war in Iraq and other foreign policy issues have overshadowed many of the extremely important domestic issues in America today. Abortion rights, global warming, alternative fuel sources are all hot button issues of our time, but the one that I can identify with most is education reform in our country.
Everyone today has their opinions, yet most agree there are inherent problems with both public and private education in America today. When “No child left behind” was passed many were outraged. Basically the problem in No child left behind is that when each school district is required to issue CAPT tests, the schools with good scores recieve more funding, while the worse scoring schools recieve less funding. This whole system is completely STUPID, it takes funding away from where it is really needed and distributes it unevenly where it will not be used as well. New ideas to reform the education system include completely revamping the way we teach, and redistributing funding to states rather than local district funding.
The problem with this argument is no one can really agree as to how the education system should be run, but most believe it should be changed. Children are our future, and recent reports show how Americas education leave much to be desired. The youth of today will become the leaders of tommorow, which may mean a grim outlook if it turns out the great percentage of our population are poorly educated.
