The Forgotten Education Conversation
October 10th 2010 12:01
In the history of the United States of America no issue has been more important and ignored than the support of the American Educational System.
In the midst of a never ending War on Terror, being on the losing end of the War on Drugs and a battle of wills between the big two political parties; institutions of learning from sea to shining sea have been reduced to factories of mediocrity as opposed to the pillars of excellence American citizens have always dreamed them to be.
For these failures, our youth have been trampled on by generations of scholars from educational systems on the other side of the globe while we hang onto the pride of the few who have managed to outpace their peers in a system of disparity.
To fix this problem the idea of “No Child left Behind” was created as a band aid of accountability to treat a gapping wound but was left in the rear view mirror as a broken solution.
A broken solution that has fixed the problem of holding educational systems accountable but has done nothing to ensure whether our children are actually learning anything beyond how to punch bubbles on a standardized test.
What the American Public has been left with is a broken answer to a problem that requires communities across the nation to take a deeper look at the things happening in their school systems and the injustice that is being done to the forgotten youth who were never given a chance to approach the starting line.
For every politician who aims to make education their primary concern the result has been failure to our youth and the American public when these promises are transformed into a rush into war, pandering to special interests, bailing out companies who made poor business decisions and choosing partisan fights as opposed to the compromise of working on real solutions on major issues.
Major issues like the trillions of dollars that have already been wasted on plans doomed for failure as opposed to rewarding educators dedicated to molding the minds of tomorrow that will help the United States of America keep pace with emerging nations who have made education a priority more than the calendar months of the year that surround a national election cycle.
When we examine the big picture on this issue the answers do not come by way of continuing with the failed solutions that have come from before nor do they come with a session of finger pointing about what a political party will or won’t do after taking over the reigns of public office.
The answers have to come with the same ferocity that the Tea Party and Civil Rights Movement brought to the conversation by questioning the status quo and forcing the powers that be to take a hard look at creating real solutions.
Real solutions that will make the Educational System of the United States of America a powerful force in the world again and not another of the many broken systems that reward mediocrity by sweeping failure under the rug.
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In the midst of a never ending War on Terror, being on the losing end of the War on Drugs and a battle of wills between the big two political parties; institutions of learning from sea to shining sea have been reduced to factories of mediocrity as opposed to the pillars of excellence American citizens have always dreamed them to be.
For these failures, our youth have been trampled on by generations of scholars from educational systems on the other side of the globe while we hang onto the pride of the few who have managed to outpace their peers in a system of disparity.
To fix this problem the idea of “No Child left Behind” was created as a band aid of accountability to treat a gapping wound but was left in the rear view mirror as a broken solution.
A broken solution that has fixed the problem of holding educational systems accountable but has done nothing to ensure whether our children are actually learning anything beyond how to punch bubbles on a standardized test.
What the American Public has been left with is a broken answer to a problem that requires communities across the nation to take a deeper look at the things happening in their school systems and the injustice that is being done to the forgotten youth who were never given a chance to approach the starting line.
For every politician who aims to make education their primary concern the result has been failure to our youth and the American public when these promises are transformed into a rush into war, pandering to special interests, bailing out companies who made poor business decisions and choosing partisan fights as opposed to the compromise of working on real solutions on major issues.
Major issues like the trillions of dollars that have already been wasted on plans doomed for failure as opposed to rewarding educators dedicated to molding the minds of tomorrow that will help the United States of America keep pace with emerging nations who have made education a priority more than the calendar months of the year that surround a national election cycle.
When we examine the big picture on this issue the answers do not come by way of continuing with the failed solutions that have come from before nor do they come with a session of finger pointing about what a political party will or won’t do after taking over the reigns of public office.
The answers have to come with the same ferocity that the Tea Party and Civil Rights Movement brought to the conversation by questioning the status quo and forcing the powers that be to take a hard look at creating real solutions.
Real solutions that will make the Educational System of the United States of America a powerful force in the world again and not another of the many broken systems that reward mediocrity by sweeping failure under the rug.
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