Replies to post #93563 on Derf's Grotto

[fung_derf]

Such a crock, blame the system not the individuals.
Education has always been a big issue for me. What I've found is even in the bad areas of town (and if you ask soxfan he'll tell you that all schools in Texas are in the bad part of town), I've found all schools either have an AP or IB or both programs. Yes, the regular classes do tend to lack much of the teaching necessary for a top education, however, if the child applies themselves AND has the intelligence to get into the AP and IB programs, they get an education that is as good as any in the country. I've seen the ACT and SAT scores.
Ya know, not everyone NEEDS to go to college. I've met plenty of people who were geniuses on working on cars or building things that a college educated person wouldn't have a clue how to. This theory of Bernie Sanders that everyone should be able to go to college is also a crock.

[Tearex]

I think that solution would miss the mark horribly.

"but a correct system would be all the property taxes be collected and evenly distributed to all locations "
You are correct, that is a socialist slant. This is a centralized government solution that puts to much control in a federal government that commands what local government should do at the local levels.

Do you really think that where we stand in the world rankings, is equivalent to the problems in poverty stricken areas?

Why U.S. can’t get back to head of the class (because it was never there)

America is an exceptional, vibrant, creative nation, the greatest democracy ever to grace this planet. We don’t need to create fantasies about our educational history.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-myth-of-americas-historical-educational-supremacy/2012/07/02/gJQAwpgAHW_blog.html

If you factored out the poverty stricken inner city schools (k-12), then we probably rank much higher in the world standings. It is our higher education system that has sets us apart from the world. There is just not as much demand from a society, for world class University degrees as there is for technical vocation degrees.

We are talking about the disadvantages in education, in poverty stricken areas.
That being said, you did not respond to the idea of putting education in the hands of the individual in poverty area's, as opposed to more money distributed evenly by the all controlling central government bureaucracy's. In other words....the money should follow the child ,not the unions or the centralized bureaucracy's!