Stupid in America

I do not understand why we as American citizens should accept this type of utter failure for our children.  Let's look at what doesn't work and get rid of it and start encouraging success.  Education is not a one size fits all solution, we need choices.  We need the teacher's unions to stop fighting We The People and we need to stop accepting mediocraty as something to aim for. 

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Waiting for Superman

My husband and I watched this last night and even though we have heard a lot of what was said in the film it was still quite enlightening to SEE it.  I believe there are many more good teachers than bad teachers but the system MUST be changed for our children's sake.  We have done it their way (status quo) long enough and there is plenty of research to prove that it is not working and the ones paying the price are our children.  It appears that truly good educators welcome change and educational competition so how do we go about accomplishing this?


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