How much tax $ does it take to get a student to show up at school, pay attention and do homework. Is there an amount of money that will help get a childs parents to become more involved in his/her upbringing? Is there a reason that the schools in the USA that get the most federal and state tax money, tend to underperform? Do they need more chalk, or could it be that its much easier to make children than it is to raise them?
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Ask the teachers' unions, they'll tell you the taxpayers are made of money and we should be happy because "it's for the kids."
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As much $ as it take to get rid of the teachers union
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more then what is spent on prisons California spends 5 times more on prisoners than students
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If parents really cared about their children they wouldn't send them to government schools. At the least we could do like Europe and give parents the right to choose where there child could attend school.
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Money is not the answer. The system itself has to change dramitcally. Almost every year Americans poor more and more money into education however test scores seem to decrese along with graduation rates.
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As a teacher I can tell you, it's a very complicated decision that has little to do with the teacher's unions. We are paid 1/2 of what many people with bachelor's degrees earn with masters and treated with no respect by parents, society, administration, so no one stays. The gov't doesn't listen to teachers or students and prescribes what they think is best. Go visit a failing school, you'll see lots of problems. Check out the Gates Foundation, they have fabulous ideas.
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What can I say? The gentleman yields to heavysarcasm.
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a billion
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You're right. Money will not fix the problem. In regards to teachers pay. If the teachers in my county are any indicator of the days they work per year a teacher makes very good money considering its only 6 months of work. The parents need to step in. I know both parents seem to think they need to work to have 2 new cars, new home, furniture, big screens, xbox, computers, family vacations, and eating out or bring in 5 nights a week, but the kids are suffering for it. It's old fashion, but these kids need their parents more than they need the latest play station game.
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no amount of money will accomplish this feat,,,,you can not purchase what is needed to improve schools,, if you will take government out of education ,,it will improve on itself,,,but you must also return to the day when you had a teacher,,you obeyed what that teacher told you to do,,you didn't back talk to a teacher ,, and you had parents that would start the education process at home,,with knowledge and discipline
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It should not take any (more) money if the education requirements for teachers were revamped. We have overpayed, undereducated teachers destroying our education system. More money thrown at schools does not go to the student, it goes to increase an already ridiculous teacher salary for working (I use that term lightly) only 9 months with every weekend, holiday, and then some off. Yeah, I know it is such a tough job! Been there! It is only tough if you hate it! If someone is educated as an engineer they should be able to teach, if someone has a degree in math they should teach. College courses for education majors are worthless just as most of our current teachers are (The few exceptions usually leave b/c they cannot hack the abundant amount of ignorance in school systems). Everyone is correct in stating that the teachers union must go as well. Teachers should be there to teach kids they love and teach what they know best, not to get their hours in for summer break and get the great pay and benefits.
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i think it's PROVEN itself, cash will not fix the problem. i homeschool. my 4 year old loves to sit down with her big brother and learn his lessons. she's sooo smart she scares me.
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The 9 Billion Dollar that is deducted from tax payers to support Israel to kill innocent people and drop 1.2 million bomb in 30 day on Lebanon,is enough to upgrade education,Also to make life better for 45Million American live under poverty line and they sleep in manholes.
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So long as the US Public Schools allow the kids to run loose from 2:00pm to 5:00pm, there will be no progress. In addition, the kids that are troublemakers and the ones that can't keep up in learning, need to be put into separate schools so that the bright ones can go full steam ahead.
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