America is the world’s richest country, yet the American K-12 educational system is disintegrating before our eyes.
Federal and state governments continually spend increasing amounts of money on education, yet we have few accomplishments to show for it. America’s national test scores are stagnant, and teacher salaries struggle to keep up with inflation. These are issues that must be resolved in order for America to continue to be a world leader economically, politically and culturally.
Let’s look at two of the primary problems with today’s educational system: