System Overhaul - Education

The state of American education today is sorely disappointing to say the least. American schoolchildren are among the stupidest bunch of kids in the class of the more prosperous countries. American children are being cheated out of a good public education because the government won't improve the educational system. It may be a difficult task, but it's a task that must be dealt with in the near future and must be handled carefully. Very few in America have the money to send their children to private schools, and American citizens should not only be guaranteed a free public education, but a good, free public education that spans all subjects well. In this declining economy, education should be our top priority because it develops the future of our country, but according to an article in the New York Times titled "The Tricky Terrain of Education Finances" by Ross Ramsey, a $10 million dollar cut is in the works and this cut schools will suffer immensely, and even greater than they have suffered before. We have a growing population, yet we are cutting funding to schools that educate this population, therefore, we are enhancing the deterioration of education. There needs to be an immediate, complete overhaul of the American education system in order to better educate the population and better prepare them for the real world.