While no one is going to come outright and announce their disdain for people being educated, the ultra-conservative wing of the Republican party has taken its foolish view of education to the floors of both their states and our nations capital. In the past few years we have seen a tsunami of anti-intellectual measures from these individuals. From Texas revising its educational standards to remove Thomas Jefferson from its curriculum due to his views on religion to the newest members of our congress calling for the end to the Department of Education, our nation is on the edge of educational homicide. Looking at the most recent studies on the education of this country compared to others, we are failing. We are failing our children and thus we are failing ourselves. Yes, we are in an economic downturn, but we must devote more money to education. We must move to a system that has our students in school year round. We must also challenge our students more. Students must have homework every single day, we must promote critical thinking, and longer writing assignments. When we challenge our students and expect more of them everyone wins, plus it will help keep our children off of the streets and out of the gangs. These solutions that I have just offered are the exact opposite of what the ultra-conservatives in our country are pushing. They have not shown that they are willing to step up and help educate our youth and thus do not deserve our support in the next election. Check back for the next part in this series.
Written and Posted by: Peter Jenkins
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