Most of us are aware of the failure of our public education system to educate our children and prepare them to be successful in life. As we continue to point out the failure, we need to find a solution to something has been a problem for at least a generation.
On Saturday, Zero Hedge reported:
President Trump’s executive order earlier this year to dismantle the Department of Education comes as the president highlighted a disturbing and inconvenient truth about Baltimore City’s Democratic Party-run “failure factory” school system: 40% of public high schools have zero students proficient in math. This damning statistic follows eight years of Fox45 investigative reporter Chris Papst’s coverage of the crime-ridden city’s education crisis. Keep in mind, the metro area is mainly controlled by leftists at City Hall, with virtually no diversity when it comes to Republicans holding positions of power.
A new report by Papst released this past week may catch the White House’s attention, highlighting yet another inconvenient truth about the stunning failure of Baltimore City Public Schools in terms of academic outcomes, proving that simply throwing more taxpayer funds at the problem is not a viable solution.
The article concludes:
Baltimore is an easy layup for the White House to convey to the American people during the Midterm election cycle just how terribly the Democratic Party has transformed once vibrant cities across America into what the president describes as “hellholes.”
What are the consequences of a failing education system? People who graduate from high school without basic skills in mathematics and English have a difficult time finding jobs. If they find jobs, chances are that they are low-paying and below what is needed to enjoy the basic necessities of life. This easily leads to discouragement and a search for other options to raise money–some of which may not be legal.
Improving our schools would be a step toward a safer, more productive society. Someone who knows that they need to be rested and sharp at their job in the morning is less likely to be out robbing people or stealing things in the middle of the night. I don’t want a federal takeover of education–we have already tried and failed at that. What I do want is for voters to hold every city’s leadership accountable for the condition of its schools.