Comments by "Ōkami-san" (@mweibleii) on "Thom Hartmann on Economic & Labor News: 1/18/16" video.

  1. The fact is patents pay the tax they have the right to choose a school that actually takes education seriously. Government Schools graduate functional illiterates at a rate of 1 in 5 according to the DoED.
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  2. Roger Wallace There was an experiment in Mississippi where they gave a Government School unlimited funding. The scores went down and stayed down. The problem IS the school structure. Everything from poorly trained teachers, apathetic parents, over testing and the economic demand has made Government Schools almost a waste of time for most Americans. Unless you are extremely good at test taking, then it will probably not give you the skills needed to succeed in the this economy. Thus, Charter Schools, also Public Schools, are a fair option for parents who want their kids to get an actual education. 
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  3. john carlisle My apologies, yes that is the study. In addition, there are many examples of Charter Schools, when well run, outperforming Government schools at half the cost. Even as low as $2500 per student per year. 
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  4. john carlisle The problem is not funding, the problem is the structure of government schools. As an example, anthropologists have shown when children are grouped per age, bullying naturally arises. This has been published. Yet, we continue to structure grades by age and not aptitude. This leads to bullying and also lowers educational outcomes. We still take off summers - this has been shown to correlate strongly with a reduction in children's long term learning. Again, even though this is published, Government schools continue to take summers off. I'm sure Teachers Unions  would fight tooth and nail to keep it that way. Teaching topics in classes per a single topic does not integrate learning - but it's easier to do that way. Thus math is taught without any history, often making it meaningless and useless - completely abstract, and likewise with history. Over and over we see Government schools are unsound in their pedagogy, thus parents should have the option to put their kids in a PUBLIC Charter School that is attempting to make positive changes - often with less money.AND Teachers who want to teach should have these employment opertunities. Many of these schools are succeeding with less money. It's really that simple. Parents pay, they should get a say in where their children are educated.  The DoED has published stats that show 1 in 5 graduates are functionally illiterate. Yet, in Japan they have nearly a 99.99% literacy rate while spending almost half as much money as we do. Again, it's not the funding, US Government Schools are some of the best funded in the world. These are all facts you can research at your leisure.
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