Most would agree that education is beneficial to the individual that is learning, and to society as a whole. Furthermore we should have college easily accessible to everyone. In addition to easy access, the tuition at a junior college should be affordable for everyone. Hence why the budget cuts, and increase in tuition needs to stop. Which most of us addressed in our letters to Jerry Brown.
We need to take things one-step at a time in reforming our educational system as well. So many people seem to bring up issues, but lack a plan to improve them. And if they do have a plan they seem to be extremely radical, such as Gattos plan to home school all the children. Which is Clearly not realistic for many reasons, if we could just start improving school conditions in inner city “urban” areas (including both teacher and facilities) this would benefit them greatly. Then move on to the teaching to the test model. The STAR testing system is not working anymore, it does not provide accurate data, and none of the kids take it seriously. A system with more than one data point to accurately assess school improvement might be a start!
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