Post by The 99 Declaration on Feb 1, 2012 8:58:12 GMT -5
The public education system in the United States is a resounding failure. New educational goals to train the American people to perform jobs in a 21st century economy, particularly in the areas of technology, infrastructure repair, language/communication, water, land and resource conservation, technologies to provide food and housing to the world’s homeless, prevention and treatment of diseases like malaria, diarrheal diseases, HIV/AIDS, lower respiratory infections/tuberculosis, and green energy must be mandated as a curriculum for national security. These targeted reforms must be accomplished by taking into consideration the redundancy caused by technology and the inexpensive cost of labor in China, India and other developing countries. No expense should be spared to recruit scientists and other professionals from all over the world to teach our students to be competitive in a rapidly changing global economy. Bonuses must be granted for merit performance and enticing the very best people to teach our children and replacing those teachers who are ineffective in the classroom. Our teachers work tirelessly and they are the key component to an American renaissance. Teachers must be paid a competitive salary commensurate with salaries in the private sector because without highly-skilled teachers, there will never again be a highly-skilled workforce in the United States.
“If a nation expects to be ignorant & free, in a state of civilisation, it expects what never was & never will be.”-Thomas Jefferson, January 6, 1816.
“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories. And to render them safe, their minds must be improved to a certain degree.” -Thomas Jefferson, 1782. (Notes on the State of Virginia)
“If a nation expects to be ignorant & free, in a state of civilisation, it expects what never was & never will be.”-Thomas Jefferson, January 6, 1816.
“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories. And to render them safe, their minds must be improved to a certain degree.” -Thomas Jefferson, 1782. (Notes on the State of Virginia)
