Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Perhaps Date:   11/16/2010 8:36:27 PM

There is no doubt that our education system needs an overhaul but more money is not the answer.  Some of the worst schooll systems in America spend more money per student and get horrendous results.  Likewise, there are other systems that spend much less and get much better results.  Complex issue but more money thrown at the problem and more federal involvement is inarguably not the right answer.  Long before federal involvement we had the best school system in the world.  No longer.

My view is that teacher's unions are a bog part of the problem.  So are inept school boards that create large numbers of positions for people who don't teach but do get in the way of good teachers.  Merit pay, bonuses for excellent results, firing incompetent teachers, etc. would all go a long way.  But not the whole answer when you have entire racial groups that do not value education and treat those that aspire to achieve as being "too white" or whatever.

Again, complex problem but money is definitely not the answer.