According to most sources, education shows up in everyone's "top ten" list. It is a national crisis. Billions of dollars in tax revenue are poured into local school systems, with disproportionately meager results in most cases.
Recently a story appeared in the national media about a high school in Chester, Pennsylvania that was supposed to show how privatizing schools will help fix the problems associated with poor communities. Yet this suburban Philadelphia community's riot-torn secondary school program (28 students were arrested earlier in the school year) showed clearly that more than throwing money around will fix the educational problem in America. See http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=886414&page=1 and http://www.cea.org/NewsDesk/PA.htm.
Frankly, "it's about the parents, stupid!" When parents are in charge of their children, students learn. When they aren't involved, students don't. (An exception always exists, of course, but those students will learn if stuck in a closet.)
That's why families with very little money, no formal training in educational processes, a loose curriculum, and few physical resources are able to churn out very capable students! This subculture--homeschoolers--is proving the critics wrong!
Educators don't need more dollars. They need families, with parents who care what is going on with their children in school. Or who decide the best thing for their children is to teach them themselves!
If you are curious about this growing educational trend to "take back our kids" and do what God has called parents to do (yes, this is a religious issue, but we believe that EVERY issue is religious in nature--atheists included!)
So enjoy the content and be prepared to be challenged about what constitutes good education versus the bad stuff being touted as good. We think the conversation will reveal a lot that needs to be said.
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