Education in California

I was lucky in my education.  I went to some smaller unknown schools in my state of Arkansas that gave me a good education for relatively low cost.  I also grew up with the viewpoint that everyone appreciated their education like I did and that everything got the excellent high school education and college education that I did. Now, as an educator, I am finding out that, that is not the case.  I am watching one of the best education systems in the US deteriorate right in front of my eyes.  Its sad, and something needs to be done before its too late.  We need to reorganized the priorities of education and start spending enough money on education that we can draw people who are the best in their field to teach. We need to stop educating people from other countries only to deport them months after--if we educate them we should invite them to stay in the country so we can benefit from the education we have given them. There are so many thing wrong with our education system it would be impossible to list them all here.

I saw this article today and it needs to be seen by all, because even though its about California's education system, it could be California today and the rest of the US tomorrow.  Take a moment and read and then leave me a comment about the state of education in your state or country.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-bleich4-2009nov04,0,1193621.story