The Failing United States Education System

For many years, public education in the United States has been in decline. American students’ education does not compare to that in other developed areas of the world. Research has shown that schools in Asia, for instance, are among the highest performing in the world.  Why?  They invest in their teachers.

In most areas in Asia, teachers are held in high regard, respected in their society.  Their teachers are well paid and well trained.  School systems in the U.S. are failing in science, math and reading literacy.

In order to compete in the increasingly technological and innovative society in which we live, we must begin producing well-educated students. 

In the United States, most public school teachers are poorly compensated, and they are not generally well-respected.  Teachers are preparing the next generation, and yet, we pay them poorly and often treat them as though they are there to serve us.  We should be serving them, helping the teachers by providing them with the best equipment and educational materials available.

Unlike when I was in school, teachers do not simply teach today.  In many schools, they are more disciplinarians that instructors.  Students come to school with myriad issues, complicating the education of our children.  Teachers face violence in their classrooms, deal with homeless children and kids with emotional problems.  In years past, these issues were extremely rare, but not so today.  Is it any wonder that there are fewer and fewer really good teachers in our schools today? 

That brings up another issue.  The way most school systems operate, they often cannot terminate bad teachers.  Once they have tenure, they often have a job for life, and many of our children are spending their days with teachers who likely are there simply for a paycheck.

I realize that there are many excellent teachers, and some public schools are better than others.  But as a whole, our education system needs huge improvement, and it needs to begin now!  As adults, we are responsible for demanding it, making our legislators fix our failing education system.  This is not a political party issue, because we are all at fault.

If we do not stand up for our children’s education, who will?

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