Outside of the people who actually teach, education pays very well. Then, for the failures of their systems, they always argue the need for ...
1) more money, and
2) more parental involvement.
Every placed I've lived as an adult, I've faced special school funding tax elections, most of which passed easily. As a parent, the schools put pressure on my wife and I to get involved, if not at the school, then in "family" homework assignments.
Right, I pay taxes for public schools to educate my children, but they send me homework, wanting me to assist them in what they can't accomplish for themselves. Nowhere, absolutely nowhere else in the world do teachers ask, almost demand that parents "get involved" in their children's education. For the seeming lack of participation in those demands, it becomes an excuse for their failure.
Actually, I'm less angry at teachers than I am the school board system, and administrators who comprises a broken, corrupt and entirely inefficient system. End it!
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