Argumentative Essay About Education System

In the US the education system is not all what it seems to be. In comparison to the other countries the US has fallen behind. According to CNN news “American children aren't necessarily getting smarter or dumber, but that might not be good enough to compete globally, according to numbers cited Tuesday by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

He noted a special analysis put out last week by the National Center for Education Statistics that compares 15-year-old U.S. students with students from other countries in the Organization for Economic Development.

It found the U.S. students placed below average in math and science. In math, U.S. high schoolers were in the bottom quarter of the countries that participated, trailing countries including

All payments to the schools will be based on the persons income and how many children they have attending school. This will counter all the budget cuts in the education system. Another solution is to make teachers have a higher purpose not just an easy job to spot cash. They need to have a direct guidelines and information they need to know. Also they have to pass a state test or exam at a certain percentage much like most doctors and lawyers do. Being a teacher will become a privileges and elite carrier just like others in those fields? The curriculums will be changed to a more critical thinking outlet with practices of course. One of the biggest problems in the education system is the student’s inability to think critically. Furthermore students will began school at the age of 3 in the VPK programs, creativity will be in must in all school curriculums. Students learn better in creative environments, which help them think better. Variety of electives should be available to students starting in

Which is why it will be the basis of the basic curriculum provided by the educational system? “The recent book "Academically Adrift" documented a widespread lack of improvement of critical thinking in many college students. Of the 2,300 plus students surveyed from 24 colleges, 45 percent failed to improve critical thinking over two years and 36 percent over four years. Researchers measured critical thinking using the Collegiate Learning Assessment, which requires students to analyze data and arguments and write an essay on a practical topic using supplied source documents.7” The students need to learn to process information one they are given or discover it. They are too used to being given the information and process how the person came up with the solution, this is being given in the wrong order. Students have to discover the product on their own and give how it came about. If this is not address then the rate of college drop outs will continue to