Pros And Cons Of The American Education System

Something is amiss in America. Something does not fit. How can America be one of the strongest nations in the world, yet have the lowest educational ranking among advanced nations? This trend is a disaster for America and people are learning this quickly. There are many theories and ideas on what is wrong with America--terrible teachers, too much testing, or people that have authority positions with little experience. All are certainly relevant and play a factor in the American education system, yet they are missing something--a common link. Fixing one problem and ignoring the others, will solve nothing. These issues are the end products from the real problem on how the American Education system has flopped. The problem began for the American

People in improper position of authority remove trust in the public. America has the latter of these two and the consequences are felt nationally. Dr. Naison brought up Duncan, “a former basketball player who never taught a day in his life…” (Naison, 1:05) to reveal that someone, so inexperienced, is the Secretary of Education. And is making the point that people like Duncan damage the Educational System, not help it. Duncan, among other inadequate leaders, have lead the charge to “make it run like a business...” (Naison, 4:33). A business requires standardization, so all schools must be taught the same thing across the nation, no matter what surrounds the school. The idea is that to equalize the playing field, everyone can equal opportunity to succeed. But if this equalization does not work in small scale in one school, it is impractical that it will work full-scale across the country. It only hinders people but this time it is a much larger problem. To fail the standards, results in the school closing. To follow what Lynch said: “ overcrowded classrooms are making it even tougher to learn” (10 Reasons, paragraph 3). Those in the Educational administration are so delusional in this standardization, that they have ignored the vast, domino consequences that have appeared because of their lack of