The Christian Science Monitor reports that many public schools across the country are cutting summer classes in order to save money, replacing the summer classes with summer camps sponsored by community groups and online courses. The cuts could lead to thousands of teacher layoffs, and loss of opportunity for students struggling to catch up.
I've never liked the public school system, and these cuts are terribly depressing. Education standards were already lacking in my high school, the food was bad, and the building maintained poorly. These cuts might be necessary to ensure the school system's survival, but it shouldn't come to this. Children won't get the education they deserve. It's time to reorganize our priorities and reallocate our military budget.
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ReplyDelete"It's time to reorganize our priorities and reallocate our military budget."
ReplyDeleteOnly problem with your proposal is that the states fund schools and money from the Armed Forces comes out of the federal treasury.
Getting money from the federal treasury into the states' budgets is complicated and usually has lots of strings. Witness "No Child Left Behind."