Wake Up Call ! When are we going to get serious enough about education in America to Truly Make it Priority #1

When are we going to get serious about education in America?   If the recent news about United State test scores does not wake us up then I do not know what will.  We need to make some serious changes to our education system.  In talking to different people about why we keep falling short, I am hearing that part of the problem is the Unions who are not allowing the system to hold teachers accountable or who are not allowing the teachers who really care and have great ideas to be able to express them or implement their ideas.

 I on the other hand believe it is this "teaching to testing approach".  How do we expect our kids to really learn if they are mostly learning how to pass a test instead of learning the process to how to solve or figure out problems, i.e., math, reading, and life concerns?

We need a drastic change from the top on down. I hear our Secretary of education is working with New York City on a great idea call “Pencil “where all the kids will receive a great education regardless of their zip code.

What will it take to implement these new ideas at the local level?   Who is preventing these great ideas from being implemented at the local level? These are some of the question we need to be asking and problems that we as a people should be trying to solve.  Because if you have not heard the United State is close to finishing in last place.   Which means we need to have  an urgency about  figuring out what works and how can we get it implement  ASAP before  more of our youth fall to far behind.

This is another example of were all parties need to come together to do what is right for Our Country, we so Love, fight and die for.

Let's Help Keep America Great by getting  & keeping Our People Educated

Stress Education as a #1 priority to all of our people esp our youth. 

Please check out the links below.

http://nbcnews.to/18fFN0g  via @NBCNews

.http://nbcnews.to/18fFN0g via @NBCNews

http://youtu.be/yo1rPlF8980