The Rapid Decline of Education in the Us
The Rapid Decline of Education in the United States
Once acknowledged worldwide as educational leaders, the United States has drastically dropped in rank due to countless contributing factors consisting of but not limited to finances, accountability and current reforms. We have an education system that seems to be geared more towards the industrial and agrarian age, fundamentals of the past. The rest of the world saw what we once accomplished, ran with the positive aspects of our system, making additions and revisions along the way in order to keep up with world change and technology. In 2003, the United States was ranked twenty-fifth in mathematics and twenty-first in science by UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations. (Table 1: Education System). Astonishingly enough, the only aspect we outrank our competitors in is confidence, not surprising. We live in a country where media, technology and social status define who we are or what we are to become. Where individuals feel as though they are owed the world without effort and handouts are to be expected.
Many argue that the United States has one of the most effective educational systems in the world, ensuring quality education constructed with sophistication and intricate care in order to provide educational needs to students of all walks of life. The “No Child Left Behind Act” passed during President George W. Bush’s presidency in 2001 included the push of improving academic achievement of the disadvantaged, implementing comprehensive reform as well as improving basic programs operated by local educational agencies. Politicians were certain this act would change our educational system and raise our educational rank in the world.
Unions and tenure were created to protect our nations educators. Unions of education employees are no different than those representing miners, truck drivers or service workers. Teachers are guaranteed insurance, benefits and job security, which
Once acknowledged worldwide as educational leaders, the United States has drastically dropped in rank due to countless contributing factors consisting of but not limited to finances, accountability and current reforms. We have an education system that seems to be geared more towards the industrial and agrarian age, fundamentals of the past. The rest of the world saw what we once accomplished, ran with the positive aspects of our system, making additions and revisions along the way in order to keep up with world change and technology. In 2003, the United States was ranked twenty-fifth in mathematics and twenty-first in science by UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations. (Table 1: Education System). Astonishingly enough, the only aspect we outrank our competitors in is confidence, not surprising. We live in a country where media, technology and social status define who we are or what we are to become. Where individuals feel as though they are owed the world without effort and handouts are to be expected.
Many argue that the United States has one of the most effective educational systems in the world, ensuring quality education constructed with sophistication and intricate care in order to provide educational needs to students of all walks of life. The “No Child Left Behind Act” passed during President George W. Bush’s presidency in 2001 included the push of improving academic achievement of the disadvantaged, implementing comprehensive reform as well as improving basic programs operated by local educational agencies. Politicians were certain this act would change our educational system and raise our educational rank in the world.
Unions and tenure were created to protect our nations educators. Unions of education employees are no different than those representing miners, truck drivers or service workers. Teachers are guaranteed insurance, benefits and job security, which