One of the things Obama planned to fundamentally change when he he became President was our system of education. American have been told for years we have have a failed education system.. That's not as true as both educators, who use the argument to justify the need for more money, and their opponents who say we're not getting our monies worth as it is, why throw good money after bad.
My personal opinion is the whole concept has become flawed simply because some kids aren't cut out to be academics and we're trying to measure success based on the number of academics we get into college.. Believe me, a good plumber can earn as much or more than a teacher.... When your pipes are leaking and things are getting ruined, you don't care if the plumber went to Harvard or is a high school dropout. This blogs not about my opinion, at least not that one...
Parents want their kids to be doctors. (I started to say rocket scientists, but recently a lot of them went into plumbing). Educators want more academics and Obama wants scientists so everyone needs to go to college. Colleges want kids that can, on a college level, read, write, understand math and have parents with money. If the parents don't have money, they'll settle for government money. That takes a lot of Hope and Change, make that fundamental change,,
Obama's first step was to make Arme Duncan his Secretary of Education, Ducan came out of the Chicago School System, where he made some not to popular changes. Michelle Rhee was chosen as the poster child for the program... She'd been fired from the DC school system for some less than popular changes she'd made there as well as other things.
