Teachers: Double Their Salary and Quantity

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The discussion emphasizes the critical importance of education for national wellbeing and security, arguing that the current educational system in America is shaped more by corporate interests than by a genuine understanding of educational needs. It suggests that the focus of education has shifted towards producing effective consumers and workers rather than fostering critical thinking. The conversation also critiques the financial pressures on families to secure quality education, linking this to broader economic issues like housing bubbles. It challenges the notion that increased public funding for education is the solution, citing examples of other countries with different funding models and academic outcomes. Overall, the thread calls for a reevaluation of educational priorities and policies in the U.S.
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Teachers: Double Their Salary and Quantity

Few things are more important to our national longevity, wellbeing, and security than well educated citizens. Nothing of such importance is so misunderstood and ignored in America.

I suspect that this important matter lacks sophisticated understanding by Americans because adult Americans had a poor education.

I claim that our education policy results from the intentionality of those who strongly affect public policy rather than misunderstanding by the citizens. I claim that the power of Corporate America greatly determines our public policy and thus our educational system, which is designed to graduate good producers and consumers.

I think that adult Americans must resist the temptation to store their critical intellect with their year-book in the attic when their school daze are over.

To lend support for my claim I have copied this paragraph from an article “Don’t Blame All Borrowers” from the Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042502783.html

“Yet millions of families got into financial trouble simply because they understood that life is graded on the curve. The best jobs go to graduates from the best colleges, and because only the best-prepared students are accepted to those colleges, it is quixotic to expect parents to bypass an opportunity to send their children to the best elementary and secondary schools they can. The financial deregulation that enabled them to bid ever larger amounts for houses in the best school districts essentially guaranteed a housing bubble that would leave millions of families dangerously overextended.”
 
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I don't see any real arguments in that post and you don't even mention your thesis, much less attempt to defend it.
 
American schools fare better than Norwegian schools academically, and ours are fully funded by the state (the few families sending their children to the few private schools here get approx 80% refund from the state)

So, all these calls for more public funding are not, in US interest..
 
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https://www.aapt.org/Conferences/ lists the next set of conferences 2026 Winter Meeting - January 17 - 19, Las Vegas, Nevada 2026 Summer Meeting - July 18 - 22, Pasadena, California 2027 Winter Meeting - January 9 - 12, New Orleans, Louisiana 2027 Summer Meeting - July 31 - August 4, Washington, DC I won't be attending the 2026 Winter Meeting in Las Vegas... For me, it's too close to the start of the semester. https://www.aapt.org/Conferences/wm2026/index.cfm...
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