@Richard142 Said 
There is much room for improvement in the English education system from preeschool to postgraduate level. These are some ideas so probebly contreversial.
1, Funding should be via taxation so that education is free to the student. Everyone benefits from an educated and informed community. With better education usually comes better paid work so in a system of progressive taxation these increased taxes will be paying for that education.
2, Class sises should be minimalist, preferably no more than 12 per class/teacher. We need a system that meets both the needs of each pupil plus meeting the needs of future skills.
3, Further and higher education should be equally funded to meet changing needs and retraining.
4, Population fitness is as important as education - minds and bodies both! Stop selling off recreational areas and swimming pools. Alow free access to people in full time education [and the retired]. Have deficit funding from national taxation.
5, Alow tax brakes for parents and part time students for both health, education and recreation activities.
6, Also tax advantages to promote good quality and economically priced homes including shared equity scheems for all workers, not just so called key workers.
7, The key goal being to maximise community integration and minimise segregation. No more 'sink estates'.
8, Just for starters! I'm glad this topic thread got started.
I taught for 25 years, and ideally this should be the case, but realisticly( teacher needs spell check); no way.My friend has three children, I have one; gifts, we lose, weddings, we lose, graduations, we lose.I don't resent it but she has six grandchildren and I don't think it's fair. This is what will happen with taxes; why do I have to pay the bill for someone's huge family? There are many programs and anyone who wants a higher education can find a way.
My son worked all the way through school and was better off for it.
Have you ever been to a school board meeting, they don't want to pay the teachers, let alone pay more for the students. Anybody thinks we get off easy hasn't seen me grading papers at midnight. The schools are overwelmed with safety issues, and the parents have to come up and get with the game. I'm not paying for laziness. We need to bring back many things, but schools are looking to cut programs not add.
I left after being shot in my classroom; they're busy paying for armed guards. It's very very sad, but this is reality today.
We all need a huge wakeup call, schools aren't like when we went, put government in the mix.
May 29, 2009 @ 10:02:09
), you are right everyone deserves to get good quality education at a low cost, I think education is a right not a privellege (sp?).
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