It's the Teacher Stupid! Thoughts on Restructuring Education in the United States

While politicians call for better standardized test scores more security <i>The Ten Commandments</i> in every classroom compulsory classes in Patriotism and other meaningless solutions to 21<sup>st</sup> century problems the 19<sup>th</sup> century system of public education which absorbs and then spits out all attempts to reform it goes right on churning out its hapless graduates with meaningless diplomas. As in all huge bureaucracies self-preservation has supplanted meaningful action and only systemic change of an overwhelming nature can once again bring it to serve our children in a time of blindingly fast economic and social metamorphosis.