US Education -- The Perfect Storm

[Harshamostwanted1]

I think strip dancers or porn artists should teach so that more Americans go to colz

[djcatron11]

Blame the Department of Education.

[DarkosApprentice]

Blame Rock artists and rap artists for this, guys like kid rock, eminem, metallica, pantera, etc influence the youth to drink beer and not take school seriously.

[Charlie12241]

@DarkosApprentice Yes, and I know what you did last summer.

[celtichero9]

Interesting video!

[JPTxSmawSefi]

I prefer japanese schools

[rocknotes]

MAKES SENSE THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE OUT OF JOBS AND EDUCATION CUTS AND PEOPLE HAVE LESS INCOME AND U. S.UCK DOESN'T PAY THE DEBTS BUT JUST STEALS FROM EVERYONE BECAUSE U. S.UCK GOV KIDS (MIDDLE AGE) AND PIGS HAVE A FUCKED UP DRUG PROBLEM. THEY NEVER ARREST THEMSELVES FOR IT.

[blubbernuggetman]

@rocknotes wow your hating on U.S because you think they are stupid, and you do not even have proper grammar, i'm a 6th grader in the u.s and im learning 10th grade math and science!

[kommisar]

While they do a good job presenting the problem here, they really do nothing to come up with a solution. "Get back to the basics." OK, and how exactly do you propose the school system implement that, Mr. "Expert"? This one was sorta a waste of time....

[krisstopher07]

Its either drop out, graduate and go through hell paying for college, or join the military and go fight in Afghanistan.

[mexjmort]

teachers.net chalkboard politic to see how teachers in America are smart

That are not teachers they are mainly INDOCTRINATORS

[azkeyz]

The american education system is a fraud , college is a fraud

that has to be delt with first.

[favoritefoods]

The media is a huge part of the problem. The media is sensationalistic.

[mrmomo2221]

@favoritefoods - Very true. So many in the media also have an agenda.

[HipieofBSA]

@favoritefoods Not to mention that most US kids are inspired by braindead morons.

[favoritefoods]

It's about poverty!



[isaaccontractor]

the american public school system is bad because teachers don't use corporal punishment this is why the american youth is reckless they are disrespectful and ignorant you americans should beat your kids thoroughly and show them who has authority over them.

[ZAGGNUT1]

we need Video Cameras in classrooms to figure out what up with kids.

[ScrewSocialism]

Education is up to the PARENT. The powerful elite that control gov't WANT your kids to be ignorant. They want them to be dependent on the Welfare state. There is a reason. The elite want to control everything including you and your children. They cannot do this if people are educated b/c they would be able to discern when gov't propaganda and manipulation is screwing them. Wake up people...the gov't does NOT CARE ABOUT YOU OR YOUR KIDS...why do you think they are indebting them?

[Tarenaccount]

U.S.A should take a school system like Finland has.

:)

[91Indrek]

@Tarenaccount Yep. Agree. It's not that easy as said tho... They have hard time having war going on, If they could spend money to schools instead of wars, they could do better.

[Tarenaccount]

@91Indrek agree

[staubin65]

@Tarenaccount It want help the kids are just stupid. I'm in 8th grade in the US.

[mrmomo2221]

@Tarenaccount - Th USA has to care about ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN too, like Finland does.

[REASONINFUSION]

@mrmomo2221 Good Comment! It warms my hear to see you said "All of their children". When the IQ test was developed it was not to give the idea of racial superiority, but to help ALL French children get the most from France's school system. The idea comes to america and it is turned into a tool for white racists lol. Thanks again.

[marvin140100]

@Tarenaccount not just Finland, but Australia or Singapore... they have a tendancy to churn out qualified professions since they shave the cream in high school. In other words competitive

[FlashToso]

We need to reduce the impact of Teacher's Unions. We need to treat Education as a national concern not a local one. Local Control limits the search for solutions. We need Local autonomy which allows government help to benefit all students.

[jetfighters20fr]

Just trust in your kids,.. I was always one of the worst students,.. the one with worsts grades,.. the trouble maker,.. now i am finishing college degree in physics,.. I just wana go back in time and punch all my teachers in their faces,.. for treating me like a crap,.. kids don't know what they are doing,.. just have faith in them,.. so they can start to believe in them self!!!

[jacobkehl]

We need to pick up spending in education, however it is the first to go. In District 204 in Northern Illinois all non-tenured teachers were fired last year. In Keller Texas 150 jobs were cut along with 16 million dollars.

Y'all, if you want a good education system you MUST pay for it through your taxes, or else we will be uneducated. I'm going into education knowing that I'll make 50,000 if I'm lucky. I want to do the job, pay the taxes so that you can let me do my job.

[bottleracket]

WHAT 'WAITING FOR SUPERMAN." It shows exactly what's wrong.

[jonathangray91]

mandate preschool and kindergarden. educating children earlier will help them out in the long run.

[MrBeautifulba1]

Please read SUMMERHILL by A.S. Neil !!!!! PLEASE !!!

[SQuiRR3LM0nk3y]

I wonder why China is embarrassing us in education?

[islamsmylife]

In my opinion the future of America looks incredibly bleak. Unsustainable debt, poor educational system, expensive colleges, ignorance rampant within the culture, corrupt greedy politicians and corporations and the list goes on. I am currently looking into other countries to live in because I know that this system cannot be maintained at this rate. I cannot subject my children to living in a kamikaze structured system.

[rustyscrapper]

the system doesnt want geniouses. They want dumb down workers. Yet they want "skilled" dumb down workers. They are finding out very quickly they cant have it both ways. In the past people were well educated and they created vast wealth but that also brought them freedom. The sysem doesnt want people to have too much freedom. So they dumb down the population. The population is now unable to create wealth. Every tyrrany has failed because of this. The parasite kills their host every time.

[rustyscrapper]

I have very good mathematical and literacy skills. I score borderline geneous on any test I have taken. I understand all maths and sciences. I am in perfect health and willing to work hard to produce something valuable to society.

I am currently: collecting employment insurance.

previous jobs:

construction laborer

landscaping laborer

bricklaying laborer

scrap metal salvager

[LOCO2957121]

@rustyscrapper are u mexican ???

[dadecountyhustler305]

I blame desegregation... there I said it

[pipkguitar]

Khan Academy is the way to go

[BruceDeitrickPrice]

Google "38: Saving Public Schools" for what to do.

[tristramshandy3]

@je5752 Have you read Jonathan Kozol's book "Savage Inequalities"? It turns out, public education works really well in rich neighborhoods, where the property tax base pays for good schools, good teachers, etc.

Give Kozol a read. I will try Gatto's book.

[MultiSmartass1]

@tristramshandy3 I agree but that's how it is supposed to work in middle to upper middle class neighborhoods.

Suburban schools are excellent because they provide education and preparation while the vast majority of public schools only provide an education-good or bad.

Again, if one does the research and reads the history of public schools in this country, they will find that schools are set up to teach basic amounts of information to students who will take low to medium wage jobs.

[tristramshandy3]

@MultiSmartass1 I support equal funding for all schools. If that were enacted today, tomorrow we would suddenly find the money to fund our system.

So long as it's only the shitty neighborhoods getting the shaft, we will continue to see no progress politically.

If the middle classes were affected, there would be change overnight.

[MultiSmartass1]

@tristramshandy3 Your position is an ideal one but unfortunately, unlikely to see the light of day.

The fact is that even if we had equity in the funding of public schools, the problems would not go away.

That is because the public schools are set up to train the so-called lower classes of society-working class and poor-to be the future clerks,janitors. repairman and messengers of tomorrow.

Woodrow Wilson said that this "certain class" had to be taught to labor at "tasks" .

[tristramshandy3]

@MultiSmartass1 I believe in the power of a self fulfilling prophecy.

[MultiSmartass1]

@tristramshandy3 Depends on who the prophet is.

[tristramshandy3]

@MultiSmartass1 The prophet is Montaigne- the greatest white man to ever live. Have a good day!

[MultiSmartass1]

@tristramshandy3 A fine essayist maybe but not the greatest white man to live.

[tristramshandy3]

@MultiSmartass1 Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Nietzsche, and me disagree with you. Have a great day!

[PRESTOSAURUSREX]

Ever heard the quote "more money, more problems" ?.....this quote basically describes the public education system.

[MultiSmartass1]

@PRESTOSAURUSREX It doesn't desribe anything else. More money doesn't equal more problems when it comes to private schools.

Rightwingers like you argue for money and profits in all phases of life except Education.

Only there it doesn't matter.

Bullshit.

[PRESTOSAURUSREX]

@MultiSmartass1 WTF is a right winger?...and im pretty sure I said public not private.

[MultiSmartass1]

@PRESTOSAURUSREX You are a right winger. I made that clear in my last post.

[malefica1]

I have actually noticed this, US Americans I write with have generally a pretty poor spelling and grammar ability. And English isn't even my primary language, and I also have a third language. I attended European public school by the way. This is not bashing the US, this is just an observation, and I find it very troubling, as having an uneducated deeply religious public with a government whit the largest military in the world cant possibly lead to any good.

[MultiSmartass1]

@malefica1 You're right. Actually, i wouldn't call the US population deeply religious.

Many people profess a faith and a significant number go to church or temple or something but Americans are not "deeply" religious. They like their alcohol, drugs and parties too much. What you have are a core of fundamentalist who always try to exert social and political pressure. We used to call them the Bible Belt now they are the Religious Right.

Compared to several Muslim nations, the US is not religious

[GunsOfThePhoenix]

@malefica1 I went to private school where the problems of the public schools are non-existent. When I went to college I found out how troubled some of the people are, both academically and mentally. People were failing subjects that I found to be so easy. I stayed away from partying and I was in the military (Army) officers training program. You have one shot and school and college, partying can be put off until later. Deeply religious public here is a far cry from other countries.

[SQuiRR3LM0nk3y]

@GunsOfThePhoenix Odd, the Chinese education system is far above ours, both private and public, and most of the students in China aren't wealthy.

[spock431]

we need a privately-based publicly-paid system

[Tiges999]

Latin should be taught in all schools from an early age. Sounds weird, I know, but It is one of the mother languages of English and makes English easier to understand, read and spell. Three things that society is rapidly losing.

If you speak Spanish or Italian, you sort of halfway there.

[TheSaltyAdmiral]

Its hard to not think of conspiracies when you look at the big picture. Its an evil circle.

The more un-educated a people become, the less capable of dealing with the problem they will be.

The people that benefit from a "dumb" population knows this has work very hard to keep it that way.

Look at the teabaggers for instance! Most of them are protesting against their own cause.

When you lack basic knowledge of how the world works, FOX becomes very dangerous.

[3581233428]

It is my belief that we can achieve the goals we have in place. Also I believe students need to spend less daily time in school. The human brain can hardly concentrate after 20 minutes thats not over do it. And if you want to see the results look at Finland as well as the some of the other Scandinavian countries. They spend hardly any time in school yet they have the highest test results and literacy rates. Something needs to change and it needs to change now!!!!!!!

[3581233428]

The U.S has a failing education system simply because it does not have the budget to make a good one. We spend way too much money on things like the military when we could be using a large chunk of that money on improving the education system. We need to pay teachers more for doing a job most of us underestimate and degrade. We also need shrink class size so that students cannot just get by because the teacher hardly notices them. Thats make class sizes at largest 15 students instead of 30. Then

[braveheart1779]

And this was aired before the recession, I hate to wonder what it's like now for those people. Now a bachelors degree may not be enough.

[phatmatt1176]

@braveheart1779 theres no guarantee 10 years of college will get you a job!

[braveheart1779]

@phatmatt1176 10 Yrs? Most people who go to school that long become doctors.. The majority of students go to school for 4 yrs or less.

A degree can make a difference , especially since most manufacturing jobs are gone and are never coming back. My degree can be applied to international careers, so if I can't get a job here, I can always go abroad.

[reneir0492]

all we have to do is get rid of how the media showing how cool being a rapper they think they can be like them, why do you think europeans, and asians are smarter, because they listen to techno music and that doesnt show anything bad, its all about dancing

[L000icheng]

its not the system..its the kids!! Kids these days think studying is not "cool" Going to parties, doing drugs, is what they call "having a life" I blame those rap songs, it just brainwashed all the kids, and u know what will happen when someone like Lil wayne becomes the idol of millions of young adults.

[Kesvideos23]

repeat after me...

College brings debt, not a job

[smp236520]

WAR=Bush's way to teach americans geography.

Listen i am from the UK it is the same here. You can have the best teachers but if children dont want 2 learn u cant make them. I agree the US/UK have a trouble with media teens, American idol, reality TV Britains got talent. Kids think that they can b famous by sleeping with an athelete,make a porn tape. Look at the role models Paris Hilton,Kardashians, Carrie prejean,Octomum. I have been to the US for ayear, I found u guys nice & friendly.

[louielamson2000]

HOW FAR US EDUCATION BEHIND...?

[americanoxford]

@louielamson2000

11th in the world at the moment, notably behind China Russia France

[SHOOTER0072003]

A prominent judge was asked what we, as citizens of the countries of the world, could do to reduce crime and disobedience to law and to bring peace and contentment into our lives and into our nations. He thoughtfully replied, �I would suggest a return to the old-fashioned practice of family educating there kids and not these corrupt govt

[Emrald70]

the US educational system is pressuring its' kids to study endlessly and pass standardized tests s the SCHOOL looks good

schools everywhere are cutting Recess and lunch and increasing the homeowrk load just so their students get better test scores than other schools

if u want ur children to do well u should teach them a wide curriculum, try to make it interesting and let them be kids once in a while

[luciferiexcelsil]

that comment can't be any more close to the truth...

[L000icheng]

@Emrald70 if u think the US is "pressuring" its kids to study endlessly then what are the Asian countries doing? I think the US is not pressuring its kids enough. Kids these days wasted too many time.

[anoying02hd]

@L000icheng Did you learned that in sckool?

[anoying02hd]

@anoying02hd ooops

[L000icheng]

@anoying02hd what do you mean?

[SmrutiRanjanSarangi]

You have so many TV channels. Why dont you create 10 more, Each for one standard. Educate students at Home. Make it fun. Give scholarship to good poor students. Make Exams regulated, controlled, and make it mandatory. Make schools Optional, Or may be only 100 day an year. Award Good teachers.

Create a World around Education. Make a national movement, Involve parents.

Save your Country!!

[luciferiexcelsil]

lol, well, I think we are going to the opposite side, there's been educational programs cancelled,actually. Now it's harder than ever to even get to college, ridiculously priced, and extremely elitist, if you don't go to school your parents go to jail, schools are full of leeching parasites. when the average grades go up, they raise the standards more and more, 'till it just goes down because students can't keep up.

[SmrutiRanjanSarangi]

This is SAD

Some do over eat, Some are Stupid, Some taking drugs, some are paranoid, many single parents, Kids carry gun to schools, Losing young parents to war, Economy crumbling, unemployment in rise, crime increasing, War cost increasing, Healthcare sucks, Ageing population, Young terrorists lurking

Save the HOME. Create citizen to take care of you and your country.

[Tiges999]

Politicians should allow teachers and other professional educators to make policy. School is not the same as a 50 year old politician remembers it.

I lived in the US for nine years. I really love the place, but I have to say that spelling and grammar seems to be an 'optional skill' in America.

[Tiges999]

'No child left behind' - is morally and educationally negligent. Some people in my country are grateful they had to repeat the 8th grade or whatever.

It may be socially difficult at first for the child but it is educationally responsible.

'No child shall..' ENCOURAGES kids NOT to work, not to learn but they STILL expect a college placement.

When I am in my 80's these kids will be running the country. I don't want an uneducated moron telling me where I can put my wheelchair!!

[sillygramcracker]

You make a good point. What country are you from, anyway?

[Tiges999]

Thankyou. I am from Australia.

[jshjamaar]

@Tiges999 I wish I repeated 10th grade.

[Tiges999]

@jshjamaar Same for me with 7th grade.

[survivepublicschool]

I am a public school teacher and this report is dead on! If you think your children are getting a truly quality education, you need to do some research. Most of the kids in my class can't put together a coherent sentence, don't go anywhere, don't do anything of substance, and don't speak well, however, they all of them want to go to college. Neither they, nor their parents, have any idea of what it takes to not only get into a good college, but graduate from it as well. This is no joke.

[waverly2468]

I usually like Lou Dobbs, but this comes off more like a marketing ad for the education and student loan industries. The guest us from the ETS!  Do you want fries with that?--and when you get home you've got 5 calls from Sallie Mae.

[adznruses]

You can thank our teachers for our U.S. Education. Reading, riting, an rithmatic, teachers. All 4 of them were great mentors of minde.

[RyanLeeParis]

My high school in California was absolute garbage.

In class, it was common place for kids to actually do nothing (literally to just sit there and not do papers in front of them), while the teacher just sits there, maybe saying one time for them to do their work, but not actually lifting a finger to help the kids.

It's not just the kids, it's the people in general in the schools.

I could talk to a man one on one or look on the Internet once, and I'd learn more than I did in school.

[Dakid015]

heck yeah...i think its the one size fits all approach of the public schools thats messing up our system. going through the motion of spitting some processed content thats part of a standard curriculum and telling the students to spit back out at them in the form of tests and hws....youre right, we need think of different styles of teaching and students need to be exposed to different styles of learning.

[TheMusicHistorian]

This is just terrible. I cannot believe this is OUR education system. We are economically on the verge of becoming a third-world country. This is a CRISIS!

[sillygramcracker]

Or maybe Lou Dobbs is fear-mongering as a way of advocating increases in federal influence over American education. Though these problems are real, the solutions offered are either not up to par or are actually part of the problem.

[RedJoker]

American school system is famous for its primitivity in Europe ;)

But it´s also very different to other systems and you need a lot of money so you can visit a good univercity.

In Germany there are jobs you can only do if you study at a university (medicine, law and many more) but if you wanna learn "normal" jobs like electrician you have to go to a company ( eg. Siemens, BMW ) and ask for a education.

If the take you you have to do a 3-4 years long education/training.

[RedJoker]

During this training you get money and it increase every year. When you finished your training you can go to any company which searches people for the job you have learned.

You don´t only work at the company when you train, you also go to schoo. For example 2 weeks work 2 weeks school 2 work 2 school and so on.

During the training you get less money than later when completed the training and you can call yourself e.g. a "real" elictrician.

I think there´s not better system in the world.

[mitooquerer]

Maybe it should be noted that Institutions of higher education in Germany usually do not charge any tuition fees. Same in France.

[MAWK93]

Hahahaha this where my motto "Stupidity punishes itself" comes into place. The next generation of America will be it's doom.

[Kroger43]

The US education level can be improved. It is better than other nations because it has a working space program, nuclear arms program and stealth technology. Other nations do not. Your statistics for comparison lack a strong correlation with inferences to the level of quality of the education system. Yes many of the lead designers are foreign born however the birth of the project idea is American made.

[Elbottoo]

Your response makes no sense. Space program? Stealth technology? What the hell does that have to do with the public educational system? See this is what they were talking about in the video. You are EXACTLY the problem they pointed out in the video. The stupidity is absolutely amazing.

[anthonypesce]

education system is designed to raise citizens dependent on and loyal to the state. I think public school is doing exactly what it was designed to do

[74u73hjd]

America is cheating it's children out of a good life and a fullfilling future by these indoctrination stations but, people are too stupid to do anything about it so year by year and day by day there are more casualities from this so called "education" they'd have you believe is "perfect" I'm talking about college as well as stupid public schooling.

[queqwerty]

Its not that Americans are stupid, its mostly just the quality of the education they are receiving. Compare the quality of the teachers at private schools to the ones under the teacher's union in public schools.

[SpicyHam]

failing system

[Dulcenaya]

I'm with you purple!!! I teach special ed. Since I have moved to teaching middle school I have moved to co- teaching with regular ed and I am shocked at the deficits in learning. Being forced to teach to a test binds our hands.

[THEROILER1]

its not america gettin more stupid its all the other countries gettin smarter

[mbabitt]

It's not the other countries getting smarter, it is the standards of USA getting LOWER.

Politicians try(NOT) to make it better by throwing money at the schools. That means a better stairway. Nice, all the schools now have better STAIRWAYS.

And the culture of the USA says that highly educated people are bad. There is something very wrong here.

Nowadays children of the USA believe that they don't need to go to school to have a good life. They are sad people.

[cebdark]

What about those PARENTS who try, but have children who STILL struggle.

No two children learn alike. Yes, parents must be highly involved, and many aren't, but they aren't the only reason. No Child Left Behind has murdered any sensible solution to this mess.When we try to raise scores by teaching subjects that are 2 grades ahead, kids tune out and give up. Parents need to realize this - stop blaming teachers, and start raising hell with politicians who think they know what's best for all.

[Playitalready]

This video is real, despite no car health problems i got my college degree in two feilds from a good university, even tho i knew they dont teach what u need or grade right and most taxes go to officials not schools, and as of last week its been 1 year since graduation and guess what, unemployed ever since! watch my vid on educaiton vs school

[simonehetfield]

Satan's headquarter?? A plan of the British??WTF are you talking about?Do you think that's what happen??WAKE UP!You,americans do this to yourselves.Your technology is advancing,despite the growth of stupidity.And that's because no one cares to learn and listen anymore.THAT'S the real problem.

[gpower07]

has it occured to you that it could be a number of factors? Cum hoc ergo propter hoc. look it up.

[buckfush12]

ps im kinda drunk so my english suck. just wanted to add this fact as well. we spend more then the top 20 something first world countries on defense to support a foreign policy that is not only failing us, but is robbing our people through corporations and every kind of scum-sucking lower life form under the disguise of a human entity life form known to our virus of a sciecies. this may sound extreme and that is fine. tesla was extreme. once i learn how to spell i am going to take over the world

[buckfush12]

My brother and room-mate is a science teacher. There is no absolute answer to the education system. We can apply some tools which are laying right at our feet and have proven to be successful. For example, look at the study on Singapoure Text books in L.A. inner city schools. Mathmatics went up 40%. Additionally parents and our youth is just as lost as our education system. We could emulate Finland and invest tons of money in quality teachers (Not that all our teachers are bad).it's a huge issue

[notNEWW]

it's simple ....

the lesss white people ... ok .. and asian kids .....

the stupid a society is.

just say it... where's that study at cnn?

[fatmanprime]

That's pretty ironic, coming from an illiterate fuckjob like yourself.

[burger1376]

notNEWW: Actually, there are studies out that racist people like you are actually mentally challenged. I didn't say that, but the scientists do.

[marcosnajera]

you're a dick

shut the fuck up

[scata99]

"burger1376"

I am a racist yet scored in the 91st national percentile on the SAT, so there goes your theory.

[Xenthoid]

lol all becuase it maynot apply to you doesn't mean it doesn't apply to the overall populous...

[buckfush12]

Finland has the best education system. It really is amazing how different they are from us and how much better it is.

[fatmanprime]

Absolutely true.

[burger1376]

buckfush12: finland has a good education system, but it is also a small country. The US has the largest educated population in the world; the third largest population in the world. china only has 50% of their kids going to high school and india is just really bad. It is easy for small countries to educate their kids, but the US does the best it can considering its size. although, we can do more.

[Darusdei]

Thats not actualy how you compare statistics.

the US education level is below the standards of the western world and size has nothing to do with it.

US education hasnt been this bad in the past

and our (Finnish) education wasnt the world's finest till huge reforms by the academia.

point being, you can do it too.

if i remember correct US was number 1

in many areas.

it's time to stop gloryfying your selfs with the achievements of the past generations.

[notime7942]

Parents benefit enormously by having a full grasp of the scope and context of current educational realities so they can understand where their kids are at any time in their learning curve and how best to help them overcome obstacles.

Give your child the skills they need to succeed. 10 minutes in the evening on a consistent basis can yield phenomenal results. PREPARE them for success now rather than later.

[odom2008dotcom]

so true, I will fix it. see my plan odom 2008 dot com

[1916r]

The main problem the U.S education system has is the amount of money(I think its usually about $30000-$40000 per year) people have to pay for college education. In Ireland its free(the universities are paid by the government) apart from an entrance fee thats usually 800-1000 euro.

[fatmanprime]

The main problem in the US education system is the incredibly low wage for teachers.

[phy6wulf]

This is a problem - a "disaster" - if we assume inequality is inherently bad, and if we view the nation collectively. But if we accept the value of a meritocracy, and we compare our wealth to our ancestors instead of the wealthiest Americans, we'd see that there IS NO CRISIS.

Alarmists like Lou Dobbs make their money by scaring the public. It works because you accept his premises.

[coalltar]

The American religion is not knowing the answer to any question besides sport & entertainment.

[burger1376]

coalltar: I wouldn't talk. i met some really stupid australian here in china.

[coalltar]

We export our stupid ones, you make them president - SO ?