Bill Gates: How state budgets are breaking US schools

http://www.ted.com America's school systems are funded by the 50 states. In this fiery talk, Bill Gates says that state budgets are riddled with accounting tricks that disguise the true cost of health care and pensions and weighted with worsening deficits -- with the financing of education at the losing end.

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[tinsh0es]

Look at the graph at 2:28 and stop to think: when did the US started two wars its people could not afford?

[ringo57047]

"Wars,Wars,Wars...."Stop the Wars and that "Money "will help The U.S. Economy...simple. "stop using the "illegals as scape goats"..comprende!!!

[AmericaTheEnslaved]

maybe bill should use his money for this cause instead of donating to eugenics. fuckin' asshole.

[silverybug]

"Medical innovation may raise cost even higher". Really?

It's actually opposite.

Regarding California budget: isn't a Brown who fought prop 13. 30 years ago? What was prop.13 is a taxpayer revolt. After then State government failed to constrain medicare and pension cost for public union employees. Why shell it? It's in one bed with public unions who are helping to propel politicians to power.

[animals0feel1pain2]

schools are broken because there's not enough emphasis on inspiring students to learn at their own pace and be curious learning something. pushed into a one size fits all mold doesn't help anyone.

khanacademy ftw

[fargonbastedge]

I think its the Americans people that to blame were getting to many minorities and were wondering why our countries are starting to look like there's? Nothing in history points to multiculturalism as being a strength. Get over yourselves.

[historypoliticsbb]

The schools are broken because they are meant to be broken. Bill Gates knows that full well. Chalotte Iserbyt covered it in her work.

[solgabert]

@fargonbastedge Do you have any evidence for your absurd claim?

[fargonbastedge]

Well no Mr. Gates the schools are actually over-funded. Its the kids and their feminist single mothers that raise them which are the problems these days.

[JackieTangHu]

State Budgets are huge compared to our top industries, yet the political process isn't allocating resources appropriately. We need more people like Gates interested in this problem.

[pianoman47]

@dankcro Actually, that's not true. He dropped out of university when he realized he wasn't getting what he needed, which is understandable considering he needed access to a computer in the 60s.