As a former teacher myself, I appreciate the above posts and agree that no one with a lick of sense thinks American Education is not in trouble. I especially enjoyed Tim's post.

My problem is with the OP and his less than credible sources that Tim pointed out. Yeah.....We're in trouble here but it is not part of some grand conspiracy by the Dems, the Japanese, the Chinese, or any other "ese" or "ism" as a plan to provide fodder for the social services system.   That one is so laughable that words cannot express just how truly stupid that idea is! Social Service Agencies are failing to handle even the most needed problems in many places because the funding is not there to do so. The county agency here is not even the shell of its former self.......just a few shell chips swept off into a corner.

Spaw