Dumbest Generation Getting Dumber

by Walter E. Williams - June 3rd, 2009 - Creator's Syndicate

The longer kids are in school and the more money we spend on them, the further behind they get.

While the academic performance of white students is grossly inferior, that of black and Latino students is a national disgrace.

[snip]

The teaching establishment and politicians have hoodwinked taxpayers into believing that more money is needed to improve education.

The Washington, D.C., school budget is about the nation's costliest, spending about $15,000 per pupil. Its student/teacher ratio, at 15.2 to 1, is lower than the nation's average. Yet student achievement is just about the lowest in the nation.

This is consistent nationwide. The correlation between money spent and educational attainment is reversed. As the article says, "The longer kids are in school and the more money we spend on them, the further behind they get."

Yet every single year the only people who we listen to are the "experts" who have created this situation. Unless someone is an education expert with the right degrees, they are denied the ability to talk about the disaster of public education. Parents want the people who caused the problem to tell them how to fix it. I have a solution. STOP LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE WHO CAUSED THE PROBLEM.