"Bureaucracy, political influence and teachers unions." I can agree with all three. You missed one. Lack of good parenting.
"Nope. Reduce the bureaucratic structure from the school board all the way down, eliminate political correctness in determining treatment of children, and enforcement of a curriculum that teaches children how to think, not what to th" Bravo. You know, a lot of schools don't teach proofs in Geometry. Too hard to incorporate in standardized tests. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340180 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm