If Genesis is BS, what DID happen?

[The Grand Nudger]

Of all the criticisms of education I've seen on these boards I can completely agree with you on that. Parents do need to be more involved. I went to the same public schools that pump out the people who can be argued to have receieved no education at all. My family was always there before and after school, for hours. Anything less than a perfect score on a test was unacceptable, and I went into the whole thing starting with kindergarten already able to read, write, and do simple arithmetic. I'm extremely grateful for the amount of effort that must have been involved in all of that. I think that's the difference between a good education and a bad one. Whether the classroom is seen as a re-enforcement of education, or a cheap baby-sitter. That being said, a lot of money is spent on education, but a large majority of it is soaked up in administration. You get what you pay for. We spend a lot of money on the education system but not much money on the education or the educators that are supposed to be covered in the bill. Maybe schools don't need five principals and two assistants for each, and instead need more teachers and materials. Perhaps instead of building new schools (and creating yet more administrative positions, whilst allowing us to game the system and segregate our children) we should be expanding existing schools, hiring additional teaching staff.