Persuasive Essay On The Quality Of Education

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The fate of America will not be decided on a battlefield; it will be determined in a classroom. Since 1966, when the Coleman Report woke up the American people to realize the devastating trend of the dysfunctional American education system, an ever continuing trend of mediocrity has guided education across the nation. The worst part is – nothing with a positive net benefit has been done about it. The incessant pouring of money, the increasing of regulations, and the “No Child Left Behind” program have all done either nothing to improve education or instead exacerbated the problem. By the year 2020, 123 million high-skill jobs will need to be filled in order to sustain the economy, but, if trends continue, only 50 million Americans will be qualified to fill them (Weber 5). I write this analysis today not as an expert, but as a concerned citizen – one of the many tens of millions of school age kids who attend school every day.

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