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Originally Posted by villager7591
Reading, writing and arithmetic should be the focus...not which pronoun to use, gender reassignment, etc.
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Gradual decline, extremely complex, no easy, quick, solution. Any of the following could help, but would not cure: ban cell phones from classrooms for both teachers and students (some will come back with how teachers MUST be able to communicate with their own children, spouses or partners, but honestly there was a way once they let a classroom teachers know if there was an emergency in his/her own family. Would be very unpopular, but the old system of truant officers who found wayward students and delivered them to their classrooms did at least expose them to education. With no cell phone to entertain them, eventually they might even join in a class discussion/lesson. FINES for parents who make no effort to enforce the mandatory attendance rules HABITUALLY (not try to fine every parent whose child skipped school once) fail to cooperate. Perhaps make 12 years of public education MANDATORY would significantly raise the literacy rate of the entire country. No drops out under age of 18 would be another. No driver's licenses issues to those who are under 18 and have NOT finished the mandatory education requirement. Restoring classes such as metal shop, wood shop, auto mechanics, business, commercial food preparation, or similar in high school rather than "hope" students will go to community college or trade school ? REQUIRED community service projects for all high school students, their choice, but volunteer hours that count as a class and allow students to gradually develop the self-esteem so many lack, by contributing to society. In most cases I believe uniformity of dress makes a contribution to the learning environment, there are literally hundreds of steps that don't increase costs (other than truant officers added to local authorities) that could begin to build an outstanding public education system.