Progressive Education

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This paper examines the issue which has been acknowledged by President Bush - that the school and education system of the United States needs revamping. It provides statistics and information to prove that the system is far inferior to other industrialized countries and looks at way that this can be improved. It also examines why it is thought that the social problems of the country are stemmed from the weak education system.

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"In America, having the perfect schools has long been thought to be the panacea of all our nation's social troubles. If only we could teach our children to master America's social values while still in school, we could produce a population of perfect engineers for our future society. Injustice, racism, poverty, and all the other social illnesses of America would be cured by this new generation of progressive thinkers. The quality of our nation's education system needs to be improved, and President Bush's education reform plan will do just that. It is obvious that the so-called 'progressive' educational approach has failed. The academic knowledge of our children has fallen in comparison to other industrial nations. In an attempt to stem our nation's slide in educational rankings, government expenditures for education have risen dramatically. Every year, billions of taxpayer dollars are poured into the U.S. education system. The government seems to believe that all it has to do is increase this amount year after year, and this will automatically translate into increased learning for our children. This is a very noble cause; however, it doesn't seem to be working, as we haven't seen the upward improvements that ought to have reflected the extra billions poured into our schools. To rectify the situation, President Bush has come up with his own educational reform plan. The quality of our nation's education system needs to be improved, and President Bush's education reform plan will do just that."

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