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Public Education An Appreciation and A Critique
Public Education An Appreciation and A Critique Author:Steve Murray This book is an expression of gratitude for the public education I was offered and for the chance to share that education with thousands of students over 35 years. It is also, and primarily, a compilation of my experience and research that leads me to assert that public education is badly broken and cannot be reformed from within. I, and many co... more »lleagues know from experience that more than half of the money allocated to education does not reach the classroom in the form of teacher compensation, textbooks, and equipment. Furthermore, excellent teachers are not given the freedom to do their job and not rewarded when they do fine work. Students and their parents are low on the list of priorities in the current system. Only by empowering parents with full school choice can we break out of this dis functional system. This is a vital public policy issue because the future of our country depends on a well educated population.« less