Education (draft)
teachers vs. students, parents, admin, funding, politics, regulations
• School choice can be problematic—some can get left behind; transportation
• Less students in public schools can mean less funding yet not less costs
• Private schools pick and choose
• Need better parenting
• Parents not accepting that child isn't perfect/pressure to perform
• Parents less able to help kids due to work, family issues etc. like in old days
• Kids coming from households with money, other issues and not ready to learn
• 40% of Oregon babies face poverty, violence, drugs, hunger, homelessness, etc.
• Separate kids into different classes based on ability and skill; no one-size-fits-all
• Worry about improvement, not grades; some may have started at a low level
• May be overly focused on testing; not creating robots
• Year-round schools as option to lessen knowledge loss and keep students busy
• Loss of factory jobs for lower-educated people
• College tuition cost increases