Too many vital education dollars that should be spent in the classroom are bouncing around in the federal bureaucracy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I strongly believe that more money needs to be spent in the classroom.
We need to increase education budgets.
We should be trying to make education less expensive, not more.
It's not how much you spend, it's how you spend it. We have been putting a lot of money into education in the state of Nevada, and it's gotten us to 50th in the country in graduation rates. We needed more accountability in our system.
I don't think the schools are getting as much money as they should.
I'm not one of those who thinks the only way to fix what's wrong with American education is to throw more money at it. We also need to do it much better.
It's not easy for the average family to ensure that their child receives a quality education. And the federal government is not making it any easier.
The fact is there are a lot of things happening at the federal level that are absolutely beyond the jurisdiction of the Constitution. This is power that should be shifted back to the states, whether it's the EPA - there is no role at the federal level for the Department of Education.
I don't think we have a surplus of fine educators in this country that we can just start dropping them for no reason whatsoever.
As they work hard for our children, America's teachers often reach into their own pockets to make sure they have the best classroom supplies. I feel strongly that the federal government should help make up for their personal financial burden.