Those are some good ones. Most of what I think needs to change would be a pretty hard sell.
1. Make HS entry competitive. You have to apply and be accepted. Have there be a tech HS in an area...tech kids apply and go there. College prep HS...those kids apply and go there. If you are not a serious student, you go to the dipshit high school or go right into a GED prep program. Make HS's like colleges...make them competitive and specialized. 2. At least in Illinois, make it so you can suspend and kick kids out again. It's so impossible anymore to do that. If a kid doesn't want to be there, and is disruptive to the educational environment, launch them. 3. Make schools more protected from lawsuits. Most of the permissiveness Harb mentioned below is from schools, teachers, and admins being afraid of legal retribution. Anytime you do anything a parent doesn't like, they threaten legal action. And the processes for dealing with those issues (the millions of meetings, the stress, etc.) is enough to make a lot of people just choose the path of least resistance so they have time to do the other aspects of their jobs. 4. Pay teachers more. Gotta make the profession desirable. 5. This won't be popular, but have public schools focus less (or not at all) on sports. The amount of time and resources that goes into sports teams is a lot. America is sports crazy, and American parents over-book their kids starting at a young age with the amount of sports they're involved in. Travel sports parents know what I'm talking about. All of that time takes away from time the kid could be getting more academic work done. None of these are easy. American schools expect the kids to learn everything, be everything...other countries offer specialization towards the kid's interests and don't make them do everything. American schools expect the teachers to be teachers, counselors, special ed. experts, coaches, mentors, substitute parents. It's too much to do everything well and still have a family of your own, and get paid dick for it.  Previous Message 1. Education needs to be able to attract the best and the brightest, which means making salaries- especially starting salaries- much more competitive. including... 2. Pre-K education needs to be significantly more robust nationwide. Get kids started early on the basics to raise the floor for the rest of their learning. 3. Smaller class sizes. 4. More varied class options. Give kids an opportunity to find out what interests them and keep them more engaged. 5. Grind up the dumb kids into a protein slurry to feed the smarter ones. Previous Message Previous Message Previous Message
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 May the 4th be with this political thread - timmer May 4, 2026, 6:50:54
- The redistricting stuff has just finally gotten me to a point of despair. - PDO Today, 11:03:02
- Ceasefire! - timmer Yesterday, 17:54:44
- We really need some people assassinated. - HeatMizer Yesterday, 15:22:30
- Alito's ruling in Callais used misleading and cherrypicked data analysis. - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 15:08:02
- Fire at a refinery in louisiana - VIV Yesterday, 14:34:56
- These alien/ufo files are such a nothing burger - Sounder Yesterday, 14:15:25
- So, Virginia Supreme Court knocks down Dem redistrict, but red states do it freely - UofIL6 Yesterday, 9:47:50
- "We want the right people voting" - ATL Yesterday, 15:14:08
- are you disagreeing with the court's legal reasoning or more annoyed with the result?* - Potomac Yesterday, 13:08:25
- Voting is bad, just do it is good* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 11:06:48
- oOo - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 12:52:06
- Per Cook Political, current redistricting scoreboard looks like GOP +6-13 seats - UofIL6 Yesterday, 10:57:52
- What a dumb country we got now. Feel free to use any year of preference for “now” * - MC Yesterday, 10:47:51
- One of the justices is up for re-election in January. They better push the lobster thru for 2028.* - Toonces Yesterday, 10:38:22
- as i've been saying, the path of "gerrymander whenever" is how you seriously fuck this country - VIV Yesterday, 10:07:59
- Excerpts from John Roberts' high school English essays - larue33 Yesterday, 8:12:37
- Fred Mertz is really, really unpopular in Germany* - Stu Yesterday, 6:32:48
- Little Marco gave the pope a crystal football? - ATL May 7, 2026, 18:51:19
- Seems both sides fired at each other in the strait and then did the spiderman meme - UofIL6 May 7, 2026, 17:02:05
- Tennessee Republicans vote to break up congressional district in Memphis - IlliniRunner May 7, 2026, 14:48:12
- Let's do it, JB! - KingTalkyTiki May 7, 2026, 16:33:29
- wut?* - Ari Gold May 7, 2026, 15:32:17
- He might not be a racist. But he's definitely a coward. * - doubledown May 7, 2026, 15:07:05
- I'm glad someone is finally standing up for Roger Taney.* - complainant May 7, 2026, 15:04:15
- I've never felt like Roberts was anything other than ill-equipped for the job. - tvillini May 7, 2026, 14:54:45
- Trump is three hours late for an on-camera meeting with the President of Brazil - ATL May 7, 2026, 13:20:33
- This guy should run for Mayor or something (seriously) - ATL May 7, 2026, 12:07:03
- Sean Duffy turns into a Democrat over the course of this quote - ATL May 7, 2026, 10:27:20
- "Cabinet secretary finally starts to understand how the real word works... - KingTalkyTiki May 7, 2026, 11:17:36
- I’m not sure “interesting” is the best adjective he could have chosen* - DocWalk20 May 7, 2026, 10:52:01
- Ricochet? * - doubledown May 7, 2026, 10:51:13
- The gears in his head turning so slowly trying to comprehend the exploitation of citizens - OrangeSox May 7, 2026, 10:49:36
- "Now, I'm just a simple country Cabinet Secretary, so maybe I don't understand... - Sammich May 7, 2026, 10:47:47
- Craps - ATL May 7, 2026, 5:54:11
- The price we should all play for our freedom is…not having phones anymore? - OB25 May 6, 2026, 21:53:11
- Saudi's pulled the plug on Project Freedom? - larue33 May 6, 2026, 19:56:47
- Perfect. No notes. - KingTalkyTiki May 6, 2026, 18:53:10
- Where’s JD Vance these days? - memyselfandillini May 6, 2026, 17:48:35
- I think that the same person who writes Trump’s truths wrote Epstien’s “suicide note” - ATL May 6, 2026, 17:47:16
- Kash Patel: "I do not have a drinking problem" - KingTalkyTiki May 6, 2026, 17:15:46
- At this rate,Ken Griffith running out of gonna run out of non-Florida states to throw tantrums about - KingTalkyTiki May 6, 2026, 16:15:24
- Hand check - ATL May 6, 2026, 15:52:44
- Kyle Rittenhouse hospitalized for being bitten by a Brown Recluse. - KingTalkyTiki May 6, 2026, 15:41:57
- A plurality of republicans think Donald Trump can beat them up - snipes824 May 6, 2026, 15:22:52
- A t-shirt they're selling for the Indycar race in DC - ECEIllinois May 6, 2026, 14:06:56
- took me too long to realize this wasn't just a poorly thought out shirt - Sammich May 6, 2026, 15:53:14
- Always a shred of plausible deniability in their playbook.* - voiceofreason May 6, 2026, 15:51:43
- That is pretty tame for an IndyCar race. I've seen way worse at many of them* - CanHartlebHireSnider May 6, 2026, 15:24:45
- “ I'll show you the ropes kid, show you the ropes” - timmer May 6, 2026, 15:07:19
- Someone should tell them that Lincoln is believed to have had some Black DNA* - Stu May 6, 2026, 15:07:00
- I'm surprised it doesn't have any guns on it. * - doubledown May 6, 2026, 14:55:57
- Hoosiers gonna hoosier.* - KingTalkyTiki May 6, 2026, 14:36:31
- PRICES ARE UP. DEBT IS UP. - ATL May 6, 2026, 13:27:48
- The Ballroom has tepid support - ATL May 6, 2026, 13:25:01
- LOL* - KingTalkyTiki May 6, 2026, 13:42:23
- So, does this mean we've finally surrendered? - larue33 May 5, 2026, 18:11:36
- GOP wants $1B for the ballroom now. Probably taxpayer funded *
 - MC May 5, 2026, 11:46:02
- Pentagon: We're continuing to be attacked but we're not fighting back - ATL May 5, 2026, 11:40:57
- Did Trump run on a campaign to cut the deficit or was that a fever dream * - MC May 5, 2026, 11:38:07
- They respect us so much they are trying to kill our sailors! - ATL May 5, 2026, 11:23:04
- It's elder abuse for the press to keep covering this guy. * - doubledown May 5, 2026, 11:27:02
- what about being obsessed by him?* - Ari Gold May 5, 2026, 11:48:58
- The amount of sanewashing they do for him, RFK, Jr. and others is astounding.* - ATL May 5, 2026, 11:32:26
- I think the press literally doesn't know what to do right now - Sounder May 5, 2026, 11:31:24
- I think the press literally doesn't know what to do right now - Sounder May 5, 2026, 11:30:57
- Trump really knows how to talk to kids - ATL May 5, 2026, 10:59:11
- TN’s last blue district (Memphis) is likely toast.* - nash May 5, 2026, 9:47:04
- Well, gas prices looks perfect for a 2000 mile round trip this weekend* - Stu May 5, 2026, 8:39:57
- Prolific fraudster Nick Shirley decided to tackle Cuba. - complainant May 4, 2026, 22:52:13
- another staged shooting at the WH? Make it stop* - bbonb May 4, 2026, 17:47:44
- unfit. - memyselfandillini May 4, 2026, 16:51:53
- Meanwhile Luke is hanging with Obama - KingTalkyTiki May 4, 2026, 15:50:44
- Trump is approaching bigbopian levels of brain rot - "We have absolutely no employment" - ATL May 4, 2026, 15:37:15
- some people call it a reflecting lake.... - ATL May 4, 2026, 15:55:17
- he told the cognitive test story AGAIN today, but this time with squirrels - assassin May 4, 2026, 15:51:53
- I look forward to the day that I welcome our AI bot overlords* - timmer May 4, 2026, 15:49:58
- I also look forward to the day I don’t triple post* - bbonb May 4, 2026, 15:45:12
- I look forward to the day I have no employment* - bbonb May 4, 2026, 15:44:50
- I look forward to the day I have no employment* - bbonb May 4, 2026, 15:44:33
- How much of it is brain rot, and how much is that he was just very low IQ to begin with? * - doubledown May 4, 2026, 15:41:11
- From the White House account (Powell) - UofIL6 May 4, 2026, 15:28:40
- Man, I forgot how big Obama's ears are. That guy could probably hear everything, right Donnie? - ATL May 4, 2026, 13:23:56
- The California gubernatorial race is so fucked - Sounder May 4, 2026, 13:10:01
- *This is Fine Meme* - ATL May 4, 2026, 13:05:45
- what do we think trump's "dentist appointment" really was?* - VIV May 4, 2026, 10:34:19
- Arne Duncan represent - Poldark May 4, 2026, 8:49:09
- I did have to laugh at this, though... - Tuscy May 4, 2026, 10:09:23
- our education system sucks, particularly in STEM subjects.* - VIV May 4, 2026, 8:58:17
- Counterpoint, with AI, do we even need an Ed system anymore? Let those kids be kids.* - Warrin'_Illini May 4, 2026, 9:54:30
- Awesome. What's your solution?* - JFG May 4, 2026, 9:05:21
- I don't pretend to have all the answers. A few ideas - VIV May 4, 2026, 9:37:44
- re: salaries - family member is a speech therapist for public schools. Makes $134K... - ArtVandelay May 4, 2026, 10:40:39
- More constructivism, less passive learning - snipes824 May 4, 2026, 10:35:57
- I recently read an article comparing the decisions Finlan and Sweden made around their education... - Tuscy May 4, 2026, 10:33:45
- Those are some good ones. Most of what I think needs to change would be a pretty hard sell. - JFG May 4, 2026, 10:28:02
- The education system is going to be in a world of hurt as the older teachers retire and - harb May 4, 2026, 9:50:06
- Ground up the dumb kids into a protein slurry to feed to the smarter ones. * - doubledown May 4, 2026, 9:10:23
- our education system sucks, particularly in foreign language subjects.* - Poldark May 4, 2026, 9:00:05
- CNN did some journalism for a change - Iran seems to be severely damaging US military infra in the - ATL May 4, 2026, 8:38:15
- United plane clipped a truck and a light pole at EWR yesterday. Sean Duffy says everything is fine. - ATL May 4, 2026, 8:31:56
- About to board a United flight to Newark. Great to read. Fuuuuuck* - JacobRDaugherty May 4, 2026, 16:16:50
- ....but pull up bars! - KingTalkyTiki May 4, 2026, 10:10:24
- Biden's fault* - VIV May 4, 2026, 8:52:50
- Well, it happened on the ground, so .... * - doubledown May 4, 2026, 8:35:08
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