A Nation at Risk

A nation at risk I think entails what most of my philosophy about education as well as life. In the two articles titled "A Nation at Risk" and "25 years after A Nation at Risk" they explain that in 1983 most kids were illiterate, and we were competing with other nations, because we were falling behind in all standardized tests. In 2004 after the no child left behind act came out, we have spent almost double on each child and have seen absolutely no improvement, if anything we have seen a decline. I'm going to go out on a rant now, but in my opinion at least 50% of this problem has nothing to do with school but with home life. I  believe that most problems in life and in school, stem from the home life. I do not think parents spend as much time with kids anymore because they expect the school to do it, and the schools just don't have enough time in a day. There was a point when parents pushed their kids to go to school, and do their work and make sure they excelled. It then turned to parents not being home because of work, and leaving kids with babysitters, etc. I don't care if you spend a million dollars per pupil, there is not enough time in a day to teach the kids all they need to know, as well as prepare them for standardized tests. I believe that there needs to be more integrated curriculum, so that kids can learn multiple things from a subject at one time, in order to not repeat the same thing over and over again. Another huge problem now, is discipline. So many kids get kicked out of school or detention. In the early 1900's kids just didn't dare to mess up because they got hit.. there needs to be some sort of in between because right now, education as well as the rest of the world has just lost everything and gotten way out of hand, where simple things like respect, schooling, and attitude are just not longer a thing.