In public opinion polls education
consistently ranks among the top issues of concern to the American electorate. While there
is some disagreement over whether American education has improved or declined over time,
and how well it measures up to international standards, there is little disagreement over
whether the education system should be improved. Liberal advocates often argue that more money needs to be spent on education, hiring more teachers to reduce student-teacher ratios and raising teacher salaries to levels comparable to other professions. They also argue that educational resources should be distributed more equitably, so students in poor school districts are not left behind. Conservatives often counter that a great deal of money is already being spent with little to show for it, and that control over education policy needs to be returned to the state and local level. Many further argue that private or public school choice will bring market pressures to bear on a system that suffers due to lack of competition.
There is less concern generally expressed about America's colleges and universities. They are widely regarded as among the best in the world. There is more concern about the cost of a college education, and whether enough Americans have the resources to pursue a postsecondary degree.
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- Open Directory Project: Education
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- Education Statistics Quarterly
- House Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Nation's Report Card (National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress) Articles
- National Center for Education Statistics
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- U.S. Department of Education
- Center for American Progress - Education
- Century Foundation - Education
- ERIC Digests
- Federal Education Policy (Cato Institute)
- Heartland Institute
- Heritage Foundation: Education Studies: Conservative views on education issues.
- Hoover Institution - American Public Education
- National Center for Policy Analysis: Education Issues
- National Education Association: Largest union of American teachers.
- NewsBatch.com: Education
- Progressive Policy Institute - Education
- Teacher Magazine
- Townhall.com - Education
- Urban Institute - Education
- Executive Summary of the No Child Left Behind Act (U.S. Department of Education: July 11, 2002)
- Bilingual Education Act: An Overview (Congressional Research Service: June 7, 2001) -- PDF File
- The Condition of Education (US Department of Education)
- Department of Education - 2003 Performance Report
- Fact Sheet on Adult Education (Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education: June 13, 2003)
- Literacy in the United States (National Institute for Literacy: August, 2003)
- The State of U.S. Education: 2001 (U.S. Department of Education: March 1, 2002)
- Summary of the Bush FY 2004 Education Budget (U.S. Department of Education: August 1, 2003)
- U.S. Education Spending: 1999-2000 (U.S. Department of Education: May 16, 2002)
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