What would America be like if more value was put into education than sports...

[Sound_of_the_silenced]

If you want more value in education. Lets get rid of the Department of Education and return the schools to the states.

[luke r]

I think, like one of the previous submitters said, get rid of the department of education, but instead of turning the duties over to the states, make all schools private schools. More competition between schools will increase efficiency and productivity as well as the quality of education.

[luke r]

I think, like one of the previous submitters said, get rid of the department of education, but instead of turning the duties over to the states, make all schools private schools. More competition between schools will increase efficiency and productivity as well as the quality of education.

[BabaBright]

Pretty much the same if we keep the social promotion and poor teaching methods. We'd be watching people win spelling B's even though they can't spell because the "effort was there".