Improving education has always been kept in mind in American government, but new measures have been taken by 5 states stress its importance more than ever. Countless schools in New York, Tennessee, Colorado, Massachusetts, and Connecticut recently decided to extend school hours in high-poverty schools. The 300 extra curriculum hours will be used to introduce students to new topics, such as culture, health, and foreign languages, that are usually outside of the standard curriculum.
I think that the new stress on education will be a positive step for the American government, and it is a shame that education has been put on the back burner to recent issues. Instead of all the recent emphasis on a federally ran health care, it would have been much more beneficial to address the problems in today's educational system. As our primary and secondary schools rapidly decline in the world rankings, I feel that the government should force states to take actions such as these 5 did.
http://nation.time.com/2013/11/13/students-in-5-states-get-longer-school-days/
I agree that the five states are doing the right thing to investing in education. However, not all states have the resources and currently the national government doesn’t have those resources to assist.
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