Hi there. I'm a student in Akron OH. I go to a school called North High School and my education is something I truely value. In the past two years, my school put through a number of reforms to improve our status. In just two years our school went from a ranking of "achedemic watch" to "effective". Our graduation test scores make up the largest majority of our "performance index score" followed by attendence. So I have confidence that my school will reach a ranking of "exellent". I'm assuming that you're familar with these ranks.

The fact about poor education around our country is frustrating, but i'm afraid that there may not be hope. It's just the way that our economic system works in our country. You see whether it's evident or not, every decision that anyone makes in this country is an economic decision. As far as public schools are concerned, it's hard to determine what will happen to them in the future. I'm not sure if it's like this is other parts of the country outside of Ohio, but here we fund public schools with tax levys tried in the cities. Therefore each city funds their own school without [much] help from the state (sic). With stuborn people and simply people who can't offord the taxes, public schools could possibly turn to private school in the next two decades. It's a scary thought but it could happen. If some sacrafises were made, we could be able to live in a socialist economy like france or germany and have things payed for; businesses regulated. I've always thought like a republican except when it comes to this. But the fact is that social reforms will never be sucessful in this country because of the stubborn american business man. Also the average american citized is basically too proud to make the sacrifices necessary to live like france, canada, or germany. I'm sorry about the long message, but it would be cool to hear what you think about it.
Later : )
~David E