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Joe, you said

''Everytime I encounter someone in the workplace, I am reminded of just how much we have failed to properly educate United States citizens in the fundamentals of communication: reading, writing and speaking. Few would argue that the time is long overdue for the United States to "get back to the basics" of a fully functional education system. We need to exclusively focus on the development of communication skills from kindergarten to eighth grade....''

i think one of our major problems is in thinking we can GIVE someone an education.
all we can do is provide facilities and faculties that allow them to educate themselves. this involves
a partnership between parents and teachers ( which failing schools do not have ), faculties who are motivated and can speak proper English ( which failing schools do not have ), classroom discipline with appropriate consequences for offenders ( which failing schools do not have ), and a system which allows for merit being rewarded
instead of ridiculed. without these things, and more, all schools will fail regardless of the curriculum.