With the economy currently in shambles, a large amount of money is going to be put into revamping (or at least aiding) our education system. Somewhere in the ballpark of 150 billion of dollars will be spent in an attempt to improve our current education system, and we surely need it. With our education rankings plummeting in comparison to other modernized and industrialized countries due to lower graduation rates and test scores, as well as falling levels in reading, writing and math, it's pretty obvious that something needs to be done. Articles in USA Today and The New York Times outline a number of these problems.
After looking into the issues a bit more here are some ideas I've come up with:
1) Book handouts/In-school book clubs:
One of the problems with the education system is the fact that a large number of our children don't really know how to read or right. This organization would most likely be directed at younger children (probably elementary school to middle school) and give books to schools that can't afford textbooks as well as possibly giving books to students at in-school/after-school book clubs in order to give children greater access to books and encourage reading at an earlier age.
2) Promoting Science and Mathematics:
Another area where the US is sadly lacking is science and mathematics education. I'm not all too sure how to do this, but I was thinking that possibly setting up workshops dealing with the two topics as a school/after-school program to help spark interest in those fields at an early age would be one direction to go.
These are just a couple of directions I thought of with more to come. Any suggestions are more than welcome.
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