Andrew Breitbart's Big Government Blogger Says U.S. Economy Needs Fewer Public School Jobs, Not More

Big Government blog post says U.S. economy needs fewer public schools jobs, not more, in order as President Obama, most Democrats call for another $23 billion spending on education jobs.

According to Andrew J. Coulson, the U.S. economy needs fewer public schools jobs, not more. So, I am guessing that with fewer teachers and more students per teacher, the educational standard in this country will continue to decline. Of course, not every one can afford to send their children to private schools, which are also feeling the pinch in this tough economic climate. We don't need less teachers, we need to improve the curriculum being taught in schools, specifically English, Reading, Mathematics and Science. Here's an excerpt from Andrew Coulson's article at Big Government:

Teachers unions, the Obama administration, and most Democrats in Congress want to spend another $23 billion that we don’t have to shore up public school employment. If we don’t go along, they tell us, it’ll be a “catastrophe” for American education. With fewer teachers our kids will supposedly learn less, further crippling our already wounded economy.

Over the past forty years, public school employment has risen 10 times faster than enrollment (see chart). There are only 9 percent more students today, but nearly twice as many public school employees. To prove that rolling back this relentless hiring spree by a few years would hurt student achievement, you’d have to show that all those new employees raised achievement in the first place. That would be hard to do… because it never happened.



Student achievement at the end of high school has been flat for as long as we’ve been keeping track—all the way back to 1970. But we did get something in return for all that hiring: a great, big, fat, BILL.

If you graduated from high school in 1980, your entire k-12 education cost your fellow taxpayers about $75,000, in 2009 dollars. But the graduating class of 2009 had roughly twice that amount lavished on their public school careers. The extra $75,000 we’re now spending has done wonders for public school employee union membership, dues revenue, and political clout. It’s done a whole lotta nothin’ for student learning (see chart). Source: Big Government

It's amazing how little the right care about the needs of our children in public schools. Lost is the fact that the United States has lost its spot as a global leader in education.