Transforming American Education

As educators we can all agree that education is important and that we also have goals to help students achieve academic success for their future. I believe that if we did not believe in the importance of education we would be failing our students. In the executive summary of Transforming American Education plan it states that education is the key to America having the opportunity to grow and prosper our economy. In order for our future to be successful and grow it is necessary that students graduate from a four year degree or a two year degree college. It is also important for students to achieve this regardless of their background. The goals are stated and are clear if we are to accomplish this by 2020. The part that I find challenging is how are we supposed to reach these goals when they state is making so many cuts financially to include having less teachers, more students in the classrooms and less funds for resources. The fact that we want to improve education and we are taking away does not make sense. I do agree with the fact in order to better our education we need to be held accountable and have clear outcomes we the hope to achieve. We have to collaborate to make changes and continually monitor and measure performance. With all the changes and teachers losing their jobs how are we supposed to make this gap come to a reality. I will continue to do the best that I can in my area, but I do hope we can make these goals a come to life.