Paper Session III-C - Improving Public Education Beyond 2001

The following paper is an investigation into deficiencies in the current education system, the assumptions upon which it is founded, and possible corrective actions. Suggested actions for remediation include: training, selection, and designation of Master Teachers, and extending their classroom availability through video and computer access; modifying the over-extended practice of tenure, along with an improved evaluation process to remove poor teachers and reward outstanding ones; the nation-wide establishment, and enforcement, of high performance standards; increased opportunities for above-average students, as well as segregation of problem students into an environment appropriate to them; elimination of large amounts of the administrative bureaucracy; and greatly expanded access to higher education and/or wider professional vocational training based on ability and effort, regardless of financial limitations