Taken from Chicago IVAW Stands in Solidarity with Chicago Teachers Union by Sabrina Waller:
Singapore and Denmark are two nations that produce some of the best educational outcomes. In both cases, their teachers are paid as handsomely as their doctors. In short, you get what you pay for. I served in the United States Navy from 1998 to 2003. The Navy's slogan is "A Global Force for Good." We have a Navy of global proportions because we have made it a priority and have spent the requisite funds for such a force. We currently spend annually on our military more than all nations with military budgets combined. We have the biggest and strongest military in the world because we pay for it. We spend around 640 billion dollars on the Pentagon annually, yet the 2013 federal budget only asks for 47 billion dollars for education. That is why the US is ranked 14th out of the 34 most developed countries in education. What would the US look like if those figures were reversed?... Read More
