And yes, these things most certainly impact a child's education. But decades of government spending billions upon billions of taxpayer's dollars have not brought about meaningful improvements in the education of our nation's youth. Educational achievement has not risen by any measurement in our society. It has in fact declined. And that decline can correlated with the decline in the American family.
Parents are the single most important factor in a child's life.
They are the child's first and most important teacher. They and they alone are the most important transmitter of values and concepts upon which a child builds their life. The emphasis the parents place on education and a moral life style will influence the child more than brand new school buildings, expensive textbooks, innovative approaches and dedicated teachers. It is totally unreasonable for society to expect its educational institutions to provide what they simply cannot provide young people. Yet over the years, our educational institutions have taken quite a beating and the preponderance of the blame for declining achievement.