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Since 1965, the Federal Government has spent $2 trillion on elementary and secondary education with no improvement academic achievement. This being said, I believe that we need to make a change to our education system. No longer will we live under the stigma of the average education. No longer will Americans be seen as the lowest on the totem poll of knowledge. Instead, we will increase our knowledge and reclaim our position at the top. 

Education needs to be more of a priority in our society. Children going to school for their entire lives eventually get discouraged and do not want to end up going to college in the long run. This being said, we need to make college more attainable for everyone, not just people with money. However, a problem of this magnitude cannot be solved just by changing a few things. Instead, we need to teach children from the beginning. For example, instilling the Head Start program and facilitating state reading initiatives. This will then increase the popularity of reading and knowledge. 

Following this, We need to allow federal dollars to follow children to the schools of their choice. Part of living in America means choosing where you want to go to school, what major you want, all these choices can be made. Why not be able to choose the college in which you spend so much time? If the amount of time spent at a college is unpleasant, students will be less likely to return and continue their education. Let’s allow students to choose where to go and be the pilots of their own journey through life! 

                Going to college is expensive, as anyone would know. Yearly, the costs rise due to inflation. Nationwide, student loan debt now exceeds credit card debts, roughly $23,000 for each of the 35,000,000 debtors taking years to pay off. This is unacceptable! Federal student aid is on a downwards spirial, and efforts to help families make more prudent choices about a students future should be taken into consideration. The Federal Government should NOT be in the business of handing out student loans. Instead, students receive loans from a private sector. Students should welcome private sectors.

                Overall, us Americans need to stick to our traditional roots. We need not stray away from what we know and love, the Constitution. As many songs have said previously, the children are in fact the future. You train a child how you want them to act, and when they’re old they act in that fashion. It is the same aspect with education. Essentially, all we need to do is have education in a more positive light, and make education more affordable. Not only will this benefit us as a country, but our economy will be thanking us as well.