School Choice in a Rural Setting

As a smaller community, we need to reward the great teachers we have. However, there are some teachers that could use some improvement. There have also been many teachers I have seen start their careers in teaching, only to leave shortly after because of the low pay and little room for their own creative teaching ideas. There needs to be some overhaul of the way teachers are paid.

Overall, our community does a good job of educating our young. A community close by does not have the same advantages. Their schools are suffering and all the great teachers there seem to have moved on. It is unfortunate those children do not have the same advantages that ours have. Many of them would like other options besides their mediocre schools. School choices for those children would be a great solution to the problem.

The children are the future and we need to educate them wisely and teachers need to have incentive to do so. Children need more options if their current school is not working out. Many schools are truly suffering. This in turn gives every child fewer chances of an adequate education therefore a smaller possibility in being successful later in life. There needs to be an overhaul of the education system in Missouri and starting with choices and ensuring excellent teachers is the way to begin.