we need change

               Five things I would change about the education system.  The first would have to be getting rid of the tenure that teachers receive now a days.  The idea that a teacher is able to just sit around and, without outstanding service, receive a practically ironclad guarantee to keep their job is ridiculous. As it stands now all a teacher has to do is show up for work for a period of 3 years and not do anything wrong.  After that they receive tenure which really just means that it is really tedious and expensive to fire a teacher. This creates a sense of complacency that allows the teacher to slack off to the detriment of the students.  There are positives to the idea however in that if a teacher is really stellar but for some reason an administrator has a personal vendetta against them it would help provide a sense of security.  This brings me to my next point.  I am not 100% on how they do it now but I would ensure an adequate evaluation system was in place to make sure the teachers are teaching effectively.  The third thing would be to have a more flexible curriculum.  If the topic is pertinent to the subject and is more effective than what is supposed to be taught then I say teach it.  I would also make sure that all the arts and other creative classes are funded and available.  The final thing I would implement is a system that would make new teachers basically follow another teacher for a year in what we navy folk call an under instruction. This would allow the new teacher to get a feel for the job and the tools that they can use.  Hopefully my changes would make the education system more effective.