I'd say the government should, for the most part, stay out of what's being taught. Leave it up to the teachers.  There should be requirements though:  Everyone should take so many math classes, English classes, Science classes, and History Classes (including a class on Government).  But I do think public education should be tax-payer funded.  I believe that education is a right.  I know there are those who disagree.  

 

I'd say that our achievements have died down some in part because of the end of the Cold War.  Though I would say that the personal computer has far advanced what it was back in the 1980's.  Which is a good part of the reason that computers are so widespread.  And of course innovations made on Web Browsers by people like Marc Andreesen.   The internet itself has advanced as well.

 

But Achievements should not be our only goal.  I think equipping our future generation to tackle the challenges of tomorrow, even if we don't see any new achievements is incredibly important.  

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