This adviser should be careful not to overthrow the authority of the school's employees but only to aid in making modifications where needed. If a school fails, the educators and administrators fail in their jobs, and the state educational system holds them accountable to their failure; this increases the accountability of schools without cutting public funding. Moreover, students must accept responsibility; if students fail state exams, they must not enter college until they prove that they are ready. By raising the accountability of both educators and students, the standards of academic excellence will in turn rise, and by raising the standard of excellence, the level of the nation's intellect will rise as well. Furthermore, as a nation, America must continue to pursue new ways to refine and perfect the nation's educational system. America's continual striving for educational excellence may be summed up in John Fitzgerald Kennedy's quote: "Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education."…
