American Education Flaws

Education in America is horrible because students are only taught what is tested, not what’s needed in this society. Many people drop out because they don’t see how it can benefit them. I feel as though people lose determination and motivation towards their education and bettering themselves. Kids aren’t prepared the way they should be. Some students get stuck with teachers who don’t really care about them or their education. Teachers make it seem as though if the material isn’t on the test then it doesn’t matter, which isn’t true. For instance, when we take the SAT or ACT, majority of the material isn’t really taught at school. For me I had to study the books for it. I don’t think the information we are taught in middle or high school set

America is viewed as the most advanced and developed country in the world. It owns some of the largest businesses and companies known to man. It is on top of every new technological advancement that has touched the Earth. It is the country that boasts of having the best and most efficient military in the world. The list goes on and on. And although a lot these claims made by America is true, none can doubt that this country has its fair share of flaws. A flaw in the American system is the lack of education many people receive. I am making this claim because the number of people I see in the street that are poor. These people don’t have access to quality education which prevents them from getting jobs. In the essay, I will dissect this issue

Schools in the U.S are still based upon 1900th century factories. In the nineteenth century only 17% of jobs required workers to be educated. Now over 65% of jobs require their workers to have a high school diploma. Our schools are based upon the essence monolithically processed students in batches. By instituting grades and having a teacher focus on just one set of students of the same academic proficiency,

The United States of America used to be known as one of the greatest countries to be apart of. From the jobs to the economy to education people loved to be apart of the American culture. The problem many Americans are facing today is poor education. Since America is viewed as a high profile country many people have prominent expectations on what they are receiving, specifically the education. The fact is that there are major problems with all levels of the education system today. Starting with early education, teachers are quick to say children needs to be medicated or put into special education. Proceeding to the general or high school education where kids are graduating but not prepared for what’s after. Lastly how higher education or college can hardly be afforded in today’s society. As a result of the failing education system, many parents blame the child or society when in actuality the failing system is corrupted by some teachers, lack of preparation, and lack of affordability in higher education.

Antonia Darder sets a language in Culture and Power in the Classroom that critiques the traditional American educational system while challenging teachers to a new thinking of culture and diversity in the classroom. Using the groundings from several theories, theory and resistance, regimes of truth, and theory of hegemony, she set the platform of the hidden curriculum that is valued in traditional public education. She seeks to use several theoretical frameworks to create a bicultural critical pedagogical approach, which links education to impactful politics. In Culture and Power in the Classroom, Antonia Darder makes is clear that education matters, but yet more importantly that all students matter in their educational experience. As educators there needs to be awareness and consciousness of the hegemonic forces of race, class, culture, ethnicity, gender, and/or ability shape that inferiority within students. Cultural hegemony is so natural, that even in the classroom students are immune to the shoddiness of living within the realms of the dominant culture.

Since the release of the annual report by Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) in December of 2010, many in the government and community are searching for ways to reform the American education system to give American students a greater opportunity to succeed. According to the report, one cannot ignore the fact that American students are not testing as high academically as other nations in the world (Duncan, 2010). There are many contributing elements that have brought America to her knees in the education system, however, the obsession with standardized testing is found to be more of a stumbling block than a stepping stone in the education system. To understand how to rectify the problem, we must look at all the facts

Since the beginning of global standardized testing, American students have been less than impressive. Numerous other countries consistently score higher than students in the United States. While comparing the test scores from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), two major cross-national studies of students’ scholastic performance, it is true that the United States is nowhere near the top, and is instead merely mediocre. An exhaustive list of reasons could be compiled in attempting to explain this phenomenon, but at its core the problem is not that complicated. The prominent issues that cause American students to lag behind are a result of the nation’s multiple separate education systems, parenting, the curriculum or specifically how it is taught.

The underlying irony behind the American education system is the fact that the people are constantly calling for a better education for all students, yet reforms put in place often don’t change anything, or make the education worse for the children. For decades, people from the presidential cabinet to the local boards of education have been trying to figure out a way to make their schools look good. It’s always been about the test scores showing improvement amongst students, and nothing to do with the fact that most tests don’t test what children actually know. In Connecticut, I grew up taking the Connecticut Mastery Tests (CMTs), and the Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT), and I have no idea what they proved or what information they provided for the teachers, other than the fact that I was put into the gifted program starting in fourth grade, and I was able to graduate once I achieved proficiency on one subject of the CAPT.

Over the past decade American schools have been struggling to achieve the success rate of other countries. In the past 15 years the United States has stayed stagnant while other countries pass the U.S. in math, reading, and science. (SOURCE) Stagnant test scores and poor performance globally have educators, politicians and businessperson concerned about the future of education.

It is a fact that global society is becoming increasingly competitive. There is great concern that American schools are not providing a quality education. The widespread concern is fueled in part by international comparisons of student achievement. These same studies also indicate that American students spend less time in school compared to other countries. “Out of 20 nations, the U.S. average school year of 180 days was one of the shortest, and Japan 's with 243 days was the longest” (Cite). Overall, American students do not perform as well academically as those from other countries around the globe. Business and civic leaders argue that the short school days and short school year in the United States will leave us lagging behind other industrialized nations of the world. So, is it possible that there is a correlation between the length of the school day and the children’s academic development in elementary school? Is “more” better when it comes to time in education?

The American education system sucks. For a nation so revered as the land of opportunity, one would expect its citizens to be intelligent and constantly learning more in a place where information is readily available at the click of a button. Such is not the case - Americans are getting stupider and stupider each year. Where there was once a genuine desire for knowledge is now a ravenous black hole of constant testing which benefit the schools and NOT the students. Instead of learning, students are now scrambling to pass the ever increasing number of standardized tests that take place in this country. One of the biggest shortcomings of the education system is the ridiculous importance placed on standardized testing and has led to a general downward

American education is expensive, here are some reason when cross age 18 or students those who facing problems in education. When students finish high school and they start to want college. The system of college quit different then school, in college we need help finical aids otherwise, it’s high to paid each semesters. Millions of students are suffering finical aids because some thousands of students don’t enough or coverage. Other problems are students are to pay tuition fee. Some of USA states cutting of back on their higher education budgets. So, institution is reducing financial. Other hand after several years of college enrollment. This kind of problem could be solving go to searching for grants, scholarship or somehow USA

Imagine a world where doctors are not able to understand medical terminology or lawyers who have difficulty reading laws and being unable to interpret them correctly. Think of a society where mechanics cannot pronounce the name of a part they are replacing and pharmacists that cannot formulate dosages correctly. While this may seem absurd, this is the current trend of students that our educational system is producing in the United States. In the early years of the twentieth century, America once boasted in an academic system that produced “exceptional” students at all levels of science, math, and literature but as of now, has begun to produce more and more gradually a below-standard quality of students;

It’s no secret that our educational system has flaws, and that policymakers are often deeply divided over how to address those flaws. One of the more divisive issues in education today is the creation and implementation of a national set of educational standards, particularly in the subjects of mathematics, science and English. Some people believe that creating a national curriculum and applying it in all schools across the nation will help to improve our educational system; others believe that the argument over national standards is merely distracting from the real problems, and that a common set of standards will not solve any of those issues. I am personally in favor of creating a nation-wide standard for education, although I acknowledge that the process of designing and carrying out these changes will present numerous challenges for those to whom the job falls. Still, I believe that a national curriculum would be a step in the right direction. As it stands, states across the country have wildly differing criterion for what their students should be learning and when they should be learning it. Two students, in the same grade, in different schools can be learning completely different things in their classes. This creates problems for parents, students, and teachers in our schools on a number of levels.

Did you know that America used to be the leader in education? Well, now America is ranked 36th in the world. American education has many flaws, but it also has some good parts. Education in the past was very good, partly because the students were more focused, and also because school was a privilege. Present education has more distractions, and some students just hate school because they think it won’t help them. They just want to quit. Looking at past and present education, past education was mostly successful, present education is half successful and when they are compared, present education could use some work. American education is ok, but could be better.