Education Funds Should Be Interdicted

Proper education has now become a moral necessity in order for individuals and societies to grow and succeed. Some of the major issues in the U.S. educational system consist of lack of equality in education, and decline in academic test scores. The U.S. spends more per student than any OECD nation, and other countries also seemingly invest funds differently than us. In addition, most countries invest money

Education in America is one of the most important issues that face our nation. If the education in America is not thought of one of most serious issues we face, our nation as a whole will fall. There are many debates and they seemly extend to all walks of life. The debates range from the decline in education, school vouchers, and the no child left behind law. As a nation, the United States is ranked above others. We must search for that solution to all of the pro’s and con’s in education. The solution should allow all walks of life to excel in the education realm. After all, the children of today will be the leaders of tomorrow.

The United States has many conflicts, one of them is funding on public education. Despite the fact that funding on public education will not help students succeed academically with the money provided to the schools, every school deserves to get as much money because students will receive more proper education and will be more successful students in the future.

School funding is a mix of different funding sources like federal, state, and local. About ninety percent of funding for education comes from state and local community. K-12 education has failed to keep up with high enrollment. Schools must spend to counter effects of poverty while many European countries alleviate these conditions through government spending. Currently more than forty percent of low income school get an extremely unfair share of state and local funds. Low income school are receiving inadequate funds for their school, whereas other schools in the United States are unfairly distributing their state and local funds. That is unfair to the low income schools because those schools really need the money for school books, field trips, etc. Funding for public schools has been quite unequal for years, but even though Americans are fully aware of this issue no one does anything to solve it. Researchers are trying to show them both sides of this unequal funding issue in public schools in order to help balance the distribution of educational funding.

Public school funding is unfair and unequal in most states. However, more concerning is out of the 49 million children in public schools, students living in poverty are affected the most. There are wide disparities in the amount spent on public education across the country, from a high of $18,507 per pupil in New York, to a low of $6,369 in Idaho (Baker, Sciarra, & Farrie, 2015). The question that all stakeholders should be asking is school funding fair?

“Education is a major driver of development and is a strong instrument for reducing poverty, improving health, gender equality, peace, and stability” (The World Bank) - so why is it that students are often deprived from an extensive education? In Illinois, education funding has been an ongoing problem. Funding for schools is based on the property taxes where the schools are located, causing those who live in lower socioeconomic areas to receive less educational funding. This is unfair because children who live in lower socioeconomic areas are not able to receive the same opportunities and benefits that are acquired when a quality education is obtained. This is why educational funding in Illinois should be distributed evenly so that every

The strongest claim the author made was that the economy and education are highly intertwined. It is stated that without a public access to a higher level of education, the income equality will grow larger and our country of democracy and prosperity will be in jeopardy. The

Ah, the American Dream. The fundamental idea that anyone, no matter where you come from, can succeed. It is truly a remarkable principle. Today, the American Dream ceases to exist thanks to wealth inequality. Researchers who have studied relative mobility, which measures the chance of someone moving up the economic ladder, found that relative mobility hasn’t changed much over time (Casselman, 1). This means the odds of someone born in the bottom 30% rising up to the top 30% are not good. Too many people are not being given a fair chance to succeed: “Poor children are trapped in dismal schools” (Inequality and the American Dream). Education is very important, especially at the early stages in somebody’s life. Being stuck in a school without sufficient resources to learn effectively, can make or break a child’s future. Also, college is only available to those fortunate enough to afford it: “Only 3% of students at top American colleges come from the poorest quarter of the population”(Inequality and the American Dream). It is not fair that someone’s potential is solely dependent on where you happen to be born. People who disagree think that wealth inequality is good because it creates an incentive for people to work harder and make money. An OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) report says more inequality means less economic growth because the

To determine how we provide funding to our public schools is, very basic to the nation’s endeavors to ensure that all students gain access to excellent quality education that prepare them to obtain individual responsibilities for citizenship that will help them to succeed in the nation’s economy. It is very difficult to

After reading about those who stuck with their dreams, I came to a conclusion. A person’s dream can indeed change the world. In my search for answers, I came to learn about four individuals who had to risk and sacrifice to change the world. They used their dreams to inspire, influence and raise awareness.

     Will Durant, a businessman and the founder of General Motors, once said, “Education is the transmission of civilization.” Unfortunately, education is still one of the most deliberated and controversial issues in the United States. Thus far, the privilege or right to receive education has not attained the level of equality throughout the nation; poor districts obtain less educational funding while rich districts obtain more, creating an immense gap between the quality of schools in poor and rich areas.

Department of Education, “documents that schools serving low-income students are being shortchanged because school districts across the country are inequitably distributing their state and local funds”. (Education, 2011). Students that come from low income families are not given the equal chance to get the education that students from high income families get. If students are not given the tools they need to be educated, then they will have a poor chance of succeeding in the world.

Dreams are worth dreaming. They give people goals and make them work hard to achieve something they want. Many famous and inspiring people we know today wouldn’t be who they are if they hadn’t chased their dreams. For example, Martin Luther King Jr.. He had a vision that race would not affect how people were treated. He opened the eyes of many people and took part in many movements until he finally achieved his dream, and now today, most colored people have the same respect as white people do. The Declaration of Independence is another example. Everyone who signed that document had a dream that they would be independent from Britain. They all fought in a war together and argued together, and in the end they won, and changed our society to

Within the federal government’s budget education is among the most important yet in the year of 2012 the federal government only spent $107.6 billion out of 3.7 trillion which amounts to 3% on education. Compared to other funding categories in the government’s fiscal year of 2012's budget it's clear to see that education isn’t as important to the government officials as they would like us to believe. Many Americans today are lead to believe that education is important to government officials and it receives an adequate amount of funding because they don't know how much funding is put into the other categories of the budget. The funding put into education in the year 2012 is only 1/8 of social security spending and 1/5 of Medicare

Approximately 75 million children around the world have no opportunity to attend primary school. Of the 75 million, most of them are girls due to tradition or parents that hold them back from attending ("Main Navigation"). Other factors that affect children from going to school is because of conflicts and wars that result in schools to be destroyed and families to flee the country. Lack of education is a growing crisis due to many factors in developing countries but it has the power pull a country out of poverty and make them economically stable and attract other countries to trade, therefore it should be seen as a priority. Developed countries are involved to help countries increase their education because every child should have the