Problem Of Public Education

There are many problems in the American public education system today. Some of those include the quality of teachers, who have no real passion for the job, and are only allowed to remain in the position because of tenure privileges. Another issue is the state budgets that are allowed for public schools, with some states investing billions of dollars, and others prioritizing it lower on the list. In hot debate today is standardized testing, and the negative effect that it has on high school education, with the limits it places on teachers and what they have time to teach in the classrooms.

With the many diverse characteristics of the Unites States, perhaps the most troubling is the rising gap in the distribution of wealth. As the wealth gap in the United States rises exponentially, the gap in the quality of public schooling rises with it. For a country that prides itself in prestigious outlets of education, the system of public schooling seems to be miserably failing. Public education, a system that some fight to destroy while others fight to preserve, is perhaps the only source of academic opportunity for many individuals living in this country. The fact that someone can live in a certain area and receive a higher quality of public education than someone else living in a different area in the same country—even in the same state—is a problem that should not trouble a ‘progressive’ democratic society. Unfortunately, areas of lower socioeconomic status receive much less funding than areas of higher socioeconomic status, where property taxes account for 45% of funding in public school districts. Naturally, the impoverished residents of poor neighborhoods pay a harsh price in this situation, sending their children to an underfunded school with little to no resources, where sometimes teachers must supply the classroom from their own pocket. As Rogerson and Fernandez note, “a system that allows the accidents of geography and birth to determine the quality of education received by an individual is inimical to the idea of equal opportunity in the marketplace”

The current public education sector is not gaining ground how it should be. Look at the graduation rates and dropout rates,

As America charts its course into the twenty-first century, we as a people are faced with a new array of challenges unique to this great nation. Should we put a man on Mars, or build colonies on the Moon? Should we attempt to solve world hunger, or instead focus our efforts on finding cures for cancer, AIDS, and cerebral palsy? Should we preemptively murder the entire cast of Jersey Shore before their final season, or let our ordained punishment for abusing the term “bro” run its natural course and pray for forgiveness?

The United States does not have an obligation to help poor countries. Although the U.S. has a high gross domestic product and strong military, it still hasn’t been able to succeed in other areas. In order to help others, you need to help yourself. Until every aspect of the United States is in order, we should not supply any other countries with help. The United States also has a failing public education system, citizens with food insecurities, and aging infrastructure. Giving aid can do more harm than good to a developing country. Instead of giving handouts, the U.S. should allow poor countries figure things out for themselves. “The American way” doesn’t work for everyone and countries, without help, should figure out what kind of system

Growing up in the Chicagoland area you quickly realize the importance of education. From watching so many of your peers drop out of school, getting pregnant or even fall victim to senseless homicide. As a student of Chicago Public School (CPS) I noticed how little value is placed into the education system and also how teachers seemingly forget how a student's background affect how well they are able to learn in such difficult situations. I can remember having different classes each period in high school and all of my teachers instructing their class with their own style of teaching and although this is respected in the profession, they were still required to shape their pupils so that we can excel on standardized exams. They were unable to

Today, however, it seems as if the public has lost track of the importance of a great educational system. The main issue today’s public schools faces are funding problems. There is not enough money allocated to support the growing needs of school across the nation.

In my opinion, healthcare services should be provided to Americans in the same fashion that public education services are. In simplest terms, Americans pay income, property, and sales taxes which go toward funding for public schools. In return for paying these taxes, American children have the opportunity to receive an education and to use the knowledge gained from experiences in the classroom to teach others or to contribute positively to society. I believe that healthcare services should be provided in a similar fashion, so that Americans pay taxes to provide for the healthcare services necessary for Americans to live plentiful lives. While education is not a right enumerated in the Constitution of the United States, many Americans would

First, public education has negatively affected children by using ineffective curriculum. Public education’s curriculum is ineffective because it is biased. In his book Crimes of the Educators: How Utopians are Using Government Schools to Destroy America’s Children, Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld, who has spent four decades studying America’s public schools and writing ten books on education, informs that the history textbook suggestions of the newly passed Common Core “are. . . packed with inaccurate information and blatant ‘progressive’ bias.” These biased curriculums and textbooks have been showing up in public schools instead of unbiased curriculum that teaches fact. School materials slanted toward a bias will teach children to think a certain way instead of teaching them to think from themselves. In his article for the National Review, Stanley Kurtz, who holds a Ph. D. in social anthropology from Harvard,

The public school system is a poorly funded program. In the Federal Spending: Where Does the Money Go article it show that the United States spend only 6.28 percent on education and spend 53.71 percent on the military. This is outrage and people are blind to those facts. The government does not invest that much money on education compared to other programs. Due to the lack of funds, most public schools can not afford to provide text books which is an essential tool for student development. Without the necessary books how can the students learn?The government has created a program that was doomed to fail from the beginning. Without money the public school system is useless and gives parents false hope

    Most people who are going to school are not aware of the flaws and what might be some huge issues in the education system. Some of the issues that are considered  flaws are standards, teaching styles, those are just some the the flaws that have been noticed throughout the years My not only just teachers and other forms of administrations of school but even from students and parents that are involved in the system. Public education is flawed but can be

This article addresses the issue of current public schooling, and how it has gotten to be problematic because it strips students of their desire and longing to truly learn. The author challenges the structure of public educational systems, becaue of how it looks to form students into predictable, dutiful individuals of society. By impacting students to acclimate, and isolating the individuals who don't "succeed" or go along from the individuals who do, public education enforces social stratification and support on people who are faithful, making a society devoid of inventiveness and development. Besides, the social stratification is supported by how government schools attempt to decide every student's social part, and after that lock them

There have been many parts in this course that has been very relevant in my life. However, the one thing that I have related to the most to is education. One major problem is the public education system. Education does vary depending on where you are located, but I saw firsthand how bad the public education system can be. I am not saying that the teachers are bad by any means, however, there are many problems within the education system. First the school systems are so focused on tests and how to pass tests, that students are not actually focusing on learning the martial that is being presented. There are problems of basic literacy in within the public education system, and according to the text over 30 million adults that live in the United

The United States prides itself on its public education system making it a core value of many families. The level of education a person has will influence their career achievements. Americans expect their public system of education to provide a solid curriculum. Most of the people in the United States place their trust in the public school system in which they support through taxes. This trust although is contradicted by the public system of education’s current shape. Much of the schools in the United States are either deteriorating, or failing all together. The drawbacks of public education create an unhealthy environment for student learning.

The greatly discussed dilemma of having a child be taught in a public school setting versus a homeschool setting has been evaluated by parents since the idea was first introduced in the 1970’s. Public schooling had been the standard method of teaching since it is a requirement for states to provide public, free education for children in grades K-12. However, the backlash against the system began when two educational theorists and supporters of school reform, John Holt and Raymond Moore, started to question both the techniques and the products of public schools. Some parents went on to support the ideas of them and began to teach their children in the environment of their own homes for several different reasons. Some included moral or religious reasons, a desire for high educational achievement, dissatisfaction with public schools’ instructional program, or concerns about drugs and peer pressure in a public school environment. Child development specialists believe that homeschooled children are isolated from the outside world, therefore making them socially handicapped. If being exposed to this type of education on an elementary school level, the child can suffer from the lack of fundamental development of effective social skills needed for a lifetime ahead of them.