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”

To guarantee the access to education in our country, it is one of the most challenging and worst points for our society when it comes to the government. Every time a new government party begins everything changes and that causes major impact to our lives but when it comes to education it is something we worry about a lot because that is our future of our country.

Education entails individual human development in the cognitive, emotional, creative and social areas. All children are entitled to a free education regardless of race, cultural background or handicaps. For education to be an effective part of the students life, the student and teacher must be actively and enthusiastically involved in learning. A teacher needs to be well prepared and organized. They need to know the perspective goals for each student and ways to achieve these goals. Teachers need to work with students to help them grow and develop ways to use their knowledge.

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.

Education has undergone many rhetorical and definitional changes since its creation; the explicit purpose of teaching the masses, particularly in the framework of public schooling, has varied from culture to culture. At its core, though, the aim is simple: to efficiently construct productive members of a society. This effort has to encompass so much of the values of said societies that it becomes impossible for educational institutions to avoid the influence of larger institutions. Within these constraints comes the effect of social reproduction. This institutional byproduct of education rooted in societal values guarantees that students who come from lower income backgrounds are fated to experience this existence as adults, whereas students from higher income families have the advantages to follow in the footsteps of their parents. Without deeply studying and working to reverse social reproduction, our current educational system is the story of history repeating itself.

According to the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) over 49.4 million students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools for the 2011-2012 school year. Of these 34.9 will be in prekindergarten through eighth grade and 14.5 will be in grades nine through twelve. An additional 6 million students are expected to attend private schools (NCES, 2012).

Education is taken for granted many times by students all over the world. Many don’t really know about how much other kids wish they had the same opportunities that we have. All over the world students face different obstacles just to get to school. Very often we take for granted to fact that we can either walk, drive, or ride the bus to school. Students don’t really think about school being a privilege to be able to attend, some students think about it being more of a punishment, instead of thinking of all the opportunities they will have in the future with an education.

Teachers are very important but due to the government's budget cuts they don't have the money to pay teachers that well. In the next couple years the teachers will still be needed because the more budget cuts the more teachers that will quit. Teachers are super important for kids, because they need to know they have the support and basic education, but the way technology is progressing, and able to do online classes is why no one sees teachers as being

Chromebooks make students more efficient. There is no need to worry about stray papers because they are always on the chromebook. There are also online videos and games that help children understand their studies. Online there is more information than you will ever find in any book. The internet is more powerful than all the dictionaries or thesauruses

I believe a major public education issue today is teacher morale. There are multiple contributing factors that have led to a decline in job satisfaction. Teachers are struggling to find balance with students, paperwork, and meetings. We are teaching in buildings that lack the ability to support technology while attempting implement million dollar programs without a proper technology infrastructure. Teaching has had a huge shift in education and many teachers are struggling to move towards student centered instruction. New teachers are entering the field of education without knowledge of current trends and philosophies. They struggle to meet the minimum criteria of teaching.

The public education movement was created by Horace Mann. public education is one of the most important things because without it they could not be significant in any political or religious matter. They wanted more money to be spent on public education since it was so vital to a kids childhood. By the 1850’s a lot of the southern states had established public education. Since most women were undervalued many of them were uneducated. And since they were always in the household it was their responsibility to educate the kids. This led to the Womens Rights Movement. This was a touchy matter since in order to put more money into the education program it would mean taxing their citizens or going in to debt.

Public school education is identical important and should be taken very seriously. It is the basis that leads to the future of everyone’s life. The people who begin to lay down the pathway for education are the teachers. Teachers in today’s public school system world are one of the utmost crucial people in America. They are the ones to encourage children to excel into their greatest self. Without teachers, society would face a drastic downfall. There would not be many professions around. There would not be any doctors to help save people’s lives there would not be any police officers to protect and serve, there would not be a president to lead this country. The public school education system as a whole is something that has been over

Though education should be considered a top priority, it’s quite clear that most high school and college graduates, feel as if their education was completely cheated due to the lack of diversity and innovation from the government, school boards, administration, teachers, and at times, parents. Education in America should require teachers who are better trained to meet certain needs of specific student populations, understand the

The idea of public education started way back in the day with our founding fathers. In 1785, John Adams wrote, "The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people and must be