Public Education in the United States

There are numerous issues that plague the public education system. Several of the concerning challenges that it faces today are: The lack of familial support or guidance some students receive, the increase in the population of individuals that seem to undervalue the benefit of an education, and the test-centered curriculum structure that is applied in a majority of schools, within the system. There desperately needs to be an engagement of ideas to mend the problems that the education system faces. Not only would it allow students a better chance at exercising their full potential, but society as a whole, will reap the benefits of a well-rounded education for all.

The U.S. public education system contains tremendous inequality, much of which is maintained through the institution itself. We believe the system to be based on the principles of a strong work ethic and equal opportunity – key components of the dominant American ideology, which are in turn made reasonable by the schooling system. Furthermore, structural factors such as cumulative advantage, which explains how those who are successful gain additional success, offer an explanation for the inequalities in the school system that cannot be described or solved by money. Therefore, through the legitimation of the dominant American ideology and the process of cumulative advantage, the U.S. public education system perpetuates social inequality within the classroom and provides more power to those already born with greater life chances.

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

During early schooling the religion was taught in the teachings, there was a certain level of fear was instilled in all children that if they disobeyed to follow authority they would fail (Joel Spring). Now a days public school and religion are usually separate but disobeying authority and not being a good student gives students a fear of failing out of school or not being good enough for colleges to notice.

Public education is a good that is privileged to everyone in the United States. While education may seem extensive and unnecessary, especially to youth, achieving an education has benefitted people through the history of the U.S., which in turn benefits the U.S.’s welfare. When Thomas Jefferson advocated the opening of public schools in the early 1800s, his plan was only half fulfilled; only wealthy communities could afford public schools (Watson 2). This remained true until the early to mid 1900s, where schooling became accessible for all, regardless of skill level or income. Since the mid 1950s, the U.S. has made tremendous leaps in not only technology, but also in the stabilization of the government and economy; these successes can be attributed to education. If that privilege to learning was no longer given, the U.S.’s development would be lost.

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

From time, immemorial, the United States of America has always valued education. The pioneer settlers in the United States always believed that education promoted and enhanced liberty and as a result they started building schools so that their children and generations to come could become productive citizens. The government during the earliest days set aside great expanses of land in order to create room for setting up schools and finest systems of higher education in the world. Ever since, the education system in the United States has always been among the best in the world and as a result, it has made great advancements economically, technologically, agricultural-wise and in many other sectors. The tradition has continued and today, the United States educates over 54 million students from kindergarten to grade 12 and over 17 million in colleges and universities. The United States government is constantly at work to improve the

The population of the United States was raising due to immigration. The country was divide into many denominations, and was generally Protestant. More immigrants were coming all over Europe and by 1910, 13.5 million immigrants were coming to America. There had to be changes in the society, economy, politics, and for the public schools.

Society is built on the common understandings of its people. “Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be properly maintained,” stated James Garfield. Education as a publicly provided social program gained momentum during the Progressive Movement of the 1920s; it was not always regarded as a right under the constitution. During the Great Depression, the federal government became much larger and more powerful as Franklin Delano Roosevelt sought to stop the terrible unemployment and resultant deplorable living conditions of so many Americans (Galbraith, 2000.) The idea of a nation-wide public educational system gained ground as the government grew. Educational champion John

Research has shown that students from low socioeconomic status, or SES, academic skills have developed at a slower rate compared to other students from higher level SES groups. (Morgan, Farkas, Hillemeier, & Maczuga, 2009) Schools in which most students are apart of the low SES group tend to have communities with a higher rate of unemployment, low retention rate of competent teachers, and receive lower scores on the achievement tests. Due to the fact that a large number of quality of teachers are leaving the schools, the class sizes are larger. This prohibits teachers from being able to give individualized instruction to the students who are really struggling. Similarly, these schools located in regions that typically have a low SES have fewer resources. Typically children from these communities also receive less supervision by parents or adults.

The public education system expects all the children and adolescents from the ages from three to eighteen to be in school. This is to see the results of success accompanying the kids through them being economically aware and responsible to the country they reside in, to further better the scientific and technological developments in which the system invests in by funding education till the end of the secondary school and lastly to progress social skills and understanding while interacting with their peers.

Of these, 35.6 million will be in prekindergarten through grade 8 and 15.1 million will be in grades 9 through 12. An additional 5.2 million students are expected to attend private elementary and secondary schools. The fall 2017 public school enrollment is expected to be slightly higher than the 50.6 million enrolled in fall 2016.” Just from these number compared to private schooling it can be noted that public schools have around 45million more students. There several aspects to look at when choosing the public route.

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

From the beginning of its existence, the United States has pushed for a democratic society due to its strict ruling under the English monarchy. A democratic society is simply viewed as a society that is based on the ideas of democracy: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In order to produce people who perpetuate this type of government, a proper education is vital. American philosopher John Dewey had a vision that democracy should work hand in hand with the education system. Dewey strongly believed that participating in a democratic society was extremely important, and he thought that the education system was the way to achieve that. In the current schooling system, every child is presented with the same luxury: the equal chance to receive a proper education. However, schooling systems stop here. Today's education system is preparing students to participate and perpetuate in a democratic society to a certain extent.

According to the American Psychological Association, in a study of American kindergarten children, 36 percent of lower class parents read to their children on a daily basis, compared to the 62 percent of parents from higher incomes. Children’s initial reading skills are correlated with their home environment, and number of books owned and read to them on a daily basis. As a result, socioeconomic status (SES) affects our society as a whole; its relevancy to all realms of behavioral and social science includes education and advocacy. The inequities in wealth distribution and resource distribution is increasing in the United States which is directly correlated to the inequality seen in our education system nationwide. According to APA, children from low-SES communities develop academic skills more slowly compared to children from higher SES backgrounds. Consequently, Initial academic skills are correlated with the home environment; therefore, low literacy environments and stress negatively affect a child’s academic skills. The school systems in low-SES communities are often under resourced, negatively affecting students’ academic