The Importance Of Education In Public Schools

Our founders recognized that public schools are a vital institution of American democracy. But education, they also knew, involved more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. Education in a democratic society requires developing citizens who can adapt to changing times, make decisions about social issues, and effectively judge the performance of public officials. In fulfilling their responsibilities, public schools must not only provide knowledge of many subject areas and essential skills, but must also educate students on core American values such as fairness, equality, justice, respect for others, and the right to dissent. Rapid social, political, and technological changes have escalated controversy over what and how schools should teach.

I believe that for me to get a free education in the United States is a blessing. My mom would always say "Echale muchas ganas a la escuela", which translates to "Put a lot of effort into school". Going to school, I was able to learn how to speak, read, and write in English along with other things. My educational experiences had a variety of good and bad moments, but over it allowed me to be where I am now.

Why is public education essential to democracy? Public education is essential to democracy, because by allowing the lower class to have the same education as the middle and upper class, you are allowing all citizens to be educated enough to make their own decisions and form their own opinion and make a difference in their democracy. Citizens can make a difference by voting, running for offices, and many other ways; however, before they can do these things they must be educated enough to understand and participate in these activities. George Washington initially recognized the importance of public education to be able to sustain the democratic government. Citizens must have a basic concept of how their government is run, the issues

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” Albert Einstein saw it. Everyone else should too. There’s something wrong with schools today. Students are taught to listen, not to learn. They’re given assignments that they don’t find interesting, they’re told to write papers on topics they have no interest in, and they’re asked to take tests on material they couldn’t care less about. Students are failing classes, and dropping out of school. Instead of the schools being built to accommodate new students and new methods of teaching, students are “built” to accommodate the school’s old ways of teaching. In order to properly educate and inspire creativity in students, there must education that is tailored to meet the needs of every student individually.

Perhaps one of the main issues with the current school system, is its constant attempt to conform and generalize. Humans are a greatly varying species where every individual

The purpose of public school education is to provide students with the tools and skills to continue to higher education, and to help them pursue their goals and dreams in life. It is meant to provide inspiring, positive and culturally affirming experiences that make students excited to learn and succeed. While many students are prepared properly in public schools, this is not true for all. For several students, education is not stimulating, and is dull and boring, or perhaps provides negative and detrimental experiences. Recognizing that there are flaws in the public school system is the first step to making positive changes in the system. A proper education is crucial a competitive society such as this one. Public education must provide for all children equally in order to to prepare them to control their own fate later on in life. Unfortunately, due to the inability to incorporate a multicultural curriculum, many times only students of the dominant culture are given a full and comprehensive education, while students of subdominant cultures and different backgrounds are left behind. This sets them back significantly, making it harder for them to compete in this society no matter how hard they work. While it is impossible for a single person to make the significant changes necessary to the institution of public education, if all government officials, administrators, teachers, parents, and students come together, significant changes can be made in a positive direction. This

The purpose of public school education is to provide students with the skills necessary to continue to higher education, and to help them pursue their goals and dreams in life. It is meant to provide inspiring, positive, and culturally affirming experiences that make students excited to learn and succeed. While many students are prepared properly in public schools, this is not true for all. For several students, education is neither stimulating nor engaging. Recognizing that there are flaws in the public school system in terms of cultural affirmation is the first step to making positive changes in the system. An inclusive and diverse public education is crucial to provide all people the tools for success, and to control their own fate. Unfortunately, due to some schools’ inability to incorporate a multicultural curriculum, many times only students of the dominant culture are given a full and comprehensive education, while students of subdominant cultures and different backgrounds are left behind. This sets them back significantly, making it harder for them to compete in this society, no matter how hard they work. It is impossible for a single person to make the significant changes necessary to the institution of public education; it requires the collaboration of government officials, administrators, teachers, parents, and students to create a curriculum that is multicultural and recognizes the diversity in American society. Awareness of peoples’ differences and the desire to

America is known as immigrant country, which the U.S is a diverse society. We have people of many different races living together. Although U.S is a diverse society, but some of the immigrants are not allowing their children to be “Americanized”. People who lived in United States, except for the Native Americans, are all immigrants. Many poor Europeans came to United States for freedom in the 1800s. America were supposed to become a melting pot which to mix all race together. However, now United States is seems like a salad bowl, which even immigrants have become American, they still kept some of their culture. That’s the reasons why we can see many cities have Korea towns, Chinatowns and Italian quarters. There are different ethnic groups, but they are all American. However, as time goes on, there are more and more immigrant students adopt American cultural and study in the American way. However, privilege the Whites and stereotyping minority group of students still is a big issue in school. How well students does in school depends on how the student is treated in school. There are students of different class and ethnicity who struggle to assimilate into the U.S education standards. In order to solve this problem, families and school must work together. School needs to educate not only students and also their guardians on what they can do to help their child to be successful.

Schools should support individuality only to the point where its not inhibiting learning, because then conformity should be what’s established. A tension between individuality and conformity in schools is schools, for instance. Schools, as shown in Source B, can have an extremely restricting schedule, with spending 6 hours and 45 minutes I’m back-to-back classes. This inflexible schedule, in my opinion due to my own personal experiences, leaves no room for the brain to be creative or even rest, at the least. Schedules can be fitting for students, giving them time to be creative and take a break mentally to leave room for individuality while also supporting conformity as for getting to classes on time. An example of this can be shown in Source

One of the many issues in the United States’s school system includes the intention to develop students to think and act alike as possible. This is known as the conformity function is which children are molded to have matching attitudes, beliefs and behaviors which can be more easily manipulated and harnessed. This is especially useful for controlling a large labor force. (Gatto) Human beings are essentially born creative–from infancy on we find innovative ways to negotiate life. The most creative people see impediments as an opportunity and not a roadblock. But most importantly, with a school system that is made to suppress and force everyone to think alike, we are essentially taking away their human instinct to comply with the difficulties common in life. Dormant successful minds will never germinate when fed with a system that intends to create minds that think

The United States has the world’s largest international students’ population, over one million students, including me choose a broaden education and we are interested in new experiences and life, through living in the United State. I have dreams, want to broaden their outlook, want to get opportunities in a well-organized and varied education or a better job, or want to learn English. United States are one of the diverse countries they accept people from many countries. All people have different backgrounds, languages, a religion, race, or a nationality: therefore, I am surprised at everything I see or experience, sometimes I struggle with some problems: an increase crimes, a difficulty to study in college or university, and financial

Education, for both youth and adults in the United States has been labeled to have extreme importance. The United States is blessed to have the right to a free education and access to resources to help develop further education. This right is not restricted to those with a learning disability or special need. Students found to have a special need (i.e. autism, down syndrome etc.) are given the same opportunity to be educated. By attending schools with children who have these challenges, it is noticeable that specific students are treated differently based on their condition, specifically, autism. These students should be educated based on the extent of their condition, but should not be denied the opportunity to be with their peers. Being

In “Recognizing Ableist Beliefs and Taking Action as an Ally” authors Madeline Peters, Carmelita Castaneda, Larissa Hopkins, and Aquila McCants define Ableism as “a pervasive form of oppression that tends to be minimally examined by mainstream society”(1). Public school education is a prominent example of a system that operates under ableist beliefs and assumptions. It attempts to make students with both visible and invisible disabilities adapt to traditional learning methods and environments that are not structured for their ways of moving, communicating, thinking, and learning. The public education system tries to emulate inclusiveness by implementing programs funded under The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); which integrates disabled students in general education classes. Yet, while districts and public schools invest in resources to accommodate to the needs of students with disabilities to gain accessibility in traditional classrooms, they continue to struggle as adults in able bodied society. Although programs under IDEA aid students with disabilities during their time in primary and secondary education, they receive minimal support as they get older.

How public schools are governed and held accountable under the law can vary by state, school district, and even on a case-by-case basis. A state’s separation of powers, judicial solutions, and political influences all aid in outcomes. Religion in public schools is an area that demands many state governments and school officials to revisit and interpreted the constitutional rights of students and educators. There is no doubt that public school policy issues of this nature will lead to litigation and will result in mixed judgments. Below is a discussion of the government powers and how that translates into school policy fueled by state education litigation along with religious issues in public schools.

“Media corporations have a civic responsibility not only to prevent fraud and financial abuse, but also to not corrupt or degrade our culture” (Pickering, 2017). Society has always had an interest in how students are educated in schools and prepared for citizenship to take part in civic life since the late 1800’s. Because of the limited civic knowledge, poor civic dispositions, and dysfunctional political landscape, it was the job of the schools to produce responsible citizens in the world. Civic Education in a democracy is education in self-government that is essential to sustain our constitutional democracy because it is not inherited. Citizens are expected to be responsible and to make thoughtful decisions in regards to the issues in their communities and the elected officials voted into office to lead our nation. Back in the 1800’s, according to physician and founder Benjamin Rush, schools should “convert men into republican machines” fitting them “to each other by means of education” so that as well-crafted civic gears, they could “perform their parts properly to produce regularity and unison in government” (Johanek, 2012). Even though civic education in a democracy is education in self-government, media plays a significant role in today’s society, in strengthening and shaping our world into a global village by reducing the communication gaps amongst people living in other areas of the country.