The London's Education System Flawed And Unjust?

The education system has faults and many inequalities throughout it. The inequalities can be seen in many different areas including, meritocracy, different social classes, gender and ethnic inequalities, racism, cultural capital, and repressive state apparatuses etc. Various sociologists have different views about the education system and what the inequalities consist of.

In 1635, the first American public school was founded (historyeducationinfo.com). Located in Boston Massachusetts, and soon to spread all over, our American Right, to a free and public education still exist today. Unfortunately recent studies suggest that the American Education system might be broken. In the 2013 PISA Education Ratings of international developed countries, America ranked 28th out of 34. These results were mind blowing as America at the same time, also ranked fifth, in most amount of money spent on education. These uneasy numbers led to change in congress and in 2001, under President Bush, the “No Child Left Behind” bill was passed.

What is it that’s making our country suffer from excelling in education? Very few would argue about the importance of our education system today. Issues such as lazy teachers, lack of parent involvement, and teaching useless information in class may hinder progress in today’s education system. An education plays a crucial role and is an essential tool, unfortunately, with all the jaded judgments; our students are not able to value their education. A proper education can open the doors to many opportunities that would have never been possible if it had not been for the knowledge and preparation that one received while in school. With the growing economy and desperate times, it is more important than ever for our country’s children to receive the proper education and training that is needed to allow them to acquire a good job and produce the revenue needed to live. Today's education system is flawed in many ways, and these flaws should be eliminated to ensure a good education for our future generation.

The development of the British education system and the impact of this development on UK culture and society

Discuss what major policy changes that have occurred in educational provision in England between 1944 and the present day in primary education.

Trowler (2003) describes education policy as a ‘design’ to follow the principles and procedures relating to education issues, the specifications of which is to bring about the desired goals. However, Ball (1990) defines educational policy as not only a direct response, but also a respond to the formation of complex and diverse elements. Many policies begin at the macro level, with large organisations such as The World Bank, UNESCO and the United Nations. The policy then streams down to a national level, which then filters further down into regional and local levels. Bell and Stevensons (xxxx) point out that most educational policies start with the central government, which then transfers onto local councils and schools.

In my essay, I plan to look at the education system in America: the way we, as a nation, fund education, the problems associated with the way we fund education, and how this affects us as a society. I first gained interest in this topic after attending a couple of lectures in my minority groups sociology class about education in America. This topic appeals to me because it directly affects me as I am currently a student who has just graduated from a public high school, but also because this affects everyone who lives in America. Public education serves a valuable purpose. Public education is meant to allow all people to have some sort of “base level of knowledge”, meaning that everyone can read, everyone can write, everyone can do basic

Today, along with integration with the world on all aspects about education so the education system in my country also has many programs to help students easier gain access to the education of the world including the US. We know that English very important for students when they want to study in US so my education system has built an environment convenient for students such as English center, website, a program teach about English for students when they are at school, and STEAM system for students to study.

There’s a famous saying that goes “is a teacher really teaching when the student is not learning?”. Growing up within the American educational system, I always asked that question to myself and wondered in what ways was the system challenging us? Both Alfie Kohn and John Taylor Gatto agree that there are many flaws within the structure, school is tedious and students aren't really learning, therefore holding us back from our true potential. I am more in favor of Kohn because schools are significant to society and if we fix a few mistakes then and there, we might make learning exciting once again.

The United States of America has what is called a decentralized education system which means that there is no national school system. According to the Constitution, the ultimate power to create and administer education policy rests with the 50 states. There are no national laws in the United States addressing a prescribed curriculum for the establishment and recognition of institutions, the governance of institutions, or the recognition of degrees or professions. The US Department of Education, contributing about 7% of total education spending, has limited functions within the education system. The department influences public opinion and builds partnerships with states, educators, parents, communities, and even the private regions in order to improve education. This is done to ensure a mostly equal educational opportunity by enforcing civil rights laws and allowing more choice in a thoroughly planned learning environment. The United States even supports educational improvement and reform by providing grants to states, local governments, and individual school, with a focus on weaker communities lacking in necessary funds. By providing financial assistance to students to help pay for post-secondary education, it greatly increases enrollment, with a majority of all students financial aid in the US being funded by the federal government.

1. Regardless of being a product of Private British school system, Dr Bateson criticizes British educational system expressing a lot of reliance on natural knowledge covering nature and mankind relationships to the animal kingdom at large. Bateson claims that the educational system should cover beyond the basic science and embrace ‘the true history on mankind and the role of civilizations’. Furthermore, Bateson denotes that Natural knowledge enables a person to identify his true position in time in relation to nature and also provides him balance and proportional progress in life. Bateson views learning and enquiry to be the basic commodities of the educational system, rather than the emphasis laid on obscure subjects such as Greek which provide less value in a persons’ life. None the less, Bateson expressed his fear as science was being limited to laboratory experiments with lesser technical knowledge imparted on the less fortunate students unable to access laboratories.

The education system has been a controversial issue among educators. Requirements of school do not let student choose what they want to study for their future. It’s a big issue to force student study specific curriculums, which don’t help them improve, and what they like to create something. Educators choose a general system for education to all students which based on general knowledge. Intelligent or genius students have to be in that system of education, which doesn’t let them improve their creativity. Educators attempt to change that system to make it better, but their changing was not that great to be an example for the world. Also, did that change qualify education system to compete other systems or not? In some examples and

Education has the potential to enable all people to enhance their capabilities and functioning in order to allow the achievement of sustainable livelihoods and a brighter future outside the classroom. However, currently educational attainment is poor and exclusive in today 's education system. This problem is related to a range of economic, spatial, institutional, social and cultural structures and processes that revolve around the subject of how the students ' attitude is around their entitlement . The current education system 's 'power ' is currently promoting a sense of academic entitlement in its students.

Purpose: To inform them of the flaws within the education system and ways we can improve the system

In Plato’s book The Republic he states “The object of education is to turn the eye which the soul already possesses to the light. The whole function of education is not to put knowledge into the soul, but to bring out the best things that are latent in the soul, and to do so by directing it to the right objects. The problem of education, then, is to give it the right surrounding” (Plato’s Republic, Book vii, 80). Education in the United States is still very much unequal and Hispanic and black children are not given the same quality of education as white children. Many factors contribute for Hispanic, children of color, and children of other countries like a lower economic status, parent’s involvement, and problems with the government not funding schools. Education is important because the knowledge absorbed enables an individual’s mind to grow, so they can contribute their talents into society’s continuous evolution and achieve justice.