We Should Invest Our Tax Dollars Essay

President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs were both supported and opposed by the American people. Among the New Deal’s opposers was Huey Long, a U.S. senator from Louisiana. Long believed that Roosevelt’s programs did not help the majority of the population as much as they should have. In response, Long suggested a plan for the redistribution of wealth; he proposed a program which provided for a proper standard of living for all by dispersing the nation’s wealth throughout the country. This plan was known as the Share Our Wealth plan. To carry it out, Long formed an organization for the cause in 1934, and in 1935, he gave a speech to the members of the Share Our Wealth Society.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that as of 2015, 100% of married couples had at least one family member employed, including 19.4% of married-couple families had no one working. In 36% of that 100, the man was employed in that relationship. The possible reason why so many Americans aren’t working could be due to the fact that the way money is distributed in America isn’t what the people think it is, and it isn’t even close to the ideal. Uneven distribution of wealth is the cause of poverty is the United States, and here’s why.

Medomak Valley High School, located in Waldoboro, ME, is the only high school in Maine School Administrative District #40 and serves students from Friendship, Waldoboro, Warren, Washington, and Union in midcoast Maine. For decades, the school district had two middle schools - A.D. Gray Middle School, which served students from Friendship and Waldoboro, and D.R. Gaul Middle School, which served students from Warren, Washington, and Union. In the fall of 2008, the year I started at Medomak Valley High School, the district opened Medomak Middle School to serve all seventh and eighth grade students in the district and closed A.D. Gray Middle School and D.R. Gaul Middle School. The new middle school was built at the Medomak Valley High

Our nation ensures social welfare through Social Security. However, the United States cannot ensure the welfare of its own welfare system. To save Social Security, Americans in general do not favor an increase in the payroll tax, a cut in benefits or an increase in the retirement age. Furthermore, Americans are relying upon Social Security as their sole source of income at increasingly alarming rates. Social Security is intended to supplement retiree income, not account for 100% of it. Through elimination of the potential options, that leaves one necessary action: invest the Social Security trust fund in the stock market.

When I moved to this area, we looked to live in a “better neighborhood” not only because we felt safer, but we also wanted to ensure my daughter received the best education opportunities. While it is challenging to make changes and ensure we are benefitting all students, I feel this is a larger part of why I am currently getting my degree in this field; so that I can be a voice of change and seek out ways to benefit all students to reach their full potential.

The research we have looked at in class, from NAEP and other resources, has suggested that only a limited time of a person’s life is spent in school. We have also learned that education does not come just from school but also from parents and other life experiences. Therefore, I would propose that Louisiana and other states provide more afterschool programs, through community centers or other facilities, that help to enrich education, help to provide positive environments in which children can interact, and provide classes of interest that may not normally be found in most schools. These facilities could also provide tutoring and programs that help integrate the Arts more into education.

The issue that causes the most tension at Westside Consolidated School District No. 5 is the school shooting. Many families moved out of the school district as a result and the district has not recovered fully from the departure of those business leaders and students. The projected growth is another community issue that is causing tension. The state of the district buildings and amenities is not on the level of our former rival Valley View nor our current rival Brookland and the district has few options to build new buildings, retain teachers, and offer new class curriculums for the student

The school that I work in is located in Frederick, Maryland. We have nearly 800 students that attend Kindergarten through 5th grade, and with diverse backgrounds. The school is located in a very prosperous neighborhood, with several additional sections of townhomes and apartment complexes which house Section 8. All of these are within walking distance to the school. In Frederick County there are over 2,500 ELL students and more than 11,000 that are FARM (Free And Reduced Meals) students. Our graduation rate is superb with an over 93% graduation rate and a 3.5% dropout rate. This

I think that the name of the new school should be Richwoods High School. Richwoods Middle and Elementary Schools are in Washington County, but the High School would be in Jefferson Country. In each class, their was about 15-20 people. Lonedell also has a middle and elementary with about 75 kids in each class. Those kids could come over to Richwoods High school. It is only about 15 minutes between Lonedell Middle School and Richwoods Middle School.

From going over the problems and possible solutions while considering the participants and the organizational culture of Saginaw Public School District the next step is to come up with a decision. In January of 2013 when the State of Michigan Department of Education wrote a letter to Saginaw Public Schools saying that they had to come up with a definite plan to decrease the deficit the district decided to close one of the middle schools and have both high schools with 8th through 12 grade. The decision was made by Saginaw Public Schools School board members after listening for months about all the solutions that were presented to them. The board members had to hear voices from the community members, parents, and students. The superintendents also were at the meetings and community forums to hear from the community and came up with the plan to add one grade to the high school and close one middle school. Along with closing one middle school two elementary schools will be closed and the staff development building to cut expenses. Along with closing the buildings there was also 36 teachers, 6 administrators, 2 counselors, 8 secretaries, and other support staff to save the district an estimated 3.6 million. The board approved of this decision 4-3 and the state of Michigan approved of this budget cut.

Progress comes with a price, however. We cannot make room for kindergarten children in their neighborhood elementary buildings, accommodate continued growth in housing in the new neighborhoods, and not change boundaries. This will require that some neighborhoods move from one elementary building to another in order to balance enrollments. These changes will happen in two phases—the first will be for next school year. A neighborhood just east of Sheyenne and north of 40th Avenue that had been assigned to Freedom Elementary has been reassigned to Aurora. Aurora’s attendance area will be divided, with the opening of Brooks Harbor Elementary to the north of Aurora. Freedom must lose some of its attendance area in order to accommodate kindergarten children. The second phase of boundary changes will happen across the district prior to fall of 2018. On the north side of I-94 boundaries will have to be adjusted when the new north-side elementary school opens, and so that kindergarten children can attend their neighborhood schools. Lodoen Kindergarten Center will be repurposed to house early childhood special education and Head Start classrooms from across the district. On the south side, boundaries will need to be adjusted more with the transitioning of the Osgood Kindergarten Center into Osgood Elementary.

First of all, homework should leave Byron Center because, homework makes it a stressful time at home. According to the article, ¨BBC News,¨ a guy named Dr Bousted says in the article that kids with disadvantaged homes, they do not have the money to use resources unlike middle-class children get. In the article it also states that then the middle-class children can get help from their parents and they would be able to turn there homework in on time. But with the kids with disadvantaged homes they can not get help from parents cause they never learned it back when they were in school. This is significant because then the disadvantaged kids would get into trouble for not completing an assignment. I feel like it would not be fair for the disadvantaged kids because, they don't have any resources to help them out and their parents wouldn't be able to help them, which could

Controversy will always follow humans where ever we go. Humans have argued over many issues for centuries, often times with no conclusion or “correct” answer ever in sight. One common issue that has been debated since the early 1900s is whether or not the more wealthy individuals in a society should be taxed more heavily than their poorer counterparts. Many have argued over the pros and cons of the taxation of richer people, but when one looks at it objectively, the pros far outweigh the cons. Not only do the pros outweigh the cons, but a question one must ask oneself is whether or not prosperous people really need that extra money? Richer people should be taxed higher because it is better for the economy, social classes will

Those living in the United States of America are experiencing some economically dark times. Unemployment is becoming increasingly worse. Social programs are failing. Prices everywhere are on the rise as wages are declining drastically. Class division has never been more distinct. Of those lucky enough to have secured the multiple jobs needed in order to maintain their subsistent existences, most make only a minimum wage, established by their state’s laws, which is then harshly taxed upon. Life is hard enough in our dying superpower of a nation, but even worse for the work force of America that must survive on minimum wage. It is an offending disappointment that our fellow countrymen and women must live the way they do. This raises a

Growing up as a Kansas City, MO resident, I attended schools in the Kansas City school district. I attended J.S Chick African Centered school in elementary and I could always remember having two teachers to even out the student teacher ratio, so therefore we all were able to get individualized attention. Nowadays elementary school students aren't able to have this benefit. With all of the school shutdowns in the Kansas City, MO school district our children are being effected tremendously.