Why California Schools Are Broken And Prop 55 Essay

New York City consists of five boroughs, Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island. The borough that I reside in is Brooklyn. Brooklyn has approximately 2.592 million people inhabiting this district and approximately 23.4 percent of individuals who reside in Brooklyn, NY come from a low-income household or in other words come from poverty. With catholic and private schools being expensive, people have to rely on the education system to provide their children with a good education. In this paper I will be discussing the public school education system ranging solely up to high school in Brooklyn New York and giving a general idea of the New York education system as well.

In the last ten to fifteen years accompanying the dawn of social media, means of communication among friends and strangers have been easier than ever. Since its creation in 2004, Facebook has grown into the largest social media site on the Internet with 30 million users and counting. The ability to catch up with former high school friends who are now across the country or see how an aunt in Pittsburgh has been doing since the birth of her son are now as simple as the click of a mouse. However, the amount of “friends” acquired on social media may not be an accurate reflection of how many close relationships one truly shares. In an article from Bigthink.com titled “Do You Have Too Many Facebook Friends?”, Steven Mazie gathers research from Pew Research Center about statistics surrounding Facebook

Nevada has consistently been one of the states in the United States with the lowest graduation rates. The most recent statistics show that Nevada had a 62% graduation rate in 2011, a 63% graduation rate in 2012, and a 71% graduation rate in 2013 (“Public High School,” n.d.). Although the graduation rate has increased by 8%, Nevada’s graduation rate is still significantly lower than that of the national average graduation rate at 81% (“Public High School,” n.d.). In his 2015 State of the State Address, Nevada governor Brian Sandoval introduced proposals to reform Nevada’s current education system and improve underperforming schools, more than 10% of which are part of the Clark County School District (CCSD), the largest school district in Nevada (Geer-Thevenot, 2015). This essay focuses specifically on the underperforming schools of the CCSD and why they are struggling to increase their graduation rates.

I would have rather paid a measly 200.00 to the government than to have Proposition 13. This is a slap in the face as a teacher, they are truly hurting the wrong things. Most people knew that it would do this and it did. I was resentful and how many ways can we express ourselves? I thought this was like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. What was even worse was that it undercut and there had to be reductions to meet constraints and we had to go backwards. Also the two-thirds vote should have been majority. Another impact was that other states followed California and the taxpayers wanted to send a message, I believe Oregon passed one. There is only one way to get around this proposition and that is mellow rues."

Proposition 50 was the only California state proposition on the primary ballot last June. Due to current law, no official can be suspended and stripped of their benefits or salary, causing them to be able to get away with actions they shouldn’t be allowed to get away with. Due to many recent actions involving the issues of suspension Prop 50 was drafted. This proposition was designed to refuse legislative members’ salaries, pensions, or other privileges of their office if they have been suspended by a two-thirds vote from the state legislation. Voting yes would allow the legislature the ability to suspend a member and his pay. It gained bipartisan support on this proposition because of recent events that have shed new light on how corrupt

Leading the opposition is California’s Future PAC or No on Proposition 55. Included in the groups and people against the proposition are Senator John Moorlach, the California Republican Party, the Libertarian Party of California, the California Chamber of Commerce, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, California Taxpayers Association, the Kersten Institute for Governance and Public Policy, and the National Federation of Independent Business. Along with them are the wealthy people who are getting taxed, since they are paying for the schools and other people do not have

According to California Choices, an online organization of people who are trying to make america get back on track, states in their article, “Proposition 55 - Tax Extension to Fund Education and Healthcare. Initiative Constitutional Amendment” that “California has a balanced budget, we've reduced debt, increased school spending, put billions into California's "rainy day fund" and still have a $2.7 billion budget surplus.” (California Choices) From 2013 to 2016, in three short years, proposition 30 has helped get us out of the deep debt California was in. Not only did it help the educational system, but it was even able to help set aside money for a “rainy day”. Why continue to use something that has clearly proven to work? California's Medical Association discloses, “A recent Public Policy Institute of California poll found that 61 percent of Californians support extending the income tax rates on the wealthiest individuals and couples.” (California Medical Association) If most of the state agrees that it should continue going, then it should. These people have had 3 years of experience to see that it does work. Yet, there are still people who say that it has worked before but that does not mean if it goes on any longer that it will have the same effect,

Proposition 30 (prop 30 or SB11) is supported by the schools and local public safety protection Act of 2012. Prop 30 is a tax initiative led by California governor Jerry Brown. Prop 30 is aimed at reducing forecasted budget cuts to public schools also higher education, by increasing the California sales tax from 7.25% to 7.50%for the next four years. It also will create three new tax brackets for taxable incomes. Incomes exceeding $250,000, $300,000 and $500,000 will pay more in taxes for the next seven years. With the extra money being saved will go towards adding more classes for higher education students. Also to help reduce California’s state budget, prop 30 should raise $6 billion annually form raised taxes.

California banned schools from using the “Redskin” team name or mascot. The National Congress of America said that should be a “shining example” for the rest of the country. This law, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday, goes into effect Jan. 1, 2017. It’s going to affect four public schools using the name, which many people and Indian groups find offensive. The state Assembly approved the California Racial Mascot right after Obama administration told the Washington Redskins to change their name before they could be allowed to move to stadium in Washington D.C. The National Congress praised California for standing up for what’s right. The U.S. patent office agreed that the nickname is basically demeaning to native Americans and canceled the

Her evidence is solid and her argument is valid, however she never gives us any ideas for a solution to the $2 billion dollars in budget cuts out of the California public schools education system. For instance, what other classes should public schools cut rather than the music programs? What about physical education, sports, extra-curricular activities, metal shop, wood shop, and theater? I believe all these programs are worth the funding but it seems that people feel powerless to raise their voice to the government to address these issues. California’s current public education system is built on a 19th century platform and the idea of academic ability and that the most useful subjects, English, math, and science, can get you a job or

Although Proposition 47 may seem benign from the deceptive title, reaching out to the meagerly funded schools and protecting neighborhoods, reading further into the proposition illustrates a different story. Proposition 47, or the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, was passed on November 4, 2014 in the entire state of California. The Act’s intent was to reduce non-serious and nonviolent crimes from felonies to misdemeanors to reduce the number of prison inmates residing in the cells. The greater the number of inmates, the greater the amount of money needed to fund the prison. Therefore, reducing the number of inmates would expand the state budget funds to be used towards schools. By cutting down the number of prison inmates, Proposition 47 enacted to “reduce the penalties of the following crimes: theft of any property, shoplifting, receiving stolen property, writing bad checks, forging checks, and possession of any drugs worth $950 or less will always now be a misdemeanor (Votersguide.ca.gov 1).” The proposition went immediately into effect on November 4 throughout the state, releasing thousands of convicted prisoners due to amendment from felony to misdemeanor in certain crimes. The two main changes that put law enforcers in a frenzy are the two bolded aforementioned above; theft of any property and possession of any drugs worth $950 or less. Despite the fact that schools will now receive a plethora of money from this act, the expense for this is the release of a horde of

To Get A Better School System by Gene B. Preuss explores the journey of educational reform of Texas through one hundred years of inequality, threats, and disagreements. However, the Supreme Court decision regarding Morath vs. Texas Taxpayers has highlighted that even in 2016, additional reforms are needed. Funding for public education is not a new issue and has been a pressing matter since the creation of the Texas educational system. Throughout the process of educational reform, Texans have mainly fought over public education funding in regards to bridging the gap between the portion of funding spent on urban areas and the portion spent on rural areas as well as the small earnings that teachers make. Yet, another area of concern, as pointed out in the article “Texas Supreme Court Upholds School Funding System”, is the Texas Legislature which severely limits the number of available avenues that the state can take when addressing the issue of funding. Together, the past issues of how to fund education and the inequalities that arose in spending, combined with the current issue

Many disagreed about schools closing down based on standardized test. Few individuals think that it's not necessary and that it's just wasting school funds and the government or states money. Closing a school for performance reason is usually ineffective. Closing schools and transferring students does it result in improvement in any student performance by standardized test scores , graduation or dropout. Many agrees that closing schools are not necessarily require because it's not going to give any improvement on the student's

At first, I agreed with Stephen Marche, author of “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?”, but after doing some of my own research I would like to retract my original position. We cannot blame technology for our own human condition. However Stephen Marche begs to differ. “At the forefront of all this unexpectedly lonely interactivity is Facebook, with 845 million users and $3.7 billion in revenue last year” (Marche). Stephen Marche believes Facebook is making us lonely because it is changing the dynamics of traditional friendships (Marche). He also blames Facebook for the rise in human isolation. From 1950 to 2010 a 17 percent increase in households of one were reported (Marche). Does Marche not realize that many happy Americans

In a nation founded upon freedom, the liberty to choose the institution from which you get your education should be a greater concern in Pennsylvania. Our nation has prided itself upon its legacy of liberty, as well as the many opportunities it has been able to provide for its citizens. And yet our government has been continuously denying us one very important freedom that all in America should have, the freedom of school choice. You would think that more people would be concerned with this infringement upon human rights. While our government is striving to give more “freedom” to homosexuals who desire marriage and to women who do not want to deal with the human being that they helped to create, it is ignoring or suppressing the cries for liberty from those who desire the religious freedom to educate their children in the way they believe they should be educated. Because of the support that the government gives public schools using tax dollars and government subsidies, parents find it too difficult financially to place their children in religious private schools, secular private schools, or even charter schools.