Inequality Of Public Schools Across The Nation

Inequality Of Public Schools Across The Nation.

    Written by: Dani Cronce – Binghamton City Councilwoman – 04/25/2016 – 8:28PM

    Edited by: Colin Wood- CEO/Partner

         Although, we have banned segregation in our nation’s schools, we have failed to understand the devastation that poorer neighborhood schools are facing, from lack of proper funding. Poor communities have more obstacles to overcome such as overcrowding; and low teacher salaries which forces teachers to relocate to higher paying jobs, else-where; and the lack of basic educational supplies. These things, coupled with the rise in single parents, or families where both parents work, The needs of our children are being ignored.

     Geographically, the United States has some remaining issues dating back from Pre-Civil War Era. In the south many of the families lived great distances from each other. Tutors and nannies were required to educate children in higher class society.

    After the Civil War the poorest children were left uneducated due to lack of school houses. Many of the nation’s areas are still suffering lingering effects today, due to the issues of our rocky past.

    We cannot forget to point out that over  populated area's tend to suffer from more impoverished ailments. When a city is overpopulated job competition drastically eliminates many of the lower educated residents chances of obtaining work. There are several ways that this adds to the over-all health of a community. Blight, lower levels of safety, and dwindling property taxes, create a vacuum of economic instability.

    Why do we cut funding in poor school systems?

     I fail to see how taking funding from a failing school leads to success. Poorer schools are failing, due to a lack of funding, with which to buy appropriate curriculum, and basic educational classroom tools and for keeping a competitive salary, that attracts hard working teachers. Attacking teachers, which are truly the best key we have to our children's success, makes many American individuals upset.

    Tests, tests and more tests.

    We are educating our children to study for tests. Adding an obscene amount of testing seems to be taking away more than we can afford to lose. Creativity, quality, and intuitive thought processes are what make America the great nation that it is. The very skills that can help an impoverished child have a chance to fulfill their dreams, are being stripped away daily by political leaders who never stepped foot in a classroom.

    Should schools be mandated and funded solely through the state?

  

    There is much debate about how to properly educate our nation's children.

    I think it would be good to dispense of our nations education fund equally based on the size and need of each individual school. A larger state public school fund just may be more helpful than a community public school fund. This could ensure that all schools have a fighting chance, even those who are in a poor community. This would require re-writing the way that our nation uses public taxation and the distribution of our public funds.

    In either way we look at it, we need to change the way our public schools are funded. What we have now is a broken system.

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From the Writer:  Please join me as I discuss the need for quality, educational, after-school programs. Also, a look at what we can do, to help mentor our community’s children, in my next article.

D.C.