Tuesday, November 22, 2011
False Assumptions in Education
I feel as though the nation is tackling the problem of budget cuts, specifically budget cuts in the area of education, through false assumptions. The false assumption is that to gain more money, areas such as education should be the first departments served budget cuts. However, legislators have failed to consider the long term consequences of such cuts. The nation as a whole is concerned with the issues of unemployment, and securing jobs. Does cutting spending in education really serve to give our youth the best chance of acquiring high paying jobs? How can we expect them to gain these jobs, and be most competitive for these jobs, perhaps against foreign applicants, if their education will has been downgraded? Education cuts will lead to lesser educational opportunities for the youth of the nation, and will have long lasting impacts as they continue into their adult lives. The long term solution is not to cut education, but find other areas that are overspending, and cut from those areas. Education, as such a vital foundation of our working class society, should not be cut. Cuts in education will lead to continued unemployment, and be detrimental to the future of America's economy.
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You're right, education cuts don't make sense. With employees from other nations taking American jobs, our country should be doing just the opposite. The United States should be working hard to provide opportunities for its citizens, and starting with education would make sense.
ReplyDeleteThis might be the first time we try to fix education by making severe cuts. Is there the belief that schools waste a lot of money? If so, what do they waste it on?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Brianna, I don't think education should be cut, at least not so severly. As Mr. Geary mentioned, there may be schools that waste money, but the entire public education system shouldn't suffer because of these schools. We can't "fix" education by making cuts.
ReplyDeleteAnother false assumption is in the giving of state aid to schools. In general, inner city schools have lower graduation rates and lower grades. Because of the lower grad rate, these schools recieve more funding even though they have a large tax base from the city for money. Schools in Bloomfield for example, have a higer graduation rate and higher grades. Therefore, these schools don't recieve as much state aid even though they have a smaller tax base and very few funds.
ReplyDeleteOur economy has been suffering greatly over the past years and cutting aid to education has become our solution to this problem. I agree that with Lizzy that some schools waste money on things that are not needed but all schools shouldn't be punished for the mistakes only few make. If cuts to education continue I think that later generations of students are going to suffer due to lack of education and problem solving. We have found a temporary solution to this problem that if continued with cause more problems in the future.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Brianna they always say we are this nation’s future but then they cut our education. How are we going to help this nation in the future if they cut the education?
ReplyDeleteHere is a problem that causes schools to spend money in a way that appears "wasteful"; schools have a budget, they get a certain amount of money from the state to spend but they are limited to how they can spend it. Schools have pressure to spend all the money or they will receive less money the next year, and they cannot spend it directly on what they may need (keeping teachers, textbooks, supplies, field trips, etc), so they have to spend it on what "qualifies" rather than what they need. Schools can't save money year-to-year, like we do in our personal budget. Giving schools more control of spending would radically help schools like ours. Apparently, schools are currently not trusted to do this efficiently or honestly.
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