The education system issue in our country is just plain aggravating. I believe this because I think most people want children to receive the best education they possibly can. We all know that the world will benefit from this, but with countless complicated factors at hand, this is not our reality. Most people are in agreement that education is one of the most vital influences in a child's life. The future of our country, and the world for that matter is ultimately dependent on educating children, which creates spillover benefits to society. This is a huge responsibility that is proven to be falling short more and more with every passing year. Everyone from presidents to city council members rally for improving education every year, but every year the education system continues to get worse and worse. I believe many contributing factors go into our failing school systems, which include the federal and state’s conflicting standards, the non centralized system, the tenure that some teachers receive and the way we choose to segregate and teach children by their age. (I found the first video about changing the teaching paradigms to be very interesting).
The film, Waiting For Superman was informative and I strongly agreed with the film’s perspective on how the world around school systems has been changing for decades but the school systems have stayed the same. I found the film interesting, I also found it filled with examples of how the school systems are broken and not much attention shed on solutions. But like the film, I also feel the ‘powers at be’ have also only shown us bad examples of what an education system is, instead of focusing on executing one successfully. Attempts have been made such as the No Child Left Behind Act, which was passed ten years ago. This Act was successful at shedding much needed light to the problem, but it has yet to produce the successful results we were hoping for. Finding a solution to this overwhelming issue has proven to be nearly impossible. Many of us are very passionate about this issue but do not have the answers or resources to begin repairing this broken system. With Arizona sitting at the number 49 spot in terms of education and with more budget cuts in the works for the future, this issue not only affects me as a concerned citizen but as a student as well.
I agree with what you have said about education, that we have to focus on a strategy that will work on helping children learn and be successful in life. Everyone should help out in a way that will benefit the learning of the children and help improve the school system.
ReplyDeleteHey Janine, I agree with you on your post. I think the whole country needsa alot more then just a few new policies or acts in order to get the education back on track. The no child left behind act was a goos start, but yes you are right when you said were still waiting for the results. The education system is bad if not worse then it was ten years ago.
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