Education Funding Dilemmas

The Federal Gov. and its funding dilemma

The United States federal government should substantially increase its funding of elementary and/ or secondary education in the U.S. The schools are not being funded enough to test to their potential. Increasing teachers’ pay, having less kids in the classroom, and higher teacher standards shall help the funding issue. The problem is that the US federal government needs to help increase the amount of money flowing into the educational system in elementary and secondary schools. The history behind the funding is that students aren’t getting the teaching standards they need to test to their potential. Lately it has been the fact that there are not enough students across the US in rural areas, causing lots

By providing more money, we can know that students will perform better in school. "Working in a terrible place cannot get you a good score" (Sanders 373). This shows that just by funding schools to improve the conditions of them, we know that students will perform better on schoolwork. Also, more funding for teachers to ensure they are properly educating students, can boost the performance of these students greatly. "Research shows that quality teachers boost the test scores throughout students" (Sanders 373). So even if our government is completely opposed to increasing funding, we need to at least spent a good amount of the funds they get on the teachers because they are the ones who impact the kids most and this is proven through research that shows a good teacher impacts the learning environment in a positive way and will boost test scores and overall quality. In addition, the number of students that have dropped out of school has skyrocketed in recent years. A possible reason for this could be the changes that schools have made in k-12. "Changes in k-12 can affect many aspects of secondary education" (McQuarrie 16). Teachers that are supposed to instill and teach the changes K-12 provides are not doing it well which could be a cause for the number of dropouts. "With changes it could mean you have to change the way you apply as well" (McQuarrie 12). If these students are not being prepared well by educators how are they supposed to tackle the challenges high school brings? 75% of these dropouts live in rural areas. Areas where not many people live and don’t have very much money. This is a direct correlation with school funding. "Over decades it's been proven that the school districts or counties have provided roughly 40-55% of all educational spending since 1965 (Sanders 372). Big schools with a good number of students have a huge advantage over schools in rural