In summarizing Senate Bill 200 (SB 200), SB 200 offers a more effective use of resources to hold offenders responsible, attain better results for Kentucky youths in the juvenile justice system and their families, and maintain public safety. The amendments to the bill are grounded on recommendations from a bi-partisan, inter-branch task force and extensive stakeholder input. The bill addresses three key points to ensure improved effectiveness and outcomes. Firstly, using the right resources on the right child to produce better outcomes. SB 200 uses the costly resources/treatments on more serious offenders by placing restrictions on the commitment of lower level offenders and the length of time they may be placed out-of-home.
The article “School vs. Society in America’s Failing Students” (2015), by Eduardo Porter reveals the debate surrounding the reasoning behind the failure of America’s educational system. Porter efficiently utilizes logos to fulfil his purpose of informing his audience of the multiple sides of the situation. Porter uses logos to fairly and thoroughly showcase both sides of the discussion. He begins his article by introducing the situation through a declaration of statistics of America’s ranking in the PISA standardized tests in math, reading, and science. He then presents Professor Martin Carnoy’s beliefs that “socioeconomic deficits impose a particularly heavy burden on American schools” and once these social statuses are adjusted for, the American educational system will
It seems that governments in the United States are having difficulties meeting the needs of the people with the current resources allotted to them. Government has the task of disturbing revenues to programs that act in the public interest. At times, programs, such as education, are underfunded. Schools then confronted with the challenge of funding beneficial with insufficient revenue and finding alternative methods of funding. More often, we are seeing schools asking students to bare the financial burden in order to participate.
Modern public education is thought as a device used to gauge the intellects of students solely by their potential and their drive for education fairly and evenly, along with sparking interest in the student to create a lifelong bond with their future career. The public education system is gravely flawed in America and has fallen behind in comparison to other countries. The education system in America provides a disadvantaged education for poorer schools, and an outstanding unemployment of college students after. The American education system: highschool and college, has become increasingly difficult and albeit impossible to acquire a stable financial flow and secured success from high school and an undergraduate degree alone. Public schooling
As opposed to much of the past, most jobs today require at least a small amount of higher education, and the work field is increasingly competitive. This need for further education allows colleges to raise tuition costs, as most people have no choice but to pay the fees to have a career. Colleges are also spending more money trying to compete in rankings. Despite all this spending, the article states that “America has only the 15th-largest proportion of young people with a university
Although on paper our schools seem to meet the needs of everyone, the U.S. school is nowhere near perfect, and reforms and actions need to continue to be implemented.
A decline in literacy, an inability to recruit qualified college graduates for teaching positions, unequal access to educational resources, stagnant compensation for teachers, and many more issues all play a part in the decline of public education (Edsall 1). However, one of the biggest and worsening problems within the education system is the sharp decline of qualified people to fill teaching positions. Researchers have found that there are at least 36,000 vacant teaching positions and at least 163,000 teaching positions that are being filled by underqualified teachers (Edsall 2). Schools are continuing to adopt harder academic standards, and the teachers are left scrambling to try and make their own curriculum with little to no helpful resources on hand (Will 1). One of the biggest reasons why there are fewer and fewer teachers in the education field is the lack of adequate pay for their important jobs and responsibilities (Toch 2).
In 1980’s some Massachusetts business leaders became convinced that the state's education systems needed an overhaul. These business leaders have evidence to believe that their school lack of clear goals, performance targets and metric systems to measure progress. In addition to lacking accountability, there was no clear resource development system. This business owner recognized that the uneven performance of schools and high failure rates in some areas with have a negative impact on the economy as a whole. The business community worries about having the skilled, knowledgeable workers they needed for a successful 21st-century enterprise.
In recent years, the United States has fallen behind in their education. In 2014, Finland had one of the top five educational systems in the world while the United States was only considered as “average” (Lepi). Research proves that in Finland, the gap is the smallest in the world between the top students and the bottom students (Dalporto). The United States has large gaps between top and bottom students (Achievement Gap). The significant difference between the educational results of these two countries show that the United States needs to change the way their school system operates similar to the one in Finland.
Introduction The cost of college tuition in the United States has been skyrocketing for decades, making higher education unaffordable for many families across the country. This issue not only affects the immediate financial stability of students and their families, but also has far-reaching consequences for the economy and the government. With more and more people struggling to afford college, we are seeing a decline in the number of students enrolling in higher education and a decrease in the number of skilled workers entering the job market. As such, it is essential that we find solutions to make higher education more accessible and affordable for everyone.
Over the past three decades, average tuition and fees at a public four-year educational institutions have increased by a staggering 231 percent meanwhile the average family income grew only 16 percent. This makes it difficult for families to offer support for post secondary education, thus making students rely on financial aid. ED provides support through Title IV programs, in the form of loans and grants. The 2015 fiscal year budget concentrates on financial aid for students in postsecondary education, special education as well as high-poverty schools while raising the budget 2% to the previous year. Unfortunately this still causes a threat to the industry if tuitions continue to rise.
For example, “the wealthiest 10 percent of U.S. school districts spend nearly 10 times more than the poorest 10 percent, and spending ratios of 3 to 1 are common within states” (Darling-Hammond). In wealthier, suburban areas, most students have the resources available to benefit their educational needs, including; projectors, computers, and calculators. In contrast, “at MacKenzie High School in Detroit, word processing courses are taught without word processors because the school cannot afford them” (Darling-Hammond). For students coming out of lower income communities, it is more difficult for them to attend college, or excel because of the lack of academic preparation. Now not only are many Americans not getting a good education, but as a
The education policy in the United States
The education system fails to prepare students for the real world because of the lack of real world skills being taught in the classroom, and the sense of pointlessness in the class. The lack of real world skills such as learning how to pay taxes, write resumes, and proper money management are the main reasons why people claim the education system is failing. A non-drastic approach to this situation would be the replacement of elective classes with classes teaching these desired skills. Real world skills are lacking in schools; which is why the student community is complaining about the lack of preparation. Graduates against the current education model argue that despite their good grades and behavior, they do not know how to perform important
Educational reform became a priority and national education goals were established. The reform increased accountability and the manner in which students and education authorities were assessed. Recent shifts in educational accountability has forced state and local education authorities to reform the instruction, assessment and perspective in which we educate all students in order to ensure students are prepared for college or career. This accountability would also remedy the poor economic and education standing of the United States of recent years and allow students to out-compete any worker in the world as outlined in President Obama’s Race to the Top initiative.
