Monday, September 14, 2015
"The Educational Apartheid in our Schools" -Avery Yoss
Jeff Yang (the author of the article) discusses how he is upset that in public schools, a lot of the funding has to come from the parents. The parents are the ones who raise money for the school, and purchase the classroom supplies, and volunteer to help. Yang talks about how this isn't fair to the families that have two working parents with long hours and single parents who don't have time to help. He says that it always happens to be that the kids that need the most help get the least amount. Yang says "the return to school is a harsh reminder of our society's wildly misplaced priorities." This is happening in public school districts all over, but not every school district is lucky enough to have parents who have time to donate and volunteer.
I agree with this article. Something should be done about the fundings for education in public school districts. Parents shouldn't have to stress about being able to pay for so many things for their kids supplies and things. It is public school after all. It is sad that kids in public school districts may not be getting the education they need because of money problems.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/07/opinions/yang-education-funding-shortfalls/index.html
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I completely agree with you. Something needs to be done in public schools across the country so that children from low-income families can have the same opportunities as children from wealthier families. Knowledge doesn't discriminate. Poor children can have the cure for cancer or type 1 diabetes, or the intelligence necessary to build a time machine, but how would they ever be able to pull this knowledge out of their brains if public education is so expensive?
ReplyDeleteI agree with you and the article. Schools need these supplies and parents from privileged families should assist those who need it. Donating money, or even volunteering in work helps every little bit.
ReplyDeleteI think maybe this is the reason our school got rid of the policy where you get extra credit for bringing supplies because maybe someone who's family is struggling to even pay for guild fees (and in music they are always trying to get more money out of us) and registration fees would definitely not have the money to basically pay for extra credit. I know some kids whose jobs aren't even for them to have money, it's to help their families.
ReplyDeletei agree that instead of assuming things the school should look at the main idea. the main idea is to make sure that the student is begin educated in the best way possible. everyone's life is different and sometimes it seems like the schools today are mostly oriented for the privileged families. low-income families need to be taken care of as much as high-income families.
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