Education is a worldwide issue that we have struggled with for many years. The academic achievement gap between poor, minority students and their wealthier white peers has been one of the most troubling and persistent policy problems in the United States throughout its history. It is very difficult for some people to obtain an education. In some countries people still don’t have the right to an education. The wealthier you are the easier it is to get a better education.
Schools are underfunded. Schools do not receive enough money from the government to give students a good education. Public schools do not receive enough funding which makes it hard to get a quality education from public schools. Teachers that are underpaid put less effort into classes because many tend to think that they don’t get paid enough to be going above and beyond for their students, or the school does not have the resources to better the education of their students.
Quality education is hard to find for a reasonable price. Private schools may offer a quality education but, only for those who can afford it and that group tends to be white students. Minorities that come from poor areas or families are not given the same opportunities as wealthy students. The high tuitions to get into a good school often result in predominantly white schools and for minorities the cycle of poverty due to the lack of education continues.
We need an education to be successful in life. Education plays a very big part in what someone can do with their life. The higher of an education you have the better job you can get. Nowadays a highschool diploma isn’t enough for some jobs. Without an education life is much harder, job opportunities are limited which means that people who are uneducated won’t get very well paying jobs which leads to the repetition of the cycle that keeps families poor.
We need to think about future generations. We must consider the fact that the world will be in the hands of our future generations some day. We need wise leaders, we must teach our youth all the skills they will need in life. Educating our youth does not only benefit them, but it benefits us as well, if our future generations are well educated it is more likely for them to run the world with ease which would be great for everyone including elders.
The lack of education could raise crime rates. More money is being spent to build prisons than to build universities, according to a recent analysis of state and federal budget priorities. Many people that are uneducated struggle to get jobs which oftentimes can make them resort to living a life of crime by selling drugs or stealing. If these people who commit crimes were educated and had the opportunity to succeed in a way that is legal crime rates would drop because they would be able to earn money in ways that do not harm our community.
Education used to be focused primarily on culture and training men to be priest. Priesthood training began at the temple college, which boys entered at the age of 17 the length of training depending upon the requirements for various priestly offices. In early egypt they would educate men to turn them into priest which already only allowed men to become educated.
In most countries religion was taught. Early education mostly revolved around teaching the youth about religion.Many countries taught in religious places such as mosques and many other places with religious atmospheres, to spread their religion and teach it to their youth. Schools were often for the wealthy. Schooling was often only for the wealthy because the poor could not afford to pay for someone to teach them. Before public schools were created schooling had to be paid for privately and was not just provided.
Some countries didn’t allow women to get and education. While the U.S. Constitution does not provide for a right to education, all 32 state constitutions contain explicit provisions regarding education. In some countries it is still difficult for women to become educated but in the past there were countries against educating women, many believed that women didn’t need to be educated and that they could be house wives while men supported them.
Many schools were segregated. Inequality in education is still a struggle we face today. Segregation in schools did not give students equal opportunity at success and minorities were already set back. Although schools aren’t segregated anymore many private schools are made affordable for wealthy which means mostly white kids can attend these schools to get an above average education.
Some people have taken action to try to fix this problem. The first wave of school finance litigation began in 1971, when the California supreme Court held that the state’s school finance system, which 17 resulted in significant disparities in funding between school districts, violated the equal protection guarantees of the united states and California 18 constitutions. Litigation is the process of taking legal action.
For fifty May seventeenths, ever since the Supreme Court handed down the Brown decision 50 years ago this month, people in Topeka and other cities across the country have told the legendary story of how Oliver L. Brown, a welder for the Santa Fe Railroad, took on the Topeka Board of Education simply because he wanted his daughter to attend a nearby school designated as White-only instead of being bused across town to an all-Black school. And when he didn’t get the remedy he sought there, he took his fight-according to tradition-all the way to the Supreme Court.
In the Brown v. the Board of education a battle was fought to get rid of segregation in schools. This new litigation approach is advisable because research increasingly shows that teachers are the most important variable in closing the achievement gap 13 between middle-class and poor students.
In conclusion, the education issue is that equal education is not given to everyone worldwide. We must fight for equal opportunities in life and advocate for education rights. Throughout history equality in education has been a major struggle worldwide. Although many people are taking action to fix this it remains an issue which means we need more people to fight this battle not just for ourselves but for our children as well.
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