Chap 10 -Pol 211 (Fall 2019)


Chap 10
                                                             Education

       Education, especially public education fulfills many of the nations basic goals and has done so since the country’s founding. Education is one of the many services that people take for granted. For some students, it provides the knowledge and skills that enable them to continue their studies and college, however, receiving a quality education is a difficult task. Statistic suggest that United States students are not performing at the same level as their counterparts in other countries. Government took it upon itself to provide education for both moral and political reasons. Morally, education was seen as a way to help individuals and groups in the population understand the nation’s ideals and to give them a chance to better themselves. Politically, education not only informed people about the United States system of government but also imparted the nation’s political culture. There are certain problems facing education. Among them are funding for public schools, the separation of church and state, the quality of education, school vouchers and the merit of a host of proposals, such as teacher standards and testing requirements. Some of the requirements for a successful education program include healthy, well nourished  and motivated children, an environment that encourages learning and is welcoming, gender-sensitive, healthy and safe; adequate facilities and learning materials, participatory governance and management and respect for and engagement with local communities and cultures. However, with the rising cost of college education, the availability of scholarships and loans becomes more important than ever to students. The issue of cost to students is directly related to the decreasing support coming from the government for higher education, even though the states continue to subsidize state colleges and universities, they cover a smaller percentage of school/college separating budgets that they did in he past. State financing of public higher education continues to be stressed by other priorities and an interest to keep tax rates low. 

Reference:
 Kraft, M. E., & Furlong, S. R. (2010). Public policy: Politics, analysis, and alternatives, 6th ed. Washington, D.C: CQ.

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