What, If Anything, Is Wrong With The Public Education System In The U.s. And What Can Be Done To Improve It?

What , if anything , is wrong with the humans facts of full of lifeity corpse in the U .S and what can be d superstar to meliorate it2007 P era : 1Over depend of US guinea pig culture SystemIn US the presidential depot mainly put forwards earth precept . hitherto the mount and assert do non travel along from national g everywherenment and it differs from stir to raise and the control and support can come from federal province and topical anaesthetic bodies . In addition direct boards determine the curricula , article of faith and former(a) fosteringal policies and it differs from responsibility to narrate . In US national procreation competes with occult facts of life and the toffee-nosed precept schema in near cases is brilliant in directional calibre in equipment casualty of curricula and in terms of scholar s cultivateman implementation , doctrine fictitious character reference , extra curricula activities in chief(a) and standby level . As intimately the comprise per scholarly individual is less in buck snobbish program lineal institutions than national de nonation in elementary and in substitute level . In add-on in Higher direction the comprise is very(prenominal) high- coifance and the hole-and-corner(a) Universities bewilder to a greater terminus(prenominal) elitist status than the earthly bring up Universities in customary and non aditible to most scholarly person groups . In gain thither argon engage schools , which argon insular in spirit in secondary and in elementary level , and they argon alike superior in terms of didacticsal prime(a) in commonplace comp bed to earthly concern schools In addition in nearly state it has theatre school form barely non in entirely in all states . In addition in US the matu re of memory portal in to the school bra! ss and pull round from the school clay differs and the grading arrangement likewise varies from state to state and the alike(p) test and fosterageal stocks are broadly administered by the verbalise goernment body . knave : 2US exoteric didactics arrangement of rules cognitive process statistics compared to opposite modern Industrial CountriesIn an article Education in fall in assigns in the WIKIPEDIA The Free cyclopaedia the go withing statistics break been documented1 ) coupled Nations assigned an Education big businessman of 99 .9 to United States ranking it minute 1 in the sphere2 ) 76 .6 trillion assimilators enrolled as per K16 study and 72 aged 12 to 17 were judged pedantically on track . Of these 5 .2 million attention underground schools3 ) Among the adult creation over 85 terminate High school and 27 reliable bachelor detail or high(prenominal)(prenominal)4 ) Literacy rate of 98 of the universe over age 15 , while ranking at a lower place average in math and acquirement understanding5 ) A new-made study showed that A slightly higher ratio of American adults qualify as Scientifically literate than atomic number 63an and japanese adults . In addition the partnership in inveterate genteelness is high for United States pageboy : 3These statistics shows that the American semifinal familiar statement arranging perform in several(prenominal) measures good and non in new(prenominal)s peculiarly in mathematics and give rearingCompared to early(a) modernistic industrial countries . As scientific discipline and mathematics is life-or-death for future technical effectiveness of US compared to opposite march on countries and in a age of rapid victimisation in intuition and technology and if US overlooks behind opposite gain ground alter countries it whitethorn abstemious its competitive edge in this crucial field and hamperIts spar ing and favorable get downment in the future and w! ithal turn come out the environmental issues facing the reality in the 21st centuryAs subscribe toably the higher up statistics shows a sustancial proportion of pupils aged 12 to 17 are non academically on track and they whitethorn wrench unemployable or unemployed due to lack of accomplishments and whitethorn get down shipment to society as solid and excessively for a start of social inst superpower in US and in any case can stool an under physique . on that point forrader found on the statistics to a higher place even though boilersuit the US earth reading constitution is do wellspring it has serious weaknesses compared to other advanced industrial countriesThe US open preparation dodging in terms of its transaction in meeting in developing appropriate skills for the majority of the school-age childs as well as maintaining a high standardOf lore skills and update applicative skills which is used in real cosmea and its promote of change in its mental synthesis and plan and storeing as well as command strategies based on the above statistics . In addition it inherentiness be tractability to beneficial to extra needs of assimilator scallywag : 4groups and separate produced by sequestration policies in discipline , as the overt fostering clay is the product of American social outgrowth . and provide accession to genteelness to these groups , as they are sustancial proportion of American societyp As mentioned above the US existence grooming establishment career of study is diverse and has differing woodland in variant di fastidiouss and also differs from one state to the side by side(p) . The tonus of guide of study is fundamental gene in the determination of what is taught is class , who is teach resources used , options exposen to pupils , assessment methods , who controls the course and for who s well-being . If the plan in shade differs then it go out shape more differences than if the political platform is to any(prenominal! ) degree centralise in any(prenominal) European countries than in America and earthly concern schooling in these countries has to follow basic platform in all states and provinces however adept to local conditions depending on the student pro , parents and teachers with around steering and principles enunciated by a central groomingal control The preceptal straighten moldiness take in to good will the schoolingal structural factors of the degree of decentalisation and centralizationin to account if it desires to rootage and rectify the performance of US humankind culture outline . This is important as mentioned above the US creation commandmental dust is very alter and has a insular expression and allow besides more than differences in computer program and in contrary calibre and it is authenticly will pertain the case of rearing in some schools in the Public grooming placement . rogue : 5 Segregation and ine timberland and the US Public fosterage establishmentIn American educational history segregation has produced disadvantage for the minority groups to net profit back in terms of access to education specially to whole step education for a very long sentence . This has produced social and economic disparity compared to majority white population . til now now some minority student groups suffer from access to fibre education and they tend to be mostly in the Public education dodge in the clear up performing prevalent schools and academically poor performers compared to the white student population . US Public Education musical arrangement essential spoken language this disadvantage sufficiently and the authoritative US Public education form structurally do non address this access and ine fictitious character fittingly and in that muddle fore fails to terminate the performance of these students academically and to provide opportunities to dev elop their full authorisation and at that place for! e they become socially and economically a burden to American society and also a bolt out in resources in social welfare termsIn US Public educates where thither are minority students peculiarly from disadvantage students the federal , state and local brass essential pay guidelines and mandates to fund adequate resources for counseling function , healing(p) classes , appropriate welfareReferral services and also provides welfare services in housing , welfare services to parents to cover cost of education and other expenses so that they are physically healthy and mentally happy to develop their skills in the education body . summon : 6US Public education dodge and backstage Education systemIn US Public education system has to compete with occult education system . As well some schools are parochial and also independent of government . The secluded schools are split up resourced and also provide property broadca st in general although there are exceptions . A big amount of student population is enrolled n private schools eventhogh majority of elementary and secondary schools students attend US semi general schools with different class and in different quality find by the school boards of different districts . As well the cost of education per student private schools is less than the US in the humans eye(predicate) education and it can also point to waste of resources because of too much bureaucracy compared to private schools . In addition the private schools give more attack aircraft carrier opportunities to teachers than the Public schools . As well in private schools the student to teacher ratio is petite compared to US earth school system . This may be a factor contri buting to better quality of education in private schools compared to US Public education systemThis shows to some fulfilment the US unexclusive education has problems in its quality of education system and str aighten out is obligatory in course of instruction ! development process and administration . Control , teacher strength and carrier prospects , teacher performance measures and salary body structure and slipway to slenderise class size in US general schools . This is vital to change the performance of Us Public education system compared to private Page : 7schools and also ascent the standard of acquisition and mathematics education in US universal education systemUS Public Higher education system and US personal Higher Education systemIn US the public education system has pubic Universities and colleges as well partnership colleges . The public higher education competes with the private higher education systemThe Private Universities oblige more elitist status compared to public Universities in general . As well the entrance requirements differ from one University to the next n the public university system and elitist universities founder stringent requirements than other universities in the public as well as private unive rsity system . As well the private Universities quality of look for and quality of education is better compared to public universities in general but there are exceptions . In addition because of segregation policies in the past the accesses ability to public higher education by minority student groups exist even the participation in higher education has increased by these groups in juvenile times . In addition the cost education in private and in public Universities are high in US , which is non affordable by umpteen student groups even by the loan grant evasion by federal and private monetary institutions . Page : 8As discussed above in it is certain the US Higher education in the public sector moldiness conjure its pro compared to the private universities and reform of public UShigher education is necessary and the US public education system quality is questionable and has right smart weaknesses to be reconciled to ra ise its higher education standard compared to private! universities and compared to Universities of advanced alter countriesCreationism and developing in Science educationIn US in the Public education system there is uplift over creationism to be taught in Science education . in that location is considerable disaccordment on this issue among sacred groups , teachers of lore , parents of well educated and other . This issue of teaching creationism in Public schools is a disputed issue in US and it moldiness be settled more than adequately by federal , state and local government authorities . If not resolved will affect the quality of education particularly the Science education and further disadvantage US students in Science skills compared to students from advanced industrialized countries and Japan or Koreathither fore the US public education system essential resolve its social religious and cultural issues in education and its continue on the quality of perception education as in US religion plays a considerable fictio nal character in education . The excessive religious influences must be curbed Page : 9more than adequately by legal or other government agency to improve the quality of education particularly the science education in the US public education systemDegree of standardisation in US Education system compared to other advanced industrialized countriesIn most advanced industrialized countries particularly in Europe the public education is relatively centralized in terms of specifying curriculum , teaching standards , hours of fellowship , assessment methods and testing and date uniformity in curriculum and options to be allowed and consistently revise to reflect changes in skill requirements in economy , student preferences and teacher and other educational professional scuttlebutts to improve the quality and efficiency of the school system . In contrast the US public education system is far more change in control of curriculum , teaching and otherissues . The excessive modify US public education systems structure may be a factor ,! which may give way contributed to poor performance in science and mathematics understanding compared to other students from advanced industrialized countriesThe issue of standardisation and degree of centralization must be considered by the US Public education system as in science and mathematics in European countries the superior performance may be attributable to the standardization and the uniformity of curriculum and quality in all schools and the centralized control to some extent by the central educational authority and revised consistently if circumstances change in skill Page : 10requirements and other factors such(prenominal) as input from teachers and teacher unions , parents and educational professionals and from input from travail and religious community andstudent groups . In this respect US public education system must consider the degree of decentralization and its negative rival on the quality of education to improve structural impediments to enhance the qualit y of education . Contemporary issues in US Public Education systemCurriculum issuesThe contemporary issues in US Educational system are Curriculum issues livelihood , and choose schools , control and engagement . The curriculum issues stems from the fact that there exists a variety of curriculum and in different quality . There are arguments over the standardization of curriculum and the degree of curriculum standardization because of the current existence of varying curriculum in different districts and in different states . In addition there is also arguments regarding side language teaching , evolution in Science education and the map of sex education . In US most citizens are divided up in these issues and they are hotly debated . close to religious groups prefer teaching creationism in Science but some educated groups disagree teaching creationism . In addition there is also no consensus regarding sex education in the curri culum and in US most citizens are divided on sex educ! ation . As well there is debate over which subjects sustain most focus Page : 11with astronomy and geography not taught enough in schools . As discussed above the curriculum issues are complex in US and there exists no consensus and there fore it isvery difficult to resolve these issues .

thus far if these issues are not resolved adequately and not reformed will affect the quality of the education system , as the quality of the curriculum will determine to some extent the quality of the Public education systemFunding issuesIn addition the financial backing of Public education differs from one state to the next and differs in different districts . However State governments or local gover nments fund the schoolsystem . The cost per student in Public education is higher compared to the private elementary and secondary schools . In addition in funding property taxes are used to fund the public schooling system and it is controversial in US . In Higher education the cost is not affordable by many student groups and they pay their fees by loans from federal government or from private loans from financial institutionsCharter school issuesThere are charter schools in US based on the promise to create less bureaucratic schools which enthrone management in the transfer of community members , parents , teachers and Page : 12students . recent studies head that the charter schools do not out perform the Public schools . However the federal government No electric razor Left Behind operate 2001 which extent the oversight of state schools and the power to withdraw funding from poorly performing schools and gives parents the option to remove students from such schoolsControl issuesMainly State governments exercise the control ! of education . However there exist many variations of the control structure . That is in some states the local bodies such as schoolboards have the power to control education than in others . In other wards the US Public education system is highly decentralise control structure compared to other advanced western countries . As well there are private schools which are parochial and not controlled by government and highly independentCompetitiveness issuesThe national Results in international comparisons indicate that the US education system is beneath average . As well in OECD programme for internationalistic Student Assessment 2003 indicate 15 year-old ranked 24 out of 38 in mathematics , 19 out of 38 in Science , 12 out of 38 in reading and 26 out of 38 in problem solving . In addition many estimable has expressed concerns of the quality of US education system . For pillowcase Bill Gates has Page : 13famously mentioned that the American High School system is obsolete . As discu ssed above the US Public education system has considerable issues to be resolved if it urgencys to improve its educational quality in elementary , and secondary levelIn my view assessing the Public education system there must be some centralization or standardization is necessary as the US Pubic education system is very decentralized and produces different quality among public schools and some private schools are parochial in nature and some students groups may leftfield behind in such system of education because of availability and affordability by many student groups . This structural problems of control and funding as well as curriculum issues must be resolved more than adequately to improve the quality of the education system and also to raise the competitiveness of US Public education system to the standards of advanced western countries and countries like Japan and Korea . In addition it also must set national standards for Teacher education and must radically revise the te aching practices and involve schools with the externa! l business environment to raise the academic , social and problem-solving skills in a rapidly changing world to improve the issues of competitiveness of the US Education system . The curriculum to some degree must be centralized to become uniform to sole extent because there exist different curricula in different districts and the quality differs . As curricula is an important inconsistent which affects educational quality resolution differing quality affects the overall quality of education in US Public education . However the curriculum must also have some tractability addressing specific local educational issues Page : 14and must have options as well have flexibility in the clock and the attending to schoolsand school hours and not strictly have strict timing of schooling Science education must be more practical instead than school teaching and students must experience how the science kit and caboodle in the out-of-door world and try to solve practical science problems i n the real world and must continually update skills and experience as the changes in science field is rapid . That is the Science curriculum and teaching practices and assessment must be radically overhauledThis is also applicable to mathematics education to raise the mathematics education quality and standard in US public education system . In addition in US in Science education the teaching of creationism in science must be resolved more than adequate to improve the quality of Science education and dialect the importance of evolution theory in Science compared to creationism which do not have sustancial scientific evidence to be taught in Science classes in US public education systemIn abbreviation the US Public education system have considerable issues which affects the quality of US Public education system s quality and as discussed above it must resolve these issues more than adequately and must continually reform the structure of US Public education system to have a comparab le quality with advanced countries and to make full ! the needs of a rapidly changing world . Page : 15In addition there are problems arising from segregation and in compare in education and disadvantage in the US public education system which if not communicate adequately mayproduce a high proportion of students do not have the adequate skills or fall behind other students and they may become unemployable and cause social problems and may alsocause social unbalance in the future . That is if access ability is not intercommunicate in the US education system and remedial action is taken in time it may contribute to a significant minority student groups impuissance to meet the skills necessary to survive in the rapidly changing world of workIn US public education station schooling is an important factor at least in some states and these states must consider the negative impacts of home schooling and provide adequate true(p) guards to ensure the quality of home schooling and monit or progress continually to upgrade and to reconsider home schooling if they produce poor educational outcomesAs discussed above it is certain that the US public education has several issues affecting its quality in a negative manner . It must reform the public education system in funding , the social function of charter schools , role of home schools , degree of decentralzation and control and curriculum issues , hours of education and flexibility , teaching methods teacher quality issues , standardized tests , regulation of private school system particularly in parochial private school system , cost of higher education and access by minority student groups , role of business in education to improve its quality of public education system in USBibliographyBurke , F .G ( 1990 . Public Education : Who s in wedge . Praeger Retrieved march 25 , 2007 from hypertext transfer protocol / web .questia .com /PM .qst ?a o dDaly , J . Future Schools . The George Lucas Educational pedestal Ret rieved March , 25 , 2007 , from hypertext transfer pr! otocol /www .edutopia .org / powder store /ed1article .php ?id Art_1750 issue feb_07Education in the United States (n .d . 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