Autonomy In Public Schools

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In the United States today there is a significant number of kids who attend public schools, that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but the public schools face issues that have brought downfalls to the system. The public schooling system in the United States suffers from downfalls like outside impacts that can affect the student’s education. Like many public school students, they come from households that could be suffering from financial difficulties, the curriculum being taught could also be impacting the way students are learning and how effectively they’re learning. In addition to these downfalls, there is a lack of autonomy in todays educational system which is becoming an increasingly important in todays society. All of these downfalls can …show more content…

This gap in funding for the school in lower income communities, also can show a relationship to the amount of drop outs that are happening. “The second system of public education, which is based principally in poorer urban and rural areas, is indeed in crisis. Too many of the students in those schools are dropping out well before high school graduation” (Galston) This evidence helps supports the claim that students coming from poorer communities have a lower rate of academic success and could use additional funding to give the students a stronger educational foundation. The schools could be more effective in their teaching methods with the proper funding and resources needed to complete the task which would give students in lower income communities the same advantage as students from wealthier …show more content…

Each teacher has their own set of rules to follow regarding their school systems curriculum. This creates a unique culture for each classroom. This creates different experiences and new difficulties in each class and these problems don’t get solved if the teachers don’t break away from the system a little bit and prioritize student needs. To priority the students need to help them be successful, there needs to be collaboration between teachers that will help create an equal environment for each student in each and every class. To help support this claim, “The system doesn’t incent and support school employees to collaborate as a team in order to build a supportive culture around students’ needs” (Farris-Berg). Kim Farris-Berg brings this point up in her article to help address the problem that teachers aren’t collaborating enough to effectively and are clinging to tightly to the system and its curriculum for each student to become an independent person. In the public school system, there should be allowed more room for a collective culture that can help a student have autonomy so they can become the young adult they see themselves

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