Texas Education System Case Study

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Texas is best known for its individualistic subculture, but that individualism has led to a downfall in the educational system affecting all students in Texas. There are many reasons as to why this problem is still being currently seen, and one of the biggest reasons is inadequate funding. Although, inadequate funding is one of the biggest problems, gaps in the educational system will not be solved simply by providing more funding, instead a new system must be created. This new system should be one that speaks to more students, provides quality education by having better teachers and most importantly, students should have a closer one on one with teachers instead of being overcrowded in classrooms.

I. Problem section A. Texas ranks one of …show more content…

Each year more jobs are created that require an increase in writing, reading, and math skills. With less people being able to master those skills due to the current educational system, and with an increase in population, all Texans will be affected by this in some shape or form. It will further lead to a decline in competiveness and even the quality of life for all Texans will decline. Not only will it hurt Texans, but it will drag the whole nation down. Without an education less people are involved in important matters that can truly change the way things are done. Texas year after year elects politicians that speak in favor of only a few and not the majority; this leads to further division within the state and more problems for the majority of Texans. Those problems all come back down to education, because when the majority of Texans are uneducated they are less informed about important topics such as politics. It is estimated that without significant changes to the educational system, poverty will worsen in the state leading to higher tax rates and even more problems to Texans and the …show more content…

A new system that is equal for everyone
1. The current educational system of Texas faces many problems and many of them continue to go unresolved due to the way Texas runs. That is why a new system that is equal for everyone is needed.
2. As mentioned before, providing adequate funding would help with some of the current issues but it would not solve everything. Laws need to be changed and the way Texas runs need to be changed for the better. The solution to this problem has many underlying issues that it will be impossible to fix them over the next few years. Regardless of that fact little by little, the education of Texas can be improved in many ways. More involvement with every student and more teachers that actually care are also other ways in which the education of Texas can be improved.
3. Regardless of socioeconomic status it is assured that there will be objection to the improvement of education in Texas by a majority, the reason for that being that an increase in taxes is commonly thought of when trying to find a way to provide funding to a system. Many people are also unaware and believe that there are no problems with the current educational system in

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