Education:
1. With the highly changing demographics of the American public school system, is it fair to expect the education of multilingual districts, to face the expenses that require highly qualified bilingual teachers? What if your community has several minorities groups, with uniquely different languages? Would each classroom be required to maintain 3 or more professional educators, to fulfill the language barriers that exist? Most communities say yes! For thousands of years, bilingual education has been proficient within numerous countries. With modern day innovation and technology, it is easier than ever, to maintain the skills and ability to work within the bilingual educational system. Multicultural education is known to promote diversity, …show more content…
Should public education provide free meals for students? Some schools provide all students with free lunch and breakfast, as for many, this is the only meals they will have on a daily basis. Other districts offer reduced or free meals for low income (qualified) students. Child hunger is a nationwide issue, which is becoming more and more familiar across America. Many feel that it is the schools responsibility to make sure the needs of the child are met, if the parents are unable to afford breakfast or lunch. Other believe that there is nothing free about a “free lunch”. Should we the tax payers be responsible to pay additional expenses (higher taxes), because other do not provide for their children?
3. Currently 14 percent of all American school are overcrowded and classroom size is well above capacity. With teachers expected to “leave no child behind”, how is he/she supposed to function effectively with 30+ students in a classroom? Statistics have proven that there are both long and short-term benefits of smaller classroom sizes. However, when budgets get cut, economic downturns produce less taxes, and the American population continue to increase, how can society expect our teachers to perform equal to their counterparts, in other industrialized
1. With the highly changing demographics of the American public school system, is it fair to expect the education of multilingual districts, to face the expenses that require highly qualified bilingual teachers? What if your community has several minorities groups, with uniquely different languages? Would each classroom be required to maintain 3 or more professional educators, to fulfill the language barriers that exist? Most communities say yes! For thousands of years, bilingual education has been proficient within numerous countries. With modern day innovation and technology, it is easier than ever, to maintain the skills and ability to work within the bilingual educational system. Multicultural education is known to promote diversity, …show more content…
Should public education provide free meals for students? Some schools provide all students with free lunch and breakfast, as for many, this is the only meals they will have on a daily basis. Other districts offer reduced or free meals for low income (qualified) students. Child hunger is a nationwide issue, which is becoming more and more familiar across America. Many feel that it is the schools responsibility to make sure the needs of the child are met, if the parents are unable to afford breakfast or lunch. Other believe that there is nothing free about a “free lunch”. Should we the tax payers be responsible to pay additional expenses (higher taxes), because other do not provide for their children?
3. Currently 14 percent of all American school are overcrowded and classroom size is well above capacity. With teachers expected to “leave no child behind”, how is he/she supposed to function effectively with 30+ students in a classroom? Statistics have proven that there are both long and short-term benefits of smaller classroom sizes. However, when budgets get cut, economic downturns produce less taxes, and the American population continue to increase, how can society expect our teachers to perform equal to their counterparts, in other industrialized