The United States has speculated that higher education is a way to gain upward mobility. People believe that upward mobility is as promising as it sounds because it allows people to move from one socioeconomic level on to the next. Upward mobility has become important in the recent years as it helps people attain better job opportunities and to help elevate the playing field between the different socioeconomic classes that are present in America today. Nonetheless, if people want to gain the American Dream today they must have a quality education from a public school that may not even provide them with the necessary tools of success. In “Fair is Fair” and “What Ever Happened to Upward Mobility”, the authors’ argue that there are forces holding
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These advocates believe that the privatization of public education is important because they see it as a way to teach students occupational skills such as leadership, teamwork, and critical thinking while they are attending school. Moreover, the traditional way of education no longer helps as “students do not actually develop new skills as they move through college, but rather use a college degree to signal their innate ability to the labor market” (Oreopoulos and Petronijevic 53). Oreopoulos and Petronijevic both argue that going to college does not necessarily guarantee newer skills as students are more focused on their grades than developing new skills to compete in the job market. Focusing on harnessing students’ job skills is important because they have a higher chance of being hired by corporations as they are more prepared to deal with the continuous changes that the job market experiences. The fact remains true that students are not gaining the necessary skills to prepare them with future jobs today; however, it is wrong to privatize education as it opens up a pathway for corporations to utilize public schools as a way to earn more …show more content…
The public educational system began in the United States because it was seen as a way to help close the gap between the rich and the poor. Closing the gap between these two factions have become important for many people who are in the low and middle class because that way our country can build a community where everyone has a fair chance to gain income equality and the opportunity to receive quality education. However, privatization is disservice for some students who want to become successful as they are more focused on helping students who have a higher chance to succeed in the American economy. In Beilke and Morrison’s article, they state that within the “[public education] infrastructure of testing, tracking, and ability grouping- and its reliance on local (district) control- it guarantees that “the goods” will be kept in the “right” hands” (212). Putting students into two categories is unfair as it creates a boundary between students who do not do well in school and students who are doing fairly well in school. Students should not be segregated on the basis of their educational level. In its place, students of different educational levels should be placed together in one classroom so that students who do have a hard time in school can get the assistance they need to succeed in the American
These advocates believe that the privatization of public education is important because they see it as a way to teach students occupational skills such as leadership, teamwork, and critical thinking while they are attending school. Moreover, the traditional way of education no longer helps as “students do not actually develop new skills as they move through college, but rather use a college degree to signal their innate ability to the labor market” (Oreopoulos and Petronijevic 53). Oreopoulos and Petronijevic both argue that going to college does not necessarily guarantee newer skills as students are more focused on their grades than developing new skills to compete in the job market. Focusing on harnessing students’ job skills is important because they have a higher chance of being hired by corporations as they are more prepared to deal with the continuous changes that the job market experiences. The fact remains true that students are not gaining the necessary skills to prepare them with future jobs today; however, it is wrong to privatize education as it opens up a pathway for corporations to utilize public schools as a way to earn more …show more content…
The public educational system began in the United States because it was seen as a way to help close the gap between the rich and the poor. Closing the gap between these two factions have become important for many people who are in the low and middle class because that way our country can build a community where everyone has a fair chance to gain income equality and the opportunity to receive quality education. However, privatization is disservice for some students who want to become successful as they are more focused on helping students who have a higher chance to succeed in the American economy. In Beilke and Morrison’s article, they state that within the “[public education] infrastructure of testing, tracking, and ability grouping- and its reliance on local (district) control- it guarantees that “the goods” will be kept in the “right” hands” (212). Putting students into two categories is unfair as it creates a boundary between students who do not do well in school and students who are doing fairly well in school. Students should not be segregated on the basis of their educational level. In its place, students of different educational levels should be placed together in one classroom so that students who do have a hard time in school can get the assistance they need to succeed in the American