Why Is Public Education Failing

Kofi Annan, the seventh Secretary-General of the United nations once said, “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” Kofi Annan has seen firsthand how an education can change the life of those who live from day to day in his countless hours of service in places such as Nigeria, East Timor, Lebanon and the African Union. And while his comments pertain to the people who he encountered while working in third world countries, his comments can be applied to America. The public school system was once the pride of our country, but now fails to prepare children for a life after school. The public school system is underfunded for the children without money, understaffed for the children who need special attention and under appreciated by families who need it most. Not only has it failed to educate children, thus not preparing them for their …show more content…
The worst injustice however, is that without an education these people will never even know that they were cheated out of a better life and they have a voice to change the system that is currently rigged against them. The public education system fails to provide an equal education because in the public education system not all students have the same resources. Resources including; properly funded schools, family involvement, and proper benchmarks to evaluate student readiness.
The current system that is designed to allocate money to America’s public schools is currently structured in such a way that schools truly need the money will not receive it from the government. In one study by the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association that investigated the impact on rural and urban taxpayers. In this article it states, “The state should be responsible for full funding of public education.” In their article the study of The Fleishmann Commission was discussed and examined. The Fleishmann Commission was created to study the current status of New