Education In US Public Schools

The United States of America is frequently labeled as a melting pot because it has a large amount of diversity, and proof of this statement can be easily found in schools all over the United States. Nowadays, in the average American classroom, students belonging to different cultures, races, and economic backgrounds are interacting together as they seek the knowledge necessary to help them further understand the ways of the world. Though school is not just a place of learning it is also where many will learn how to socialize with their fellow peers. Nevertheless, many institutions of education are not without faults. There are those who make the argument that that schools are failing their students by not including lessons plans or activities …show more content…
Public schools are usually underfunded and its students learn to just repeat whatever is in their textbooks without think critically of what they are being taught. A lot people rely on public schools as their main source for education especially people are marginalized in America. If these is kind of education the majority of Americas received it is not surprising that many to not see what is wrong with living in a country that tries to present itself as being the model for democracy when its citizen are living in a country with subpar healthcare, high illiteracy rates, and an unusually high child poverty rate for a first world country. Initially, one would not think that these problems would have any relation to public education, however, if America truly wants to move forward and become a more improved democracy it first needs to have citizens who are fully educated on the social issues effecting the United States and not judge these issues in a way that is ahistorical (Giroux 29-32). America could be a country where a majority of its citizens take an active part in government by being able to vote with the full knowledge on what kind of leader could provide every citizen with a better way of life. Creating these types citizens can be easily done by giving instead of taking away the funds public schools need. A school with more money …show more content…
The ideal teaching method would focus on what interests the student and what skills the pupil already possess to help nurture their natural abilities. “…the true center of correlation on the school subjects is not science, nor literature, nor history, nor geography, but the child’s own social activities” (Giroux 104). In addition, this type of schooling would allow adjustments to the student’s education based on their background to insure the student’s comfortability. Eliminating any chance for any invalidation to take place. Though this ideal teaching method would not be able to function without a school willingly to assist in any way possible. The kind of school that would allow this teaching method would need to be fully funded in order to help each individual student achieve their full potential. Furthermore, the school would also have to be flexible and able to provide whatever services the student might need. This would mean that some of the activities the student did at home would have to be continued at the school. Helping students with the process of transitioning from learning solely at home to learning in an environment with others would be a top priority. This goal of learning in this environment is to allow the student to not only gain knowledge but personal growth as a human