Public education

In the documentary “ The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman American public education is failing the students and money isn't the problem. Public schools had spent a lot of money on education. Students test scores are low because there aren't many good teachers and they can’t be fired easily because powerful unions are protecting their job. This result in an increase of dropped outs because the school has failed them, but this wouldn't have happened if they were saved from horrible…

One of the most debated topics in the United States for over several decades is whether sex education should be taught in public schools. Sex education is instruction on issues describing human sexuality, including sexual reproduction, safe intercourse, birth control, reproductive rights, and sexual abstinence. Some people believe that abstinence is the only way sex education should be taught, and that teaching safe sex encourages sexual relations in adolescents. However, there are several other…

Free public education is provided in the United States for all school-age children. Federal funds for education are collected through taxation and are dispersed to the states. The individual states add to the federal funds, and then distribute the funds to the local districts, which, in turn, add local funds and disperse the funds to the local schools. The U.S. federal government spends on average $7,743 per student for education (Rossier Online, 2011), and the total average spent per student is…

Advancing public education is in effect the most productive way to support students and their success in an ever more competitive workplace, but also provides assistance to stabilize and develop the nation’s economy. The Title I education program guarantees that crucial federal education monies are allocated and used to support students with inadequate resources and makes available extra educational provisions for more than 1 million students with disabilities. Title I is intended to make…

Sex Education is a Contraceptive “According to the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an average of 40,000 to 80,000 new cases of HIV are reported each year in the U.S. It is estimated that half of all new infections are among people younger than 25” (quoted in Statistics). There have been many debates over this topic. When is the right time to talk about sex and would it make them more curious? Children are already curious about their bodies; the goal is to make sure they…

Over the last few decades, homeschooling has become a feasible alternative to public and private school education. The homeschool movement began in the early 1970’s and has shown to be effective for many students and parents. At the time, homeschooling was not embraced or accepted by society and public school systems, so homeschooling families were given strict requirements in order to be given academic credit. Fortunately, since homeschooling has gained acceptance, the requirements for…

ready to discuss sexual education and the thoughts of safe sex. The gym teacher circles abstinence while turning around to say, "Don't, have sex. You will get pregnant, and die." We just like to laugh during this part in the movie, but the scary thought is information like this taught in our schools is making teenagers clueless and frightened about sex. Sex education is now known as a controversial topic because of the involvement with politics and religion. However sex education in the United…

away. Sex education, most commonly referred to as “Sex – Ed” by many, has been a controversial issue over generations. AIDS, STDs, how to prevent teen pregnancy, and many more issues are covered in these beneficial classes offered by a small minority of schools over the United States. Sex education needs to be implemented more so into the grades of 6th to 12th, to raise awareness of various points discussed and provide enlightenment to underprivileged children unaware of sexual education in the…

Summary of Education Cripples Our Kids In How Public Education Cripples Our Kids, and Why retired teacher, John Taylor Gatto describes it’s the boredom that effects are students and concludes there are many reasons why we are all to blame for this cause. Boredom is the common condition of schoolteachers, and often blame the kids for being rude and not interested in anything but their grades that makes them feel trapped in a structure so rigid by school personnel its not imposed with the…

gender-based classification in education experienced a culture shift in how the Courts, as well as the states, should react to single-sex education. The authors reference three eras, (1) Before gender-neutral treatment in America, (2) When education (by design) discriminated against women’s ability to succeed outside the home. (3) When research began after the 21st century. Between 1870-1910, Those in opposition, protectionists argued the traditional view that sex- based education protects…