In Teaching Fellows class, the class had a discussion pertaining to what will happen after No Child Left Behind. One suggestion is converting public schools into private institutions. While there are a few benefits, the cons definately outweigh the pros.
While some private schools have scholarship programs, how will the rest of American children afford to go to private schools? Not everyone can recieve a scholarship or voucher, and mediocre students who are not the brightest and best in their grades still deserve the opputunity to have an education.
Not only that, but extremely poor children on free or reduced lunch, do not have money at home to afford food, and the only meals they get are the meals given by the school. Doing away with public funding for schools takes away all these benefits.
It is our job, as Americans, do make educated and informed citizens of our children in order for them to make America a better place to live in for years and years to come. If you take public education away, you take away many oppurtunitites for students that cannt afford private education. If America wants to survive, they have to take an active and important role in educating the masses.
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Yea I agree with that. Even if you were to ignore the financial impossibilities of everyone attending private school, the US would still never stop providing public schooling and education due to the obvious benefits of widely accessible education. While there are some short-falls of the US public education system, it does a pretty good job of teaching the vast majority of America.
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