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Education in the United States
David A. Keith
SOC3! "u#$ic "o$ic% & Socia$ Se'vices
Inst'ucto' (a'% Ann )itt
*une 1+ !1,
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Education in the United States
Education is one 'ight that is o-en and 'ee to eve'%one+ no
/atte' 0hat thei' age o'
gende' /ight #e+ and it -'ovides each -e'son the no0$edge the%
need to succeed in this 0o'$d
and is the e% to success to each ie$d+ activit%+ o' o--o'tunit%
that $eads to that -e'son having
good se$ suicienc% 0ithin the/se$ves. United States
constitutions is no gua'antee to each
-e'son giving 'ights in accessing thei' education+ and th'ough
a/end/ents 0ithin this
constitution gives to having a st'aight a--'oach to education
-u#$ic$%. 2ede'a$ gove'n/ents do
not have an% -o0e' ove' education 0ithin each state+ #ut the% do
give citiens -'otected 'ights
against disc'i/inations that has to do 0ith education and und
th'ough ce'tain educationa$
-'og'a/s. Acco'ding to ou' te4t+ th'ough %ea's -ast the'e have
#een -o$icies that 'eo'/
education to /aing -u#$ic education o-en+ 'easona#$e+
0e$$5o'ganied+ and no0$edgea#$%
ad/iniste'ed to a$$ -eo-$e that is in o#se'vance to gove'n/ent
-o$icies and -'inci-$es
6Theodou$ou & Koinis+ !17.
Even th'ough eve'% -e'son have 'ights to accessing o'/s o
education+ unding
education sti$$ va'% 0ithin die'ent states. I thin a#out -eo-$e
sti$$ #eing a#$e to access o'/s o
education in 'eceiving th'ough eve'% student not #eing a#$e to
access #ecause o $ac o unds.
The US a$$s sho't o -'o-e' education 0hich causes decision5/ae's
to 'eo'/ educationa$
-'og'a/s #% g'eate' /eans. 8In a !!9 co/-a'ison o acade/ic
-e'o'/ance o 3 nations+ U.S.
students -e'o'/ed at /idd$e 'ange; 6Theodou$ou & Koinis+
!17.This 0i$$ tae aect on
-eo-$e o a$$ ages that 0i$$ eventua$$% ina$ie 0ith -ositive
aects to the educationa$ s%ste/ to
the United States. Since eve'%#od% has 'ights to ho0 the% decide
0hat 'oute the% 0ou$d $ie to
tae in 'ega'ds to education+ 0hethe' acade/ic o' vocationa$+
these accesses to0a'ds the 'ight
o'/s o education a'e a$0a%s avai$a#$e.
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The'e shou$d #e avai$a#$e a$$ students a huge se$ection to
choose 'o/ vocationa$ to
acade/ic choices< giving the/ a 0ide choice o o-tions to
choose 'o/ and giving the/ the
choice in deciding 0hethe' the% 0ish to attend schoo$ o' #ehave
in a c$ass'oo/ setting. I thin
die'ent states shou$d tae 'es-onsi#i$it% o' -'ovisions o
education+ and the o'iginato's to 0hat
ou' nation ee$s 'e$uctant in g'anting -o0e' to0a'ds ede'a$
gove'n/ent in su--o'ting e0
educationa$ needs th'ough unding shou$d on$% get st'onge'. )e
ca$$ o' st'onge' $eade'shi- to
tae cont'o$ o education 0hich is to- o the $ist+ and 0e ca$$ o'
continuing a$$o0ing $oca$
$eade'shi- in dete'/ining these educationa$ cou'ses needed.
The'e a'e neve' enough 'easona#$e
unds o' schoo$ings on a $a'ge' sca$e 'o/ state to state in
gathe'ing unds o' schoo$s th'ough
asset ta4es. Education is /o'e o a co//odit% toda% #ecause o its
standa'ds #eing o highe'
$eve$s+ 0hich is a /ust o' continuing to i/-'ove the educationa$
s%ste/ though %ea's to co/e.
The Nationa$ Co//ission on E4ce$$ence in Education had -u#$ished
in 19=3 an a'tic$e
ca$$ed+ >A Nation at Ris+? as attention a'ise causing needs
o' i/-'ove/ent to the US education
s%ste/. The >No Chi$d @et ehind? 0as -u#$ished in !! and
e4-osed in the 'eca--ing o
A/e'ica?s educationa$ s%ste/ going o' i/-'ove/ent. The 'e-$% to
those -o$icies 0as to sta%
tuned to standa'diing testing and /ain su#Bect /atte's. To the
'eo'/ed education /eans #%
0hich decision5/aing co/es to uestions shou$d /ae othe's thin
and as the/se$ves i ou'
chi$d'en have access to schoo$ings. The c'eato's o these
-o$icies thin 0e$$ on ne0e' changes
'eaching students th'ough econo/ica$ and socia$ ineua$it%. So/e
'est'ictions co/e 0ith ce'tain
changes 0ithin die'ent a'eas 0ithin o'/a$ divisions 'e/aining
0ith on change that had /uch
to do 0ith #ette'ing the schoo$ s%ste/. In addition+ seve'a$
schoo$ings inc$ude students sue'ing
o'/ 'eo'/s ove' -'esent deicienc% 0ithin an educationa$ -ath0a%.
Acco'ding to ou' te4t+ 8this
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0eaness causes /an% decision5/ae's to $oo at an education 'eo'/
in the United States as a
0aste o 'esou'ces; 6Theodou$ou & Koinis+ !17.
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Ree'ence:
Theodou$ou+ S. . & Koinis+ C. 6!17. The policy game:
Understanding U.S. public policy
making.San Diego+ CA: 'idge-oint Education+ Inc.
