US News and World Report wrote an article about the recent boon of funding for the nation’s public schools, the total amount of money being set aside for schools amounts to one sixth of eight hundred billion dollars. There are many programs being put in place to encourage early childhood education and increased enrollment in pre, elementary, and secondary public schools. It should be noted that republicans are increasingly opposed to the prospect of spending too much on education and that they think that there should be more focus on job creation so that Americans can be more focused on the necessities of the present time like groceries and rent instead of focusing too much on investing in children’s education. Many republicans do not believe that education will solve all of our problems of the future.
While I am excited to hear the news of increased spending on education, I am disappointed that there still has been no wide reform to the nation’s public school’s curriculum. In my observations of current public schools, I have noticed that the curriculum of schools seems to be the same across the board, that there are no specialized programs to help hone the skills and knowledge of students who show talent in specific areas of study. I think that in order for us to compete better in a global market of the future we must at least attempt to create curriculums for student who show skills in certain subjects, say for example that if early on in a child’s life we notice that there are students who show a talent for mathematics and sciences, then we should develop a specific program to hone their skills in those subjects instead of reverting back to our one size fits all curriculum.
Link of said article-> http://www.usnews.com/blogs/on-education/2009/1/29/educations-slice-of-the-stimulus-pie.html
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