Why do so many public school systems suck nowadays??

Question

I remember when I went to school, we had art classes where we painted and colored with oil pastels, music classes where we learned to read music and clap out beats, and did science experiments. Now my daughter is in school, and suddenly the schools seem so awful, she has art OR music once a week! Where is all the funding going??

Answer 1

To put it bluntly, the public school system in this company has been monetarily screwed. Tax payers don't want to pay, which means schools can't pay for supplies, rennovations or decent supplies. Meanwhile, it costs a lof of money to be a teacher these days. I want to college to get my Secondary Ed degree (To teach High School English), but a year and a half and $21,000 worth of school later, I realized I couldn't afford to pay close to $100,000 to get my Masters (And you're never going to make any money teaching High School without one) in order to land a job that starts at around $25,000 at best. So many people blame the teachers for "being lazy," but really, look at the stress most of us put on our teachers in school. Thinking of that, how many of you would do that job, knowing the average waitress is bringing home more money than you? Teachers are pretty much the most underappreaciated and underpaid people in America.

Answer 2

nclb.

for about the past 25 years, the buzzword has been "accountability". politicians and taxpayers (evidently) want schools to be accountable for student achievement, but they're only concerned about reading and math. so, reading and math get increasingly difficult and standardized, while everything else goes down the toilet. they spend tons of money on the numerous tests your child will have to take over the course of her schooling, which are used to tell schools and students that they're failing. a lot of funding goes to the programs (title 1) that are dedicated to "improvement plans" for those failing schools. other funding goes to programs that teach math and reading in very conformist ways, and also to teaching teachers how to teach scripted curriculum and how to use test scores as "data" about their students' learning.

do us all a favor and write to your congressmen to express your concerns.

Answer 3

it's drying up. . the money is going to the teachers' unions and their pension funds. . and to settle lawsuits. .

Answer 4

the schools are what the kids who go to them make them.

Answer 5

they done care they this of us as a paycheck for the end of ther month

Answer 6

The point is, there is no funding.

Answer 7

your answer is as good as mine.,.. its like the teachers just dont care anymore :(

Answer 8

not sure