i want to know why lots of school are not taking their students to fieldtrips?

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Answer 1

Because most are a P.I.T.A. (you can fill in the letters) for little educational value - more just something fun to do that is linked to the curriculum, but if often provide little real benefit.

Gas prices, admission costs, liability, as well money needed to fund NCLB mandates and time away from instruction, etc. are all huge factors. There are also increased policies designed to ensure student safety (a la post 9/11). Then there is dealing with lack of volunteer parent chaperones b/c parents work or are just not involved. Then those that do often exert little or no control over kids. Never mind the hours to plan and coordinate, the medicine that has to be administered. Shall I go on.....

If it was a great experience for the kids, teachers would, and often do, find ways to make it happen. (as a side: I taught in an affluent area where money really wasn't an issue, we only went on one field trip).

But it isn't worth trying to overcome these obstacles for what is often little educational value. A lot of schools are instead using resources to bring progams into the school.

Field Trips for the sake of field trips are a thing of the past.

And that is why!

Answer 2

Liability is a huge one. In unstructured areas such as museums and outdoors, it's statistically more likely that something will happen to one of the students. Angry parent sues, and bye bye budget. There's also the security factor. After 9/11, my school cancelled all field trips. If there is a risk of something happening like 9/11, schools are going to look askance on the field trip.

Money is also a big factor. If the school budget doesn't have room for school buses for the trip, as well as the admission prices, etc. they're going to not be able to go to them.

Also, a lot of schools dislike "joyride field trips" which are also known as those trips to the amusement park at the end of the year and suchlike. If there isn't an educational value to the trip, they're less likely to be approved. Even if there is an educational value, school boards factor in the loss of time in learning other subjects. If the school needs good grades for accreditation, they might not consider field trips because the missed time wouldn't be worth the educational value.

Answer 3

Money.

In the 'old days', students paid a nominal fee to go on a fieldtrip (to pay for the bus driver) as well as the entrance fee, if there was one. The fee for students who came from poor families was paid by the school. Then, someone carried on that it wasn't fair that these poor students were singled out. So, the schools then said that unless they could send all the students at no cost, nobody could go. As budgets tightened, field trips were the first thing to go. So, now nobody can go.

In addition, most rules require that there be so many chaperones per number of students. That would mean a parent or two also needed to go. By high school, there just aren't any parents left that aren't working full-time. While some parents COULD take time off to chaperone a field trip, they generally only go when their child is going as well. So, again, you are stuck, especially if you are in a poorer district.

I totally understand. I went on many, many field trips. My school fashioned itself on the surrounding private schools and felt that these enrichment opportunities were very good for their schools because over half the district came from very poor, immigrant families. These kids would never have seen a play or been to the science museum otherwise. My younger sibs missed out on that because my family moved as soon as I graduated from high school. Individually, they went to all these places, but many in their classes never had the opportunity.

Answer 4

It's not just the money. Much of the problem is that testing is becoming so important that the teachers spend so much time teaching to the tests, so there's little time left over for field trips. It's a pity, too, because field trips allow students to see that the classroom isn't the only place where learning can take place, and many students get inspired by their field trip experiences and become better students as a result!

Answer 5

It's a lot of money. There's the price of the buses, gas, admittance to wherever they're going, etc. When I was in eighth grade I went on a field trip, that was the first time since fifth grade. Sometimes it depends on the behavior of the students. If they know that the children will misbehave and get them kicked out there's no point in going. Schools also tend to make the field trips go along with what the students are learning.

Answer 6

More often than not, teachers cannot afford to take a day out of school and afford missing material that is important for standardized testing. In addition students have become irresponsible and have often abused privileges in the past. When I was in school the thought of smuggling alcohol onto a school sponsored trip never entered my mind however now students think " wow won't it be cool to get wasted" Its the matter of like someone else said " its a privilege not a right"

Answer 7

Bottom line is money. You need to hire the bus driver, get the chaparones, the gas, the insurance, plus lots of places today charge big money for admission. Used to be that going on a field trip was simple and fun, now there's all kinds of considerations, thanks to the lawyers for one, the unions for another, and the educational bureaucrats last, but not the least.

Answer 8

Schools need insurance for fieldtrips. This gets very expensive (the younger the kids, the more schools have to pay), especially since even if the parents sign a waiver, they can still come back and sue if their kid is hurt.

Answer 9

It's called a budget, and field trips are not deemed as important as textbooks. Sorry, if something has to go, then sadly this is a good choice.

I think parents can supplement what their children learn in school by taking them to museums and places of interest themselves. I think parents should stop thinking our public school system is responsible for their children's education. Education starts at home, and as parents, we should be doing everything in our power to teach our children.

Answer 10

some schools think that the kids will learn more if they spend their times in school learning than going out on a fieldtrip.

or they might think, its not that important. i'm in high school, 10th grade right now, and there's still no trip. the last trip i had was in 7th grade.

or it could be the gas and money.