Educational Crisis Do You Feel Essay

Private schools are just as vulnerable to the issues that public schools are facing today.

Each one of us carries a responsibility for trying to improve the situation. Parents and familial groups have a huge responsibility to augment educational strategies. In the environment where most school systems employ strategies to make students part of the masses, without individual attention or nurturing, it is important for the family to step up and educate children about independence and autonomy. According to the research, "schools train children to be employees and consumers; teach your own to be leaders and adventurers. Schools train children to obey reflexively; teach your own to think critically and independently" (Gatto 155). Encouraging them to engage in learning material that goes beyond the simple curriculum offered at most public schools. Education should not be purely the responsibility of the institutions overwhelmed with responsibility, but should be extended to include more individualistic elements that stem from within the familial unit. Teachers also carry a heavy responsibility. They need to embed more energy into their teaching strategies. Low energy is a common problem across America's educational institutions and "boredom is the common condition of school teachers" (Gatto 148). Teachers need to bring more energy and stop putting blame for inefficiencies on the institutions and policies to make the energy uplifted and inspiring within the context of their individual classrooms. This will undoubtedly feed into the lesson plans, making them more exciting and engaging for the students, who are struggling with boredom themselves. American society and government also has a major role to play in improving education in this country. Together, they must preserve what little resources are left for education, but also they must call for viable reform that will help improve the situation for millions of students across the country. A lot of this includes investing in aspects of our infrastructure outside of schools, including libraries, museums, and other non-traditional educational locations that help expand and augment the schooling kids face everyday in our tired institutions (Moore 137). This also includes making sure that attention is given to students with special needs, like behavioral issues, disabilities, or ESL learners. These students need special attention in curriculum drafting and ensuring there is funding to provide for special education funding. From an individual standpoint, voting for particular measures to ensure such funding is essential. From a government and societal standpoint, it is crucial that these students receive enough exposure and attention to show how important protecting funding for them is.

Many people believe that corporations should not be allowed to invest into education. Essentially, involving corporations into the education system then corporatizes the style of education in the United States today, which encourages school policies to benefit corporations, rather than providing the unique and individualistic style of education that is most beneficial to students in need (Gatto 154). This also creates education as a source of revenue, rather than what it is meant to be. Yet, corporate involvement can extend educational resources far beyond what schools can provide. They can help provide funding for scholarships and invest into programs that are not as restricted as typical educational strategies at schools (Moore 140). In this regard, corporate and private investments can help to improve the educational environment, as long as they are carefully regulated and watched in order to prevent being overwhelmed by special interests.

Works Cited

Gatto, John Taylor. "Against School." Learning Power.

Moore, Michael. "Idiot Nation." Learning…