Do Some Students Have An Advantage
I once visited a public school in Philadelphia. What I saw may alarm some and may sound normal to others. I walked down a dim hallway, which was lit by two lights in the ceiling, which had not yet burned out like the other three. The lockers that lined the hallway were missing doors and locks and many were tagged with graffiti. The classrooms were very small with up to forty desks that looked like they would fall apart if sat in (kind of like that old rocking chair all of our grandmothers have). There were forty-five to sometimes fifty-five students in most classes but like I said only around forty desks. The books the students were using were older editions that looked as though they had been published in the late eighties to early nineties and not everyone had a book either. Many students had to share. Supplies were also very limited. Teachers had no paper or pens to lend their students and teaching aids, like charts and overhead projectors were scarce. This to me was alarming. The school I came from in the Pocono’s, a very tourist driven area in Northeast Pennsylvania, had ample amounts of everything. Hallways were brightly lit, lockers all worked and had built in locks and graf
Think about it. If one goes to a poorer school district, that cannot provide the same educational materials as another district, it is harder for the teacher in the poorer district to effectively convey what he or she is teaching. Therefore students in the better funded district get a better understanding of the material, which will help them in the future at college, trade school, or in the work force. As I did more research on the topic, I discovered that information was slightly outdated. According to The Pennsylvania Coalition for Public Education, Schools today receive less money from the state government (“Where”). Over a twenty year period the amount of money the state gave has steadily declined from as stated around fifty percent to about thirty five percent (“Where”). This means that the local government must pick up most of the rest of the tab by primarily collecting property taxes (“Where”). I say most because the federal government helps slightly by funding only around six percent (Fisher). What Doty states is a very good point and I agree, but I do think the distribution of funds plays a larger role in the situation. True Philadelphia schools may have too many administrators, but one must ask themselves the question; are the salaries of these administrators enough to drain the schools of sufficient funds? I do not know this answer but it seems as though it would take more than that to create the type of problem some Philadelphia schools have.
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