The United States education system is underfunded, unfocused and disproportional. Of course many are not surprised when they read it.

In suburbia, the school children enjoy amenities such as personal laptop and desktop computers, clean and safe environments and often higher proficiency scores. The inner city schools are riddled with gang violence, old and outdated buildings, dated and torn books. Though both systems look different, with one appearing and achieving higher standards, they both have the same problem, Funding!

Suburbia home owners have to constantly vote on meaningless tax increases to keep their schools viable. Better schools usually mean those homeowners are living in an area with high income tax. The inner city have low quantity and value homes with high taxes but no bang for their buck.

It is a travesty that in the new millennium the nation’s schools have to rely on tax revenue to assist in funding of their systems. The governmental assistances are optional but have been cut by the people in congress for many years. This kind of archaic funding system damages the school systems. A bold and revealing question should be asked, Why is the most powerful and lucrative country in the world still funding their schools this way? Don’t these public institutions hold the key to the future of America?

Recently, President Obama and the congress instituted a process designed to overhaul health care and provide care for millions of uninsured people in the country. Many proponents said that the overhaul was necessary to the economic future of the country. More than education? It would not be farfetched to say that if America’s student fails to be informed and educated in the new century, the country is lost.

Proposals to fund the schools may never go beyond occasional proposals that call for finding money available in certain committees or money found by slashing some other programs the country needs. No politician in his right mind would ever suggest a blank check for schools everywhere in America. That type of funding could bankrupt the country if its miss managed. Blank check funding means that there may be little effort in persuading schools to perform better. No one would ever suggest blank check funding for America’s children. Where would the country borrow all the money from? when would it stop?

Of course an Education Blank Check Act could be passed if we called it the Iraq and Afghanistan War bill. “Just a thought”.

 

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About the Author:
e.b. Smith began public writing through an community newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio called The Eastside News with a commentary called “From My Pew”. He published his first book in 2006 entitled, The Way Forward, Now That I Have Given My Life To Christ, a book dedicated to assisting new Christians how to navigate through their new found faith.
He is ghost writing for a few independent authors and is working on a creative work about his childhood experiences with his father. He is  also a singer and published songwriter with well over 10 published works. He is the Ceo and creator of The e.b. Smith Project, a media company that specializes in inspirational and motivating written works.
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