Although schools in New York State are considered the best in the country to get an education in, there are still things that need to be reformed in these schools. Most students, at some point in their school career don't feel completely satisfied with their education quality and learning experience. In New York, particularly in my hometown high school in Jamestown, students feel that there are too many students in the classes, and not enough hands on work. I know from experience that classes can get extremely boring sometimes if I'm not kept occupied. When students find class boring they fall asleep, act disrupting, or skip the class. There are some reasons that could cause problems like this in the classroom. The high population density in some parts of New York State and undersupply of teachers causes the class sizes to be large. Lack of funding may contribute to lack of hands on experience and field trips for high school level schools and below. This may also cause schools and equipment to be in need of repair. The funding of schools depends, in part, on the value of the property around the school area. The higher the value of property, the more taxes paid by the owner of the property, thus more funding to nearby s
Although raising property taxes to drive out the poor would make nice rich schools for those financially well off, one must not forget that those poor, underprivileged people, are entitled to the same education as the wealthier. I think that to tackle this problem, more city and state funding should be allotted to fixing up these schools and getting them the things that they need. In the federal budget, I think that less money should be spent on building the military and weapons so that some of that money could go to teacher training and education programs that benefit financially disadvantaged people. One program would be the free or reduced lunch program at school. This program especially helped me during the 1992-93 school year, which I received a free lunch at school because my mother did not make very much money at her job. This helps families tremendously, who are having money problems, by saving them $200 or more per year on food.
More money would be given to public schools in a particular area if the property value increases. To increase the value of the property, poverty must be driven out. This is much easier said than done though. A town or city can't just kick out the people living in poverty. So some areas increase property taxes so that only people with a high wealth can live there. By doing this it will increase the amount of money coming i
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