The Pros And Cons Of Homeschooling And Homeschool

The AAP(American Academy of Pediatrics) states that recess is a crucial part of education. Recess is a step towards a better education. Everyone knows that being fit is great for physical health, but did you know it also contributes to your cognitive state? Several studies have shown that fitter children do better in school compared to their not as fit peers.

Many parents have always used rewards such as money as a way to incentivize their children to do well in school, but recently some schools have been making programs that pay students standard. Some people think that using cash as motivation for schooling is wrong and would only create more problems; however studies have shown that this is not the case for a vast majority of the situations tested. Students should earn money for exceptional grades because it would improve overall student work ethic/morale, decrease the amount of missing/late assignments, and increase the number of students who do well on standardized tests. Students should be paid for their hard work because it would make the majority of them both happier and more eager to do their assignments.  

We all know in this world not everything is fair. Some are less fortunate and need help, even some kids. So a reason we should pay kids is to help out the struggling children support themselves. 21% of children live in poverty almost 15 million, so if schools paid those kids to do good in school then they wouldn't have to worry about if they don't have enough food because the school would provide for them by paying them.

As technology increases, textbooks are becoming more obsolete, but can still be used in classrooms. Textbooks are a resource that can benefit students greatly, but there are school districts throughout America that simply can’t afford new textbooks. “The court noted that ‘they go to the very heart of education,’ and that they ‘are the most essential tool of education since they contain the resources of knowledge which the educational process is designed to exploit’” (Merjian 12). Even though the courts agreed that the textbooks are a benefit to students, they feel as though it is up to the school districts to provide them.

The final quote from “Support for sleeping in? Half of parents favor later school start times for teens” by the Mental Health Weekly Digest says that, “Lack of sleep has been linked to mental health problems, increased risk of motor vehicle accidents and a decline in school performance.” In other words this explains that not school and other things are benefited by more sleep. If teens get more sleep then they will do better in school and will be safer around school. This will improve all aspect of school grades, test, and behavior.

I don’t like how it is pulling money away from local schools in ones residence and brining it into a new district. The article states

Year-round schooling has positive and negative effects on school budget, absence achievement, academic achievement, it will increases respect for teacher, it has a potential to solve overcrowding, students will be able to advance more quickly, summer programs aren’t needed for remediation, it doesn’t help students who have difficulty with attention, and frequent breaks can disrupt family

Increasing school funding may cost money but it would help the future of

Lastly, opposing views claim arming teachers will be a more efficient use of resources. To begin, arming teachers will not be more cost efficient. FLASHCARD 9 INTRO- describes how those whose parents are against guns in the classroom will be given a voucher to attend a private school. If students are given free vouchers to attend private schools, it will end up costing more than to hire police or school resource officers. “Average Private School Tuition Cost (2016-2016)” found on Privateschoolreview.com reports the average tuition of a private school yearly is $9,518 while Simplyhired.com reported the average salary of a school resource officer is $62,000.

Standardized testing is an issue with students fearful to fail the tests, with all the pressure and tension on them to overcome this predicament, as well as teachers ' jobs being in jeopardy. Most students from lower income families are at a disadvantage with this setup and groundwork for standardized tests, such as the SAT. A wealthier, more affluent family can buy higher quality and superior preparation books. Students even turn to various methods such as cheating, in order to overcome the tests.

in development, and are not as likely to graduate high school. A shocking number is that every year the child poverty rate persists the nation loses half a trillion dollars. Patti Hassler the Vice President of Communications and Outreach for Children’s Defense says that children of color, who will be the majority of children in American in 2020, continue to be disproportionately poor: 37 percent of Black children and 32 perfect of Hispanic children are poor, contrasted with 12 percent of White children Child poverty has continued to decrease very slowly over the years, but there has been an increase in the amount of Black children who are deemed impoverished. Hassler continues to state that “the younger children are the poorer they are. Nearly

However, the public education system is quite inequitable. In the majority of cases, children that live in better neighborhoods end up doing better than those in lower income communities do. The schools in higher income areas are maintained more frequently and overall provide the children with better opportunities than schools in lower income areas. This is not fair, even though the government will try to spend money equally it does not always end up being impartial. This unfairness is presented at an elementary and a secondary school level.

No Makin It”. In Mcleod’s book, the view of schools as a sorting machine shows us how schools are not a place for equality. We put students into different tracts such as AP and IB, creating a hierarchy or stratifying system (Mcleod). Even though my parents aren’t very wealthy, a private school has put me higher in the stratifying system and pushed me to try hard and get good grades so I could get into a good college. This is another aspect of my life that has been socially constructed as normal.

However, imagine a child’s experience through school without recess. For a growing number of students, losing recess is a startling reality while forty percent of U.S. schools are currently reducing or eliminating recess time (Dills 889). The elementary schools claim more classroom instruction is needed instead of recess. However, recess is a crucial part of children’s development and should not be eliminated. Elementary schools should be required to provide adequate recess time because recess promotes social development and increases physical activity that improves classroom focus

The establishment of these schools also means the “loss of funding for traditional public schools, leading to fiscal inefficiency” (US Connect). The pro side of this debate will argue that charter schools foster innovation and are worth the loss of funding for traditional schools in the long run, however if this is the case, then why have many charter schools across the nation turned into nothing more than money making opportunities for entrepreneurs with very little interest in educational innovation? Not only are these schools taking away from traditional public schools, but they also discourage students with disabilities by counseling them out instead of providing accommodations. This refusal to serve disabled students means traditional public schools are left with a higher-than-expected concentration of students requiring additional resources because they are mandated by