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Why Underfunding is Hurting Education

We need to fund schools in order to protect our future

By Indy SummersPublished 5 years ago 3 min read
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Funding can be a problem when money is not allocated properly. Some areas can get over funded while other areas do not have enough money to provide essential items for their students or participants. Schools can be one of the places that are not able to have enough funding to provide learning resources for students. This can take a toll on parents, teachers, students and even taxpayers. Underfunding can put a stress on the community and can create a lot of tension and fighting if funding issues are not resolved.

Here are several areas where underfunding impacts schools within the United States:

Teachers

When teachers are underpaid it can be hard to keep and retain teachers that connect well with students. There is also the issue of how to recruit teachers and how to market the schools to future employees. When teachers are unhappy about their pay and their stressful work schedule it can lead to teacher strikes.

This can be stressful for parents and the school staff who is not teaching. Classes may be canceled while kids are asked to go home. This can be a roller coaster for families when they are trying to juggle several different schedules and planning on going to work.

Students

Students are so important, not only because they are the next generation but because they will be responsible for leading and handling upcoming problems. Learning is already hard and not every student is going to understand every concept the first time it is explained to them. They will need to have a variety of tools and resources for them to utilize. If these needs are not met students are more likely to drop out and not finish their high school degree. Not finishing a high school degree will impact how much students can make with employment and is a factor with determining poverty rates in the nation.

Education

Being in school is already hard enough but it can be even harder when you do not have the right resources to finish assignments or study for tests. The face of education is changing with technology and to be successful in higher education and even the workforce students will need to have access and be able to use apps and computers to have a competitive skill set for scholarships and other opportunities after high school.

Long Term Issues

It takes a bunch of different areas to make a school run properly and smoothly. If there is one area of the school that is not funded it can lead to issues that eventually impact students and faculty. Take cleaning for example. If there is not enough funding for cleaning whether that be supplies or custodians the school will not be kept clean. This can lead to equipment being run down and broken so that it is not able to be used.

If the learning environment of the school is not a good area to learn students will not be able to have a quality educational experience. Students may be distracted by broken equipment such as desks or chairs while teachers may struggle with projectors and computers not being up to date. This situation can eventually lead to educations not being top quality and test scores may suffer.

Test Scores

Every year students take nationwide tests that assess how well they are doing within the classroom. This may seem like a good idea because every student should be learning the same thing no matter where they live in the United States. But what is not taken into consideration is the national level tests that they will have to take such as the ACT and the SAT, depending on what college or higher education they want to go into. If education funding is cut eventually test scores will start to go down as well because a certain environment is required for students to learn effectively.

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Indy Summers

Indy Summers is a freelance writer interested in fashion, healthy living, and fitness. She has worked as an esthetician, as a personal trainer, and as a freelance model for several years.

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