Education Policies

In one of my classes we read articles and write reflections over the reading. One of our readings discussed the idea of changes in education and conflicts within those changes. 

Recently I had a discussion with one of my friends over the inefficiencies in policies regarding schools and education. One of the sections of the textbook I read begins by describing the great leaps we as a society have made in education since the Second World War. When we discuss the difficulties we are having in education policies it is important to remember that historically we have not had such a great leap in education. Our laws and policies have not yet caught up with the advances in education we have made. There have been many attempts but ultimately it makes sense that things are not in perfect harmony. We have made such huge advances in education and it has been difficult for our government to catch up. We also cannot just abandon the educational system we have in place. That is not how our system works.

Our system is based on representation. We elect people to represent us and fight for what goods and resources we are allotted at what time compared to others. The groups that are a majority tend to get the most amounts of goods and resources first. Teachers are not a majority of the workforce so our needs tend to be overshadowed by other needs like roads and bridges, which everyone uses. The only other way to get the most amounts of goods and resources first is to shout the loudest. Those who make their problems the most well know are also allotted resources. Generally, teachers like to go with the flow. We tend to not make a scene about our problems. If we really want to change things we have to get more people involved in our cause. More people must understand why it is important to make changes in our education system. If we choose not to what we can to make the change we can hardly complain extensively about it. We have to make a choice, we can either shout the loudest or do the best we can with what we have.