Argumentative Essay: Educational Reform

Argumentative Essay: Educational Reform


     Since the early 1980's, the issue of America's faltering public school

system has become a serious concern.  The crisis in K-12 education is one of the

biggest challenges facing the nation.  There is a great deal of evidence to show

this problem.  The pathetically low results of American students through

international test scores is one obvious fault.  Another is the failure of many

students to demonstrate their knowledge of basic skills and literacy.  It is

surprising that such a long time has passed without any sufficient effort put

forth to correct the problem.  Even more surprising, is the fact that some deny

that such a problem exists.

     The failure of the nation to adequately educate the students of America

has an endless list of negative effects.  With the lack of proper education,

generations of kids are growing up without the basic, essential knowledge to be

able to compete in the workplace.  As a result of this, the U.S. stands a chance

in losing its superpower reign of the world.  Therefore, it is not only a social

concern, but also a major economical issue.

     Another alarming concern is the high rate of student dropouts.  Now,

instead of all students receiving a poor education, some are not getting one at

all.  The main cause for this is the students'lack of interest in school.  So

much of the teaching that goes on today is based on rote and memorization.  Not

all learning can be exciting, and sometimes memorizing things is necessary.

Although teachers should find other ways of getting the information to the

students.  When students are taught like this, they get bored and tired of

school, and this is why they dropout.  Obvoiusly, if they drop out of school,

they probably aren't going to earn there degree.  However, if more kids do earn

their high school degrees, the country would have less unemployment.  More

people in the workplace then leads to a stronger and more stable economy.  If

our society could find a way to keep more kids in school, our country
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