The Elementary and Secondary Education Act makes statements that suggest and attempt to better education. The act provides all children with an education, it also states that all children have the right to an equal and free public education. This is very hard to maintain due to the fact that taxes help fund public schools and low income areas creates schools with little funds. This is why the act goes on to further say that the state will help fund schools for low income areas. The act is set up for each state to create standards for their students to meet, which is a good process for public schooling. The problem with these standards are typically students in low income areas do not meet them while most students in high income areas do. This shows a problem with state funding and how it leads to inequality in schools. The act goes on to state different reasons how all children can meet these standards. The act goes as far to say "All parents can contribute to their children's success by helping at home and becoming partners with teachers so that children can achieve high standards."(Elementary) This act put a lot of belief into their statements. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act gives suggestions to what they believe can help meet this standards. The problem with their suggestions is they harder to meet in low income areas as opposed to high income areas. This yet again but low income schools and areas behind and it becomes harder to meet state standards. I would go as far to say that many of the suggestions the act gives are useless. For example by saying that children can have an easier time reaching state standards through school choice is a pointless statement. Many students do not have the choice of a decent public school due to their previous school. If their previous school, such as middle school, was not one of good teachers or education they are not academically advanced enough to move on to a better more well educated school.
"Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965)." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 31 Jan. 2010. .
I agree that this document gives a lot of false hope to students. The fact is that some schools just don’t have the funding in order to properly educate the students, where other schools have far more funding that is needed. I think that this is disappointing because education is everything is our world today. Without a good education you have a harder and more restricted future ahead. Sometimes this good education is not possible for children.
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