Public education should be the last program targeted for budget cuts

posted 07:07 AM 12/31
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When talking about the future and prosperity of America amid one of the worst recessions our nation has ever seen, one cannot help but mention the state of our public education system. Any cuts to public education have a far-reaching ripple effect, much more than one can see at first glance.

Cutting funding to sports or other after-school activities could be detrimental to student learning. These after-school activities give students an extra couple of hours with an authority figure to give them guidance and direction, whether it’s because their parents are busy with work or absent altogether from their lives. It gives students the opportunity to maintain discipline after-school hours until they develop their maturity and no longer require guidance to do the right thing.

Earlier in American history, before the civil rights movement, the disparity in education could be seen as a racial issue as white students were given access to newer schools, newer textbooks etc. Their black counterparts received the hand-me-downs during segregation and Jim Crowe era.

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