Pros And Cons Of Cost Reforms In Education

An effect of the deep hitting recession has been the creation of great budget deficits for local and state governments. There have been hundreds if not thousands of layoffs in effect across the country. In an effort to create short-term cost savings, governments have been looking to privatize education. They believe that this will create cost savings in the short term and that this will create shorter term cost savings. Although the focus is on education, there have been privatizations in other governmental public services such as zoos, libraries and parking facilities. Unfortunately, there has been an upsurge to privatize ESP (Education Support Professionals) jobs such as transportation, custodial, and food services making virtually no ESP

Bids do not always cover all of the actual costs and initially contractors will tend to give you a lower bid to win your trust and interest. You will not notice the difference in price perhaps until the costs begin to rise significantly over time. If there are cost cuts however, that could significantly threaten our student’s, teacher’s, and communities’ overall health. Costs are not the only factor that we can take into consideration when looking at ESP jobs. If they are contracted out you always have to look into differentiation of education quality standards and as far as the safety of our children. A risk is if private contracting companies bring in external strangers from the community without any personal connection or tie to the communities, schools and families they would serve. These external parties have no intrinsic incentive to help the neighborhoods because they lack

A majority of schools look towards technology as a way to accomplish this goal. There are several different ways that private schools attempt to do this. Some high schools are allowing students to determine what time during the school day they take certain classes. This gives students the freedom to plan their day, giving them a break from classes to either complete homework or to take a break. Other high schools also offer courses that can be taken for college credit as well. This method is used to help students get an idea of what will be asked of them if they decide to go to college after graduating. While these practices are seen as an innovative way to help students learn, some of these practices are already being done by public schools.

The last goal of education is how schools can maintain academic excellence. This goal is usually measured by the pass rate of students on state standardized tests like ISTEP and End of Course Assessments (ECAs). These tests are administered by the Department of Education and are taken by each student in the school. For students with learning disabilities, they are given special provisions. Another measure of this is the graduation rate of students enrolled in schools. This helps determine how many students are staying in the education system from the start of high school until their final