What Does Money Really Have To Do With it?

 What Does Money Really Have To Do With it?

It's well known that teachers and schools don't get the proper funding needed to do the things we want for our students. In the article it said that the add-on weights for the students who need more support haven't been updated since 1984 and that they should be doubled or more. This is upsetting to me because students that need more help should get the proper funding for the accommodations they need. It surprised how the different school districts with different property tax incomes effects the different schools around them. The schools that make the most money and have the least amount of students make out the best and the lower-level schools don't get enough money and they struggle. It's unfair for those schools and the students in them because they get less opportunities and don't get the proper tools to learn. Relying on property taxes to fund schools is simply not right and creates unfair funding gaps. The playing field for students is too uneven and this needs to be fixed. Students from low-income areas should get the same funding and opportunities as every other student. Low-income students also get treated unfairly and get stereotyped as being lazy or not being able to do certain things. Schools should have more equity and all students should be treated the same, so they can succeed. Spending that extra money for the students who need it shows care and acknowledgement and sets them up for success instead of failure. A saying that really resonates with me is that the more you tell someone what they can and can't do, they start fulfilling that prophecy and end up failing. This is the worst possible thing you can do to a student; we want to lift them up and help them learn the things they're good at. So, the question at hand is what does money have to do with it? It has a lot to do with it because without proper funding for certain schools and students they don't have the proper tools to succeed, and we will continue to see this inequity without change.