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Under-funded schools There are lots of schools in America that are under-funded. The gov’t should give more money to the schools. Some schools are falling apart and very unsanitary for the students. All of those schools need more money and help to get them back in good condition.

Facts: 1.) The most dramatic display of the new trend yet, the Tennessee Department of Education decided to remove "-ed" endings from all of the state's English classrooms, saving struggling schools an estimated $3 million each year. 2.) In the United States the federal government funds less than 7% of elementary and secondary education. 3.) Washington ranks 43rd in the nation in K-12 state education spending, according to an annual Education Week study, which gave the state a dismal D-plus grade in school finance. 4.) At schools throughout California, parents are pressured to reach deep into their own pockets to pay for teachers and programs long considered a public responsibility. 5.) The wealthiest suburbs are able through property taxes to raise and spend as much as $17,000 per public school student annually, whereas a less affluent community like Philadelphia spends just over $9,000 per student. The issue is that schools are not receiving enough money from the gov’t. A solution to this issue would be if the gov’t gave the schools more money. Another solution would be if communities would hold money drives to help fund schools. People that live in communities close to schools then they should volunteer to help clean them up. Some public schools are overcrowded and under funded which makes it harder to teach students the material they need to know. They need up to date textbooks and teachers that are willing to teach.   In New Hampshire, the state shares only 8% of the costs of public education, so schools depend almost entirely on local property taxes. Schools in wealthy districts have lots of resources; those in poor school districts have far fewer. In Hawaii, the whole state is a single school district and only 2% of funding comes from local sources, so there are very minor differences in resources for school children. There are all of the facts, now lets start funding our schools more! Numbered Bibliography 1.) [] 2.) [] 3.) [] 4.) [] 5.) []