How has my Community-Based Internship (CBI) Impacted my View on the Amount of Public Funding that a Large Urban School District Receives?
Mentor 1
Ben Trager
Location
Union Wisconsin Room
Start Date
5-4-2019 1:30 PM
End Date
5-4-2019 3:30 PM
Description
How has my community-based internship (CBI) impacted my view on the amount of public funding that a large urban school district receives? From working at a handful of public schools within the metro area, through a CBI program offered at a large public urban university, as well as through service-learning, I have noticed many differences in the opportunities students receive amongst the various schools. As I compare my personal experience, at a rural public school in Northern Wisconsin, with those at large urban school district, I notice an even greater gap in quality. Based on local property taxes, and possible outside donors, I realize that the characteristics of these schools differ from each other for a reason. This creates a divide between the amount of opportunities students are able to experience. These realizations contribute to my changing views as to how I believe public funding should be disbursed. In my experience, I believe that the public schools that I work at rely on CBI programs funded by the federal government to aid students in areas where teachers cannot be financially supported. These diverse low income areas simultaneously experience larger levels of trauma amongst the students- issues that a limited staff cannot always support. As the amount of public school funding continues to diminish, there’s not enough opposition to defect that local socioeconomic status plays a determining factor in school funding, which directly influences educational opportunities a child will receive. Being that all children should have the right to an equal and prosperous education no matter the economic status. It is clear that public funding directly affects the wellbeing of inner-city students, a wellbeing that may be overlooked.
How has my Community-Based Internship (CBI) Impacted my View on the Amount of Public Funding that a Large Urban School District Receives?
Union Wisconsin Room
How has my community-based internship (CBI) impacted my view on the amount of public funding that a large urban school district receives? From working at a handful of public schools within the metro area, through a CBI program offered at a large public urban university, as well as through service-learning, I have noticed many differences in the opportunities students receive amongst the various schools. As I compare my personal experience, at a rural public school in Northern Wisconsin, with those at large urban school district, I notice an even greater gap in quality. Based on local property taxes, and possible outside donors, I realize that the characteristics of these schools differ from each other for a reason. This creates a divide between the amount of opportunities students are able to experience. These realizations contribute to my changing views as to how I believe public funding should be disbursed. In my experience, I believe that the public schools that I work at rely on CBI programs funded by the federal government to aid students in areas where teachers cannot be financially supported. These diverse low income areas simultaneously experience larger levels of trauma amongst the students- issues that a limited staff cannot always support. As the amount of public school funding continues to diminish, there’s not enough opposition to defect that local socioeconomic status plays a determining factor in school funding, which directly influences educational opportunities a child will receive. Being that all children should have the right to an equal and prosperous education no matter the economic status. It is clear that public funding directly affects the wellbeing of inner-city students, a wellbeing that may be overlooked.
