Jessica Noell

Edu 110
Weekly Reflection #8
In colonial America the constitution did not give the federal government a
role in education. Instead, local control had property taxes as funding. This made an
inequality between schools due to the wealth of the area the school district was in.
44% of where schools get their money is from the state and 60% of that money is
used for construction due to class sizes getting larger and buildings falling apart or
getting moldy. This matches the InTASC standard 3 and NAEYC standard 9. Both of
these are about the environment that the students are taught in. These are
important because without the proper funding, schools cannot expand/repair, hire
more teachers/staff, or afford textbooks and supplies for the students, making it a
healthy environment. http://www.data-first.org/data/how-much-money-does-ourschool-district-receive-from-federal-state-and-local-sources/
I remember when I was in public school, they were always doing construction.
There were more and more kids, making the class sizes grow. I went to kindergarten
and the whole year they were doing construction in all the hallways and my
classroom was the music room because there wasnt and room for us. They ended
up making that school a middle school and sent us to the newer and bigger
elementary school they had built 10 minutes away. This is a case where my school
was concerned about our teaching environment and made the necessary changes
to help us.