Busing

Education is a key policy to any functioning community.  It provides the tools necessary fro achievement and success.  It also divides us and is used as a tool to raise some and keep others down.  Education has become one of the key points for combating racism and inequality in america.  Without a good upbringing and education there is little chance for poor and underrepresented to rise in station.  We all know that something needs to be done but no one can quite agree on where we want to end up and how we are to get there.

When listening to all the blue prints for freedom, a common issue that arose was busing, and getting kids to school.  To my understanding the two biggest money sucks in education are teacher pensions and transportation.  It becomes complicated when schools wish to pump more money into different things or make a program better.  Public schools typically gain money through state taxes and grants.  The problem arises that the majority of this money is not up to the school how to spend, but instead designated.  While good for maintain the intended purpose and keeping schools from straying it can vastly limit the impact.

While it is very important that schools allow for their students to actually make it to school it is a huge money drain.  If you were a failing school one of the easiest things to drop in order to funnel more money into classes and facilities would be busing.  As sad and racist as it can be sometimes cutting transportation is key to providing better education for those that do attend.

Ideally schools should have all the money they need and there should be a close school to every home, but there will not always be enough money and some thing must be cut.  Once again another situation where family life and economic class.  I don't mean to say that busing is not important in getting kids to school, but I wanted to complicate the situation a little more.  If a school is