Reading Analysis

It's obvious that every student, in theory, should be equally educated in our public school systems and it's also obvious that there are different conceptions of what equal education consist of in practicality. Through the readings and discussions I can also come to see that any decision or plan of action to work toward this equality is not without flaw. The text uses reference to teacher as a situation for explanation of this topic, however I don't believe that this is the main area of concern, the teachers that is. Of course there are good and not so good educators with drastically different teaching methods within our public schools but I see it, as Matthew Arnold's burden of teaching was, the organization of our Elementary, Secondary, and Superior Education, as the underling problem. Also the training of our educators and the standards to which we should hold them. We may distinguish between different schools of thought and whether or not we stand democratic, moralistic, humanely, or utilitarian on how we will allocate our time to our pupils but this won't bring a absolute answer because there is not one that will work for every situation. In this sense there has to be a composite approach, which could benefit from slightly better organization from the top. Culture and Education will never stand in one place thus our organization of this, our standards, and practices cannot.