<p>hey guys!...i was just wondering if anyone knew of any sites with statistics about the number of college bound seniors from different public schools....i'm doing a paper on the disparity of educational quality between different schools int he U.S....so any info regarding this topic would be great...like number of ppl passing different subjects, number of kids dropping out, teacher quality, number of college-bound seniors(this is the most important for me i think)...thanks everyone!</p>
<p>are you going to blame 100% of failure on the school itself?</p>
<p>well basically i'm just trying to show the disparities in quality of teachers, materials, curriculum, etc.</p>
<p>not really blaming the school at all...i'm looking for sharp differences, because i'm writing a paper arguing for government standardization of curriculum and intensive spending to equalize public schooling so that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed</p>
<p>but what if that funding comes from taking money away from the succeeding schools and giving it to the schools that aren't making anything of its students?</p>
<p>umm..no...not really...actually the structure of the current educational funding system bases funding on the amount of revenue collected by local (mostly county) governments and is distributed accordingly...hence, poor counties = poor education....i'm arguing for a FEDERAL standardization of curriculum/funding...not limiting the scope of what's taught currently, but setting moreso a minimum requirement that must be met curriculum-wise by all schools, large and small, rich and poor....schools will recieve funding based on their current funding, i.e. those with poor local funding will recieve a majority of federal benefits to match the nationwide average based on a standard deviation, whereas those with high local funding will recieve little or none accordingly since they already maintain the means to provide a quality education...it's basically a social welfare idea, giving all students across the nation a chance to succeed, rather than limiting it to the "middle-upper class schools."</p>
<p>I just wrote a paper about this except I was arguing how education in America hinders minorities and the poor from social and economic mobility. Try the U.S department of education. They have great statistics on drop out rates and the number of people attending colleges. I was also using a book call No Excuse by Thernstorm. Give it a try.</p>
<p>thanks alot!!</p>
<p>Your welcome.</p>