Argumentative Essay On Education Reform

Despite nearly three decades of education reform that started with President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society program in 1965 the United States still has substantial need for reform and change focusing on student achievement. Educational reform across the nation has been littered with dozens of educational reform strategies and goals. Federal, state, and local leaders have attempted educational changes using school vouchers, charters, merit pay, and school choice. However, as the government has continued to increase it’s spending in educational reform impoverished schools have continued to see decreases in student achievement. Fundamental improvements within educational reform has to focus on the large swaths of students who drop out of school.