How does School Funding influence aspects of the National General Education Policy?

Abstract

Our group decided to research how funding influences the aspects of the National General Education Policy. We chose this topic because as future educators school funding will directly affect our classrooms, student support programs, and educational environments. We find this topic pressing in today's society after seeing detrimental teacher loss due to insufficient salaries and school budgeting. As a group, we want to learn more about the National General Education Policy and the positive and negative effects this has on state and federal funding. Through our research, we plan to investigate how funding filters into national programs such as ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) and ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) and the effects of these acts in all aspects of the education system. We believe that research will show that a lack of funding for these programs has had a negative impact on the aspects of education policy across the United States.