Category: Education

Federalism and its effects on U.S. citizens   Is federalism necessary? Federalism is a structure of state or government in which power is split between a federal government and other state governments. U.S constitution allocates some authorities or powers to central government and some to state or provincial governments. Moreover there are some special rights or powers which both central and state/provincial governments can enjoy. Composition of foreign policy, power to sign treaties, declaration of war, control of import and export, right to print money, polices like fiscal and monetary policy are few authorities of federal government which makes federalism necessary [USlegal (2014)]. Effects on U.S. citizens of federalism One of the positive effects on the United States’ citizens is that with the division of power between federal and state government, it has become easier to control the diverse population of United States. This is only due to the reason that state and local administrators, government employees and officials are much closer to the public and can solve problems more efficiently. The expansion of authorities among national and state level due to federal system has given the citizens more access and rights to meet their rulers, leaders or government authorities along with the opportunities to share their positive role to support government [Sparknotes (2015)]. Besides positive effect, the negative effect is that it hurdles the way of creation of a unanimous or national policy on different issues. There are different policies in different states on the same issue which leads to disturbance and creates confusion among citizens and people of United States. Some critics claim that federalism cannot function well due to ignorance and difference in policies which impacts people of U.S negatively [Sparknotes (2015)]. Resources USlegal (2014). Federalism-U.S Legal system. [WEB] Retrieved from: http://system.uslegal.com/federalism Sparknotes (2015). Advantages and Disadvantages...

Federal Involvement in Education The Federal government is playing sufficient role for the betterment of educational standards in the USA to improve the quality of education to compete in the global educational standards. The federal government has realized its responsibility and provided authoritative autonomy to the local and state governments to handle most of the educational issues independently by passing the power of decision making to the grass root level by passing the legislative bills in the Congress [The Center for Public Justice (2015)]. Federal authorities involve themselves in the monitoring and regulatory activities for the improvement in the educational system. Feds provide essential support to the local state institutions in the form of financial funding required to run educational operations efficiently. These funds allotted by the Congress every year in the budget and passed to the school through the Ministry of Education [The Center for Public Justice (2015)]. These funds are used to conduct standard testing for the students and evaluations of the performance of the students is measured after gathering statistical data and feedback from these tests. The results of the tests conducted for the students are also used to evaluate the performance and competencies of the teaching staff [Marc F. Bernstein (2013)]. Federal legislation has also passed the bill in the Congress titled “No Child Left behind Act” which provides appropriate funds to the schools to conduct accountability of the students and those who do not meet the national standards of the education must be provided free tuitions after the school sessions and classes regarding their subjects [The Center for Public Justice (2015)]. References The Center for Public Justice (2015). How are Different Levels of Government (Local, State, Federal) Involved in Education? Is this Involvement Just? [WEB] Retrieved from: http://www.christiansinvestingineducation.org/levels_of_government Marc F. Bernstein (2013). Huffington Post. The...