Education in the United States favors the rich over the poor. There is an over emphasis on a college education and credentialism. Many employers require college degrees for jobs that have little or no relationship to those degrees. Entrance to U.S. colleges universities depends on one's ability to pay as much as on one's intellectual potential. These programs rather than helping the poor, will further deny them adequate educational opportunities.
Education is out of touch with societal needs.
Although educational problems are national in scope, typically the local property tax provides a major source of educational funding. This again favors those able to live in property-rich communities over those living in poorer communities. The American family structure has dramatically changed. Today most children come from single-parent families or families with both parents working. Waves of immigrant children from Hispanic and Asian countries are arriving and entering schools in greater numbers than Europeans were at the beginning of the 20th century.