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With schools becoming more of a welfare system, the focus of education is reduced. It seems to bring everyone down and makes schooling seem less productive. We also think the funding placed in education could contribute more to other welfare programs such as housing and food stamps like the European model to focus on welfare before secondary schooling.
-Helen Phan, Hao Ngo, Julie Lee, Arianna Silvestre

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It's productive as welfare since every child gets benefits from it, which keeps children's mental and physical health. Also, they get more knowledge and information for further development. Children get more ability to develop their interests and get a better future.
- Alina Parra, Kaidan Yang, Fiona Lin

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We think that is it a positive thing that school is part if welfare since everyone deserves education no matter what their social class is. Everyone deserve to have a chance of getting a good education. It allows students of the lower class to have access to the basics needs so their parents don't need the additional stress of worrying if their child would go hungry or not because of the national free lunch program.
connie chong, leslie nguyen, shushong zhu

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Education welfare is largely positive...

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Education welfare is largely positive...

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While we believe education is an important form of welfare, there are some things about education as a form of welfare that could be amended. Moreover, public funding for such an institution is variable and produces different levels of educational attainment as well as access to welfare.
- Kate Natsuye Martin, Hanyue Zhang, Isabelle Hernandez, Emily Mercado

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Schools should be considered as welfare because many students would not have the opportunity to attend school if services that welfare provides, such as food, support, and supervision, were not involved. These services make education accessible for students without the concern of parents for their student's well-being. Although there should be focus on education as a way for social mobility, welfare is a productive part of American society as it provides the opportunity to young individuals to attend school.
Victoria Chan, Ashley Zieper, Dalia De La Mora

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Schools help lift the burden students may face at home and in their personal lives by offering basic food needs and clubs. For some students, they may not have sufficient food at home, and so the free lunches they get at school may be the only source of nutrition they get in a day. This also helps the parents, who may be busy working to not have time to prepare meals for their child. Also, schools offer various clubs that positively impact the child. The child can enter clubs that meet their interest, and expand their curiosity into their future career. Clubs offered are entirely free, so there is no barrier for low income students to explore this opportunity.
- Mona Takuma, Kyle Noah Kim, Ashanti Lexia Banos, and Wei Huang

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Schools being considered as a source of welfare is a greatly positive attribute of the system itself. With a large majority of the population having attended some form of schooling, we can insure that the majority is receiving the benefits they need to become a contributor to society, a goal that schools were actually created for. By providing the assistance that is needed through the outlet of something which almost every single individual can relate to, we can ensure that we are actively engaging in ways to help anyone in need. By being a system of welfare, positive results are bound to happen since basic needs are being provided, allowing for students to then focus on schooling for their own individual success as well.
- Bilal Rubani, Yanni He, Hedi Landa, Ran Xiang

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Our group thinks that schools should be considered as welfare because they provide an education to everyone and not just the people that can afford it. If people had to pay for schools then the system would become even more polarized and social mobility would be even worse than it already is.

-Justice Sarte, Jessica Ornelas, Lizbeth Quintero

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It is positive that schools are welfare because it provides easy access to resources. Schools are also on the local level so welfare can be catered to the local needs of the students. This can be more effective compared to welfare in a national level where the welfare needs to generalized to reach a larger population. It also allows students of lower socioeconomic groups to have access to food, supplies, and opportunities.
-Jenny Kim, Arely Ramirez, Amity Pou Wong, Thanh Thy Hoang

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Our group thinks that considering school as welfare is a positive thing because welfare was designed to provide opportunities for the economically disadvantaged and the fact that schools provide many opportunities such as giving free breakfasts to students may provide disadvantaged students with some necessities so that they are able to focus more on their education.
Education also adds on to prosperity in a society because it allows everyone to be on the same playing field to compete in the global market.
Ann-Rae Thai, Kaylie Lara, Gloria Park, Zihao Sui

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We believe that schools being considered welfare is a positive thing. School is something that everyone has access too and they usually have good programs to help those who need it.  However these programs are no the best and should definitely be improved upon in the future.

- Qunyh Tran, Jacqueline Sandoval Islas, Maximo Guzman, Ajay Rajasekaran

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We think that education should be welfare because many students depend on the resources their schools provide for them (such as food, textbooks, nursing offices) because these resources are not as easily accessible for them outside of school. The accessibility of these resources also makes it easier for students to shift more of their focus towards doing well in school rather than having to worry about where they would access these resources if it weren't provided for them by their school. (Nardeen Hanna, Yunwei Han, Marianna Jacome)

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Everyone has an equal right to receive education, especially to provide students from low-income families with the opportunity to receive education, and public education not only helps students learn knowledge, but also provides various benefits, such as providing students with free lunch, etc. Yuanzi Xu ,Vincence Hoang Nguyen, Yiyun Quan

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Following our belief that schools and welfare should be be separate, we believe that it is problematic for schools to be welfare. Although they have many similarities, schools are something that is seen as a right for U.S. citizens. Additionally, when tying in welfare to anything, you are creating a way for this to be challenged and taken away. This would be very problematic if this happened to schools. Though public schools are funded by tax payer money, they are also government funded to make it available to all eligible citizens. Therefore, even though schools offer things such as supplies, meals, and transportation, it should be classified as separate from welfare.
- Marilyn Renee Hamm, Paw Wah, Teresa Chihuahua, Mia Julianna Montijo

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We think that education as welfare is mainly positive. As author Michael Katz mentions, the American public education system serves to increase equality of opportunity. This also fosters students' interest in many different fields of study rather than just providing a simple baseline level of education. In addition, the social services such as free meals and childcare that sources of public education provide are important tools necessary for many communities.
- Kathryn Le, Brynn Bedal, Jiawei Yang, Lyuchuan Wei

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I believe schools being seen as welfare is positive! Students are more accessible to resources that perhaps they do not have in their own households. I think if students have these resources they are able to succeed in their future being aided with with the help of their school system, ultimately being a positive light for students to pursue an education even if they are not able to afford it, such resources include after school programs or sports clubs and help towards pursuing a higher education and a future career path.
-Emily Figueroa

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The resources that students receive, especially those from low-income families, are extremely helpful and in some cases necessary. While some families can afford to pay for tutoring, after school care, or basic supplies others must rely on the public school system to provide these services.

Kimberly Celedon, Ryan Nguyen, Spencer Velek, and Shirley Xie

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We believe that schools being considered a welfare is a positive thing because it gives students the opportunities to progress. With allowing students to have access to resources such as technology, food, and good learning environments, it highers their chances of further improving in life. Along with this, giving students access to all these things is an aid for them and there are instances where some students do not have access to that at home.

-Vanessa Torres, Jinyu He, Siyu Ye

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While we think that schools being under local jurisdiction is a major factor in widening the gap between lower-income and wealthier communities in the big picture, it's ultimately a positive that education is a welfare program. It allows poorer families to be able to  access education for their children without having to risk their finances that they would need for necessities. Because education is welfare, it creates (some form of) standard for all citizens. This improves society as a whole if people are not entirely excluded from the opportunity to learn because of their socioeconomic situation. While there are problems about inequities in education that still need to be addressed, if education wasn't under welfare, there would be an even greater divide. - Ashley Lopresto, Hana Cho, Cong Zhao, Mingyang Yi

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We believe that being a welfare system should not be the focus of schools. K-12 schooling should primarily focus on educating its students. Instead of school being a welfare system, we should want to improve the government welfare that already exists and make it more beneficial to individuals.
Gene Floresca, Yaowei Chen, Ruixuan Dong, Kayla Alexander

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Overall, we believe it is a good thing for education to be a welfare system. Providing access to the right resources gives everyone an opportunity to succeed regardless of their background. However, aid programs themselves are not always done well, and some schools may be unclear about exactly what they offer. There are many families who would benefit from such programs, but do not know that they exist. -Sarah Mobley, Meiran Hu, Jieyi Qian

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We believe that education being welfare is a positive thing because it is easily accessible to the public. Students can take advantage of resources such as library, meals, and tutoring. Welfare will alleviate the pressure of food security and access to health care, etc. Education is important but so is the well-being of students.

Karla Hernandez, Fatima Robles, Daessung Son

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Education as Welfare is Positive!.. with setbacks

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Education as Welfare is Positive!.. with setbacks

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Our group felt that schools as a welfare program is positive, however there are also some negative setbacks. It's a good idea for students to be able to have schools as something they can always lean back on in case of unfortunate circumstances, however, with such a strong reliance on the education system can be hard on school faculty because of parents' expectations to provide as much as possible for specifically their child, despite the lack of resources for teachers and students already available for use.
- Chelsea Pham, Yiyang Zheng, Mona Kawano

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I think that education as welfare should definitely be considered positive because schools communities are able to rely on the resources that the schools provide (ex: hot meals, monetary assistance). Students from lower socioeconomic groups are able to access an education and programs which should be a right/basic necessity and this enhances equal opportunity.

(Jessica, Hannah, Emily, Saachi)

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Schools being welfare is something that is positive because of its availability to everyone. It is able to give an opportunity to every child to grasp their basic education skills. There is a sort of equal opportunity that comes from public schools because there is no issue with money in order for students to gain their education. They are also positive because of their ability to provide many different things, even nutrition, and food to many students.
-Daisy Phung

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I think it is a positive thing that education to be welfare. Some students are eager to study, but they have to give up due to family financial reasons. Social welfare can solve this problem well so that many students have the opportunity to receive an education. Social welfare also promotes social mobility. Many children from low-income families have the ability to make a difference through education. After studying, many of them work very hard and have good jobs and incomes. They change their class successfully.

-Jiaxin Tao

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I think education as welfare is positive. It is now obvious that education is essential for the development of a country. Education as welfare provides children from poor families opportunities. As more and more people get educated, society can be better with a lower crime rate and higher productivity. Though the quality of education cannot be equally provided to everyone, it is still a great offer that can help many communities and families.
- Yuchen Wang

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I think it is great for underprivileged kids since they now will have access to free education. It is beneficial for their families since schools can provide a number of services, such as food, health care, and counseling, which will lessen their burdens. In the long run, turning schools into welfare can solve the education problem and narrow the gap between social classes.

-Jing Zhang