Funding for Education Comes in Many Forms

Funding for Education Comes in Many Forms

In my career as a freelance writer, I've had the chance to cover some of the top-performing schools in my part of the country, and one of the thing that always impresses me about those schools is the number of ways the school officials, teachers and parents can come up with funding for education.

I wrote a story on the PTA at a local elementary school that's trying to raise money for new computers in classrooms. They decided to have what they called a walk-a-thon, where students at the school asked people to donate some money for however far they walked. By the time that all was said and done, the school had raised enough money to buy six new computers.

Another story that I wrote was about a group called the Education Foundation, which worked to raise funding for education through the entire district. This organization was made up almost entirely of parents who were also company owners or other professionals and devoted some of the time each week to raising funds for various needs within the school district.

This group would write grants and hold charity events or auctions, and do whatever it could to raise funding for education that, according to a number of teachers, was something they had come to rely upon a great deal. Many of the teachers told me that if it wasn't for the Education Foundation, they'd not be able to expose their students to the same kind of educational experiences they currently enjoy.

I soon began to understand that why these schools were so highly regarded and performing at such a high level was because of the hard work of parents and teachers to provide funding for education so that the best resources were made available to their children.

One of the Education Foundation members actually thanked me and said that the local newspapers were one of the greatest tools for the foundation. I asked her what she meant, and she explained to me that having stories written in the newspaper gives fund-raising events a lot more publicity, and they get a much more money as a result. That made me feel really proud.

I had never really given a great deal of thought as to why some schools and districts perform better than others. I figured that the wealthier districts simply had better facilities and access to more resources.

What I wasn't aware of, however, was just how that all came about and all of the hard work that goes into raising funding for education. Now that I've had the opportunity to see it first-hand, I'll always have more respect for volunteer groups that make that their mission.

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