Thesis statement: I have chosen for my essay to talk about Education in the inner city schools system. More and more we are faced with the news of another school closing in my area and the children possibly having to attend schools out of their neighborhood. It’s unfair that the children have to be inconvenienced in order to have a chance at getting a quality education. Most of the schools in the area received low scores because the children are not able to pass the standardized tests that are required. However I feel that if the school system reevaluate their current curriculum, reduce class sizes and require a more rigid screening process of their potential educators I strongly believe we can create an environment that is conducive to learning.
The Meaning of Highly-Qualified and a Clear Road Map to Accomplishment, Jennifer A. Gelman, Patricia L. Pullen and James M. Kauffman. This article high-lighted one of my sub-points and that’s the quality of teachers that in the classrooms today. It speaks about the alternative training programs and how they are not benefiting the teachers or the students. I quote them saying “Due to the lack of standards in alternative programs, teachers from these programs are entering the field of education with little or no experience in the classroom, poor skills in content areas, and inadequate self-confidence.”
Because the classroom is made of a more diverse group of young people, teachers need to have just as many different teaching techniques. All children do not learn the same, I feel this area need to be explored more because teachers need to be more flexible in their methods of teaching. They need to be more knowledgeable about being able to assess learning difficulties and the best ways to address them. The more the teacher lacks, so do the children that are being taught by them.

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