It is no secret that high schools in America need to change to better prepare their students. What changes can improve schools for the current and future generations? What ideas are groundbreaking enough to make a substantial difference with the current school system? How can we identify the students that need the most help? Greg Toppo’s article "New Effort seeks 'Audacious' Ideas to Remake USA Highschool" introduces the XQ super school project. The creators behind the XQ project are promoting a challenge to create new school ideas to move high schools into the right direction. The sponsors of the project are promising a total of ten million dollars to help fund the winning ideas. My concept for a new school model is a technology based …show more content…
The teachers and students also have the ability to connect with other students that are not physically there. The article also talks about students with learning disabilities benefiting from technology in the classroom. These students have the ability to go back over things they may not understand and access programs online that can be helpful. The article "Districts with More Low-income Families Could Have Higher Special Education Needs." Talks about the link between low income families and special education. The connection can be made by assuming the lack of care for the mother and then the child. When the child begins attending school they may have problems ranging from behavioral to a learning disability. The article goes on to explain that many districts with low income families and special education students do not have enough funding to give these children the best opportunities they can. Rather they are only getting the required minimum from the state. My school model would help the students in these low income households that are having a difficult time in school. For these students attending a technology based school could help with any learning difficulties they may face and also help to propel them into a future that will no doubt be drenched in …show more content…
The article “What happens when Kids don’t have Internet at Home” by Rachel Monahan, examines the school district in Kent, Washington. For the past six years the district has been working towards providing students with laptops and internet access. However, some of the students in the district do not have the access to internet at home. Tuan Nguyen, the assistant super intendent of the district, discusses the students need for internet access based on the changing curriculum. The schools in the Kent school district have been working to adjust the school curriculum to the needs of the 21st century. Nguyen feels that students without internet at home are at a disadvantage because some of the classwork needs the connectivity and information that the internet provides. The assistant super intendent fears the lack of internet makes it difficult to complete assignments and keep up with their peers that do not have this difficulty. Kent school district has many low income families and has made efforts to supply access to those students who are in need. Schools provide free Wi-Fi and the district has set up spots in community centers that students can bring the school provided laptops to and access the internet. My school will be active in the community and in turn will also need the support of the community to make it possible for all students to have the tools they need to advance and