...FINN-AMERICAN KNOWLEDGE LEVERAGE Education system and how it works for teachers and students across the globe varies. The Finland phenomenon fascinated many American parents and educators on how their schooling works which highlighted the American ambiguous public school system. Education systems in both countries might have a big gap and indifferences, but both systems will somehow to be never perfect. In Finland, same type of education with similar curriculum is assured for all students regardless of the socio-economic background, and by having the same teachers every year makes learning pattern easier. They secure all pupils to have equality and no one is learning different from the other. Trust, equality, professional prestige, student-teacher training and student autonomy are the areas that needed to be worked on and could give a positive impact to the educational reform for the United States. It should be considered in reform endeavor which will hopefully...
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...Sex Education in public school systems has always been an extremely delicate issue. The topic as to whom should teach children about sex has always been a debatable issue between parental responsibility or school system curriculum. Most parents feel that it is their responsibility to educate their own children about sex education in the comfort of their own home, providing their children with the information they (the parents) are able to demonstrate to their children. Schools are children constant source of learning. In having school systems incorporate Sex Education into the curriculum, it would make it mandatory for children to learn about the details, and the consequences of reproduction in a more elaborate setting. This would allowing students to be taught the same knowledge with the most up to date information provided by a licensed school professional in subjects: contraceptives, teen pregnancies, and STD’s. Individuals could argue that distributing condoms in schools would promote unjustified premarital sexual activity amongst school-aged teenagers. Those same individuals believe that parents should take apart of their own child’s development in sexual knowledge. Properly equipping them (their child) with prescribed contraceptives from doctors, or condoms disbursed directly from them (the parent). It is not uncommon for parents to give their children condoms; however, it can provide moments of awkwardness between the parent and the teenager. Having the educational...
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...Education in the United States Carrie A. Butner SOC 320 Public Policy and Social Services Instructor: Vahik Ovanessian May 25 2015 Education begins at home. It is said and I believe it is true that you learn everything you need to know about yourself by the time you are five years old. Coincidentally this is when we send our babies off to school. This is a building where our children will spend 13 or 14 years and sometimes longer getting an education that is to prepare them for life as an adult. However, what are our children actually being taught and are we really preparing them for life or are we wasting our time. We go to school to learn to read, write and do arithmetic however, our school system has failed. What our children are really learning is how to manipulate the system, disrespect their elders and inappropriately deal with conflict. I say education begins at home because by the time our children get to school they already know how to treat people because they see it done at home. If a child sees violence in the home he learns violence, if a child sees positive conflict resolution then he or she learns to deal with conflict positively. Safety is a huge issue in schools today as well as learning conflict resolution. We must begin at the beginning, in the home. Millions of children deal with issues such as bullying, drugs, peer pressure, home issues, domestic violence, alcoholism and still they come to school. Where the pressure to succeed might...
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...Race and Ethnicity Should racial profiling be a legitimate law-enforcement policy in some areas? Should Affirmative Action for state university enrollment be continued? Should the primary method of public school funding--property taxes in individual school districts--be amended to create more fairness in schools? Should high-school history classes and social-studies curriculum be changed to reflect diversity and multicultural perspectives? Should Christmas, Easter, and other religious observances be considered national holidays? If a university offers "African-American Studies" or "Black Studies" as courses, should it also offer "European-American Studies" or "White Studies"? How do certain television programs perpetuate racial or ethnic stereotypes? Should Columbus Day be discontinued in favor of a new post-colonial perspective? Should schools only purchase textbooks that offer revised or alternative histories of historical events? What should be done about racial disparities in the sentencing of criminals? Should the American government pay reparations and return land to Native Americans? Should hate groups have the right to distribute literature on university campuses? If research shows that certain racial or ethnic groups receive poorer medical care on average, how should this problem be corrected? Should governmental organizations have staffs that accurately reflect the racial, ethnic, and gender balance in society? Gender and Sexuality What should be...
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...2002 that requires schools to meet certain educational outcomes, as usually demonstrated through standardized tests. The law expanded the federal government's role in education, which had traditionally been a state function. The law also requires states to demonstrate academic progress in their schools; provide the federal government with a range of information (a report card) on things like student achievement and performance by school districts; ensure that teachers meet minimum qualifications; and annually test students in grades three through eight in English and mathematics (with other subjects to be added later). The issue of unfunded mandates has been a contentious one. Critics claim that it forces states to spend money they do not have. They also claim that it forces them to pursue policies they do not necessarily agree with or at least do not consider a priority. To this extent, it distorts their priorities As an example, nowhere in the main body of the Constitution does it say that the national government will be responsible for providing public education. You may be used to getting a free education in a public school, but it is not a constitutionally guaranteed right. Rather, in the absence of an express power of the national government, states assume, on the basis of the Tenth Amendment, that public school...
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... Charter Schools and Traditional public schools both have a profound effect on our students in many different ways but charter schools have much more of an effective way to get our Children not only through school but also through college. A large sum of students that have attended Charter schools have gone on to college receiving a 3.0 or higher. The Impact that education in Charter schools that have a college prep program is much more effective in student success than Public school education. Charter schools are publicly funded institutions that operate under their own standards of conduct and curriculum. Although these institutions are funded by tax dollars, charter schools are ultimately given the freedom to establish their own methods of operation, similar to how private schools are able to operate their instructional and social practices. Various studies and statistics reveals that students who come from lower-income families or students that are English language learners revealed higher success and performance rates in charter schools than in public school. According to the DC fiscal policy institute, the median proficiency level at the 43 charter schools studied rose from 44.2 to 50.2 percent from 2008 to 2012, while it fell from 40.4 to 36.7 percent at the 109 public schools. Charter schools serving low-income children are outperforming comparable traditional schools at many charter schools. Public schools are funded with tax revenues from...
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...What role should standardized testing play in Texas' public education system? The methods by which children are educated and academically measured in Texas have evolved over the past few decades, due to federal and state directed education policies. In an effort to establish accountability and improve the nation's competitiveness on a global scale, standardized testing has become a driving component of curricula nationwide. Almost every state, including Texas, governs its public schools under a national policy directive known as the "No Child Left Behind Act" (NCLB). The NCLB requires all states to utilize assessments to determine and report if a school has made adequate yearly progress (AYP) in the proficiency levels of all students. This is a relatively recent shift from local control of schools to centralized governance which is intended to improve education and eliminate harmful disparities in education quality (Ricci 342). Instead of school districts determining education standards, the state and federal governments provide the policy direction. One method to assess education performance and compliance with the centralized policy is the use of accountability measures - i.e., standardized tests. The NCLB, coupled with state policy, is intended to decrease inequality and set an objective measurement in place where school districts, schools, teachers, and even students can be held accountable for their progress or lack thereof. However, there are arguments from opponents...
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...CME Case Study David Gold’s challenge encompasses many different elements. The most obvious is the perception of his department, the refill packaging unit, by those in and around the company as either a stepping stone/proving ground or a place where the “losers” work. This has led to a high level of turn over decreasing continuity and confidence. His unit’s supervisors are also struggling with the permissive culture of the company, each having their own perspectives on the consequences of the culture; acceptability of supervisors to hold individuals accountable as well as expectations on supervisor engagement. The unit also lacks a clear vision for the workforce. David Gold laid out goals during the first off-site but hasn’t been able to engage his key leaders with a vision or objectives for the unit. Finally, David’s unit lacks trust. Trust from the supervisors’ perspective that management will support them when they make tough decisions as well as from the management’s perspective, supervisors won’t act in the best interest of the company and aren’t dedicated to their work. This environment has led to a unit not performing as a team with animosity building between supervisors from different backgrounds as well as between supervisors on different shifts. David Gold, the manager, should encourage the participation of all the supervisors in meeting the goals and objectives. He should also insist that the general supervisors collaborate with the production supervisors...
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...16 Major Firms May Have Received Early Data From Thomson Reuters September 5, 2:25 PM ET |ByMatt Taibbi Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog#ixzz2fI9gEBD3 Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook Readers may recall an ugly story that broke earlier this summer, when New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman rebuked the news/business information firm Thomson Reuters for selling access to key economic survey data two seconds early to high-frequency algorithmic traders. The story strongly suggested that some Thomson Reuters customers were using their two-second head start (an eternity in the modern world of computerized trading) to front-run the markets. "The early release of market-moving survey data undermines fair play in the markets," Schneiderman said, back in the second week of July. Thomson Reuters suspended the practice of selling two-second head starts after Schneiderman insisted upon a change. Still, the firm defiantly refused to declare the change permanent and insisted that it had the right to "legally distribute non-governmental data" to "fee-paying subscribers." It turns out that there's more to the story. Back in June, journalist Simone Foxman at the global economic site Quartz reported that in addition to the two-second head start some Thomson Reuters customers were getting on the release of the University of Michigan Survey of Consumers, other customers may have been getting their data even earlier...
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...Milestone & Progress report of BLED Activities (Jan –June 2016) Quarter | Milestone | Description | Activities | Q; | Status | Remarks | 1st | 1 | Preparatory Work | *Preparatory meeting with partner Organization(Pos) | | Partly | | | | | *Formation of project steering committee | | Not Done | | | | | *Finalizing work Plan, Timeline and key milestone | | Done (100%) | | | | | *Inauguration of Project Office, recruitment and mobilization of PMIT | | Done (100%) | | | | | *Recruiting Business Development Officers (BDOs) | 3 | Done (100%) | | | | | *Orientation the BDOs on the BLED project | 2 Session | Done (100%) | | | | | *Training the BDOs on TG identification technique | | Done (100%) | | | 2 | Base line Survey | *Developing Baseline Check list /Questionnaire | | Done (100%) | | | | | *Conducting Baseline Survey on TGs | | Done (100%) | 418 Qu aire survey completed estionn | | | | *Data Entry, data analysis & report writing of baseline survey | | Done (100%) | | | | | Finalizing & Submission baseline survey report to DFID | | Done (100%) | | | 3 | Guideline developed & Others necessary develop for BLED Operation | *Operation Manual covering Initial Screening and Identification Process, Selection Criteria, Database format for Target Group, etc. | | Done (100%) | | | | | *Financing Guideline covering skeleton of business plan, loan criteria...
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...school system. The film follows five students across the U.S., who range in grade level from kindergarten to eighth grade, as they try and escape the public school system through a lottery for a chance admission to a charter school. Guggenheim lays the blame for the failing public education system at the feet of the various teachers unions, and makes a plea for the public in general to get involved in reforming the system. By analyzing Waiting for Superman through a sociological perspective, issues of inequality will be explained using the theoretical approach of the conflict perspective. Waiting for Superman begins with the director, David Guggenheim driving past the Los Angeles public schools as he takes his own children to a private school. Guggenheim starts to explain the problems with public education, in regards to how it is failing our society in general, and that the only way for the average family to escape it, is luck. The documentary follows five children, four are minorities from lower income families and one is white from an affluent area of California. All five face the same problem, a public education system that views them as numbers that feed the system. They are not considered for their individual talents or shortcomings. They are all doomed to follow a predestined track, developed by a bureaucracy that favors the welfare of the teachers over the students. Guggenheim presents to the audience charter schools, an alternative to public education. These...
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...EDUCATION IN ARGENTINA ABSTRACT The debate over education has been a battle even before the introduction of higher education. Plato is the earliest important educational thinker in human history that saw education as the key to creating and sustaining his Republic (Nation). The concept of education has been a perennial problem in human history; This is so because down through the ages, from ancient to contemporary time, educators as well as philosophers has tried to proffer solutions on why and how man should be educated ranging from force, encouragement, incentives etc. But no matter which method is use, the important of education cannot be overemphasized. The aim of this work is to look at the educational system in Argentina, as well as the private and public education system, higher education, issues facing the Argentine educational system, education and government, Argentina educational position in South American vis-à-vis the world, and we shall proffer some recommended solutions on how to improve their educational system to meet the standard of other developed nations around the world. INTRODUCTION Education is central to development and a key to attaining developmental goals. It is a powerful instrument for reducing poverty and inequality and it lays a foundation for sustained economic growth. Education is widely recognized as one of the most fundamental building blocks for human development. When given the opportunity to learn, people are empowered...
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...The decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Wisconsin v. Yoder was a significant statement for both public education and religious freedom. In terms of religious freedom, the requirement of the government to present a compelling reason to deny exercise of religious beliefs was reaffirmed. Meanwhile, public education continued to be presented as optional, provided that the objecting parents could present an adequate alternative for the education of their children. The case of Wisconsin v. Yoder began with the conviction of three Amish parents for refusing to send their children to public school after the eighth grade when Wisconsin law required attendance until the age of 16. The case underwent a series of appeals until it reached the United States Supreme Court in 1972. The state’s argument was based on an equal application of its role as parens patriae, which gives the government the right to act on behalf of children against abusive or neglectful parents. They argued that depriving the children of public education was...
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...Brandon Olmos Cooper Comm 15 Refutation 9 October 2014 Vouchers in the School System The discussion of charter schools and vouchers is an unfolding debate that is currently being argued in places from small school board meetings to high official places of power such as the Supreme Court. Both charter schools and school voucher programs are, all together, referred to as “school choice” initiatives, in which they allow parents to choose educational facility or options for their children that are outside of the normal public school system. If granted, a school voucher program gives parents a certificate that is used to pay for the education at a school of their choice, rather than the public school to which they are assigned to by their designated...
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...Today, as a rising junior at Felician University, I can firmly argue that a K-12 public education is essential in a student's life. Today, I would not be majoring in K-12 secondary education if it were not for the public education that I received during the first 13 years of my education. Therefore, I urge both parents and students to be thankful, as well as realize that a public education is a blessing, especially to lower-class families. It is also important for lower-class parents to understand that their child's education could be the golden key to a better future, especially in terms of living a comfortable lifestyle. Public education exists today because of Thomas Jefferson and Horace Mann. Jefferson is one of the founding fathers of the United States, as well as one of the first Americans to argue the need for a public education system in the United States. In 1785, Jefferson depicted his idea in his written document, "Notes on the State of Virginia." However, Jefferson's idea was denied three times....
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