...The Cure for an Ailing School System John Taylor Gatto, a former teacher of 30 years, once said, “The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them to take responsibility for their lives” (Gatto). The author’s distrust in the American school system is clearly evident in this quote. We live in a world where the level of education you have is directly related to individual success. Gatto believes school is more detrimental than favorable and does not teach children what is truly necessary to succeed in the world today. Students and teachers are bored with the curriculum being taught in many schools. The curriculum should change in order to appeal to both students and teachers. The curriculum being taught in many schools is the most criticized aspect of modern day schooling. According to Indiana University's High School Survey of Student Engagement, which reached more then 80,000 students, less then two percent of students said they are never bored in high school (Bryner). This was not a national survey but the statistics are rather shocking. The current curriculum is considered uninteresting, irrelevant, and to Gatto’s point, boring. After enduring 12 years of public school, I can say personally that the curriculum was in fact boring and irrelevant. The curriculum did not bring about thought provoking conversations or debates. It did not allow the students to be interactive, which leads...
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...IntroductionAftertaking a back seat to education program reform during the 1980s, school finance has returned as a highly visible issue. With therecent, sweeping state supreme court decisions overturning schoolfinance stnictures in New Jersey, Texas, and Kentucky, and activeorplanned cases in 16 additional states, school finance litigation, fiscalinequities, and school finance reform have rebounded to high placesonstate education policy agendas. This policy white paper discusses thechanging contours of school finance through the 1`./70s and 1980s, and outlines the key school finance issues for the 1990s. I. School Financein the 1970s and1980sSchoolfinance inequities derive from the way states finance public elementary and secondary schools....
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...Education Reform in America’s High Schools ENG 102: English Composition II April 7, 2014 Education Reform in America’s High Schools The American education system’s history goes back to the early colonial day where the students were taught differently and the Bible was a major part of education. American schools are failing and the reason why is that they are suppressing children to a base model of education. All children learn naturally because they are born to be curious, creative, and intrinsic motivated. There is a great many parents, students and educators who believe education reform is greatly needed in American society today is very complex and ever changing, and a high school diploma is very necessary to compete for jobs in any given career. But, the U.S. now has the highest dropout rate today in many years and if some major education reform is not implicated the U.S. will fall farther down on the list of countries who are failing to meet the need for continuous production of quality students to contribute to society. This paper will discuss how the Education System in the United States is failing students. By asking probing questions that looks at education reform from the top with the federal and state governments, to the educator and administrators, the parents and students and what are some possible avenues or changes can be taken to improve the educational system in the United States. What is education reform? Education reform has been forever...
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...the school board because she used to drink in her 20’s. Mabel’s ability to lead would not be affected by drinking in her youth. These two facts are mutual exclusive to one another/ Creating false needs. 2. A child can either be an athlete or a good student. Children can be both good at athletics and good at academics. There are many very intelligent well educated athletes. There are just as many athletically talented academics. Either/Or 3. Any change in healthcare will lead to socialism; we don’t want to live in a socialist country, so we can’t reform health care in any way. To say that reforming healthcare would completely change how society operates is a giant leap. There can be healthcare reform without creating a socialist United States. Slippery Slope 4. All teenagers’ text while they drive, therefore we should raise the driving age to 21. To say all teenagers is an inaccurate generalization. To raise the driving age to 21 would solve the problem of teen texting while driving is not logical. Hasty Generalization 5. If we don’t all drive hybrid cars, the world will end in the next decade of environmental damage. There is no evidence to support a claim that the world will end in 10 years if we do not all switch to hybrid vehicles. The statement goes straight to the most dramatic result conceivable however unlikely it is. Slippery Slope 6. Senator Range has been seen entering a strip club; therefore his economic reforms are...
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...is a way for everyone to express their feelings. There’s art, literature, videos, photography, giving each person a way to be artistically heard. Media gives an individual who may feel like a speck in the world, a bullhorn so they can be heard by millions. Media doesn’t just reach to the people who it was originally directed to, it can reach to many different groups of people and eventually the world, making it an empowering way for your opinion to be heard. It seems like whenever there is a political debate or the news is on, issues regarding schools are constantly brought up. School reform is something that our government is always trying to regulate, but are these politicians always the best qualified to make the decisions about schools? Students are never asked their opinions on the reforms and laws that are directly impacting their education and consequently their lives. Documentaries are frequently made regarding issues in schools, but they are from the point of view of people not directly involved in the issue, giving it an outside clear view on what the issue truly...
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...prohibition. -child welfare Child welfare was a reform that people didn’t see to clearly because they would leave their kids to do the work of a grown person. There were many problems with that parents would have very tired kids that have been working all day which cause them to miss school and other kid things. A few people and places that helped make this better were Lillian Wald on Henry street settlement in New York. The federal children’s boreal helped keep the children out of these sweat shops. -Prohibition Alcohol was a major part of woman getting beaten up by there husbands. The woman’s christen temperance union (wctu) were one of the main people to help stop the sell buy and producing of alcoholic beverages. Frances Willard was the head of the wctu from 1879 to 1898 which made the wctu force for temperance and for the rights of women -civil rights Many people were not allowed there rights such as being a girl and being able to work. African Americans fought for some of the same rights as white people such as ending poverty expanding child welfare. The national association of colored women was one of the largest organizations of African American women which were founded in 1896. By the 1916s the organization had more than 100,000 members and campaigned against poverty and segregation and, lynching. To conclude my presentation of one of the three most important reforms Id like to state that the prohibition reform was the worst one because people would get abused...
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...American learners in classrooms today. With an educational system that serves approximately 76,355,000 students, 30,982,000 or 40.58% are of an ethnically diverse background and 5% of school age children have a disability (U.S. Census Bureau, 2008). These changing legal requirements and student demographics in United States educational systems combine pointing to the need for increased collaborative planning and teaching among school personnel attempting to comply with these legal mandates to serve all students fairly and equitably in general education classrooms. Co-teaching is an approach that helps educators meet both IDEIA and NCLB mandates, and is defined as “two or more people sharing responsibility for teaching some or all of the students assigned to a classroom” (Villa, Thousand, & Nevin, 2008, p. 5). In schools within the United States, co-teaching often involves general education and special education teachers working together in one classroom and used as a supplementary aid and service that can be brought to general education to serve the needs of students with (and without) disabilities through IDEIA. Co-teaching requires a re-conceptualization and revision for traditional teacher preparation. Recent studies show the benefits of co-teaching arrangements for students, teachers, and school organizations...
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...During the turn of the 19th century, Toronto became part of the industrialization and urbanization phase. With that came the migration of single women to the city, women who left their small towns in order to find paid jobs in the city of Toronto. These were young single women who broke free from the unpaid working women of the past, although their freedom to work came with a price. While these young working girls were trying to make into the world, many discouraged such notions of working in the city factories and shops due to the idea that these women would jepordize their shift into a housewife or motherhood. This idea was known as the girl problem, a delimma that needed to be dealt with because of the cross between exploiting women for cheap labor or creating women who would be healthy, respectable mothers someday. While these women worked to stay alive, they were given low wages, while men who worked were paid much higher. Their freedom as working women who spent their time working during the day and shopping and entertaining themselves was looked upon as suspicious. Due to suspicions of women working, the police developed a way of monitoring what women did in the public sphere. Also an oganizaiton known as YWCA became over-seerers of women, they began to deecide wh was a retspectable women or who was a deviant in society. Many of these women just wanted to have the same freedoms that a single man might have, they face discrimintation in the workplace and were serverly...
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...Maitri A Shah English 4/12/2016 Should immigration laws be reformed Promising freedom and opportunity, the United States attracts individuals to come to the USA. But the current immigration system in the united states is broken: families are isolated, immigration workers are exploited, people die trying to cross the border, and there is rampant discrimination. The government should be for reforming immigration laws because it keeps families together and creates rational process of citizenship for new Americans etc. The first reason why immigration should be reformed is economy benefits by immigration reforms. Immigration reform would increase U.S. GDP by at least 0.84 percent. According to the American immigration council, “This would translate into at least a $1.5 trillion cumulative increase in GDP over 10 years, which includes approximately $1.2 trillion in consumption and $256 billion in investment”. Second, immigration system can uphold children’s basic human rights and ensure access to critical public services, programs, and economic supports for children and their families. It can ensure that children receive legal representation before all immigration authorities and, for all unaccompanied children, the appointment of an independent child advocate from the moment of detention throughout the course of any immigration or other related court proceedings. The other reason is it keeps family together Under today’s broken immigration system, many...
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...Ramon Magsaysay (1907-1957) EARLY LIFE Ramón del Fierro Magsaysay was born in Iba, Zambales on August 31, 1907 to Exequiel Magsaysay (1874-1968), a blacksmith, and Perfecta del Fierro (1887-1980), a schoolteacher.[ He spent his high school life at Zambales Academy at San Narciso, Zambales. After high school, Magsaysay entered the University of the Philippines in 1927, where he enrolled in a pre-engineering course.He worked as a chauffeur to support himself as he studied engineering; and later, he transferred to the Institute of Commerce at José Rizal College (1928–1932), where he received a baccalaureate in commerce. He then worked as an automobile mechanic in a bus company and shop superintendent. CAREER DURING WORLD WAR II At the outbreak of World War II, he joined the motor pool of the 31st Infantry Division of the Philippine Army. When Bataan surrendered in 1942, Magsaysay escaped to the hills, narrowly evading Japanese arrest on at least four occasions. There he organised the Western Luzon Guerrilla Forces, and was commissioned captain on 5 April 1942. For three years, Magsaysay operated under Col. Merrill's famed guerrilla outfit & saw action at Sawang, San Marcelino, Zambales, first as a supply officer codenamed Chow and later as commander of a 10,000 strong force. Magsaysay was among those instrumental in clearing the Zambales coast of the Japanese prior to the landing of American forces together with the Philippine Commonwealth troops on January 29, 1945...
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...there is no shortage of nurses, as the majority of care is provided at home. Finally, it is commonly believed that China’s health care issues are different from those of the United States. Exploration of these myths provides us with a better understanding and an improved ability to engage with this emerging economic global leader. Key words: China, Complimentary Therapies, Nursing, Traditional Chinese medicine, Western Medicine HINA’S EMERGING PRESENCE in the global economy has been accompanied by significant shifts in the country’s domestic policy, especially in the area of health care. Erosion of the socialist ideology that shaped China’s political landscape after the World War II is clearly apparent in the country’s market reform...
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...Citing articles: 3 View citing articles Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=ccom20 Download by: [The University of Manchester Library] Date: 01 December 2015, At: 11:00 Compare, 2015 Vol. 45, No. 5, 664–685, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2014.928508 International education policy transfer – borrowing both ways: the Hong Kong and England experience Downloaded by [The University of Manchester Library] at 11:00 01 December 2015 Katherine Forestier* and Michael Crossley Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK This paper analyses how the impact of international student achievement studies and the recent economic crisis in Europe are influencing the development of educational policy transfer and borrowing, from East to West. This is contrasted with education reform movements in East Asia, which have long legacies of borrowing from so-called ‘progressive’ discourses in the West. England and Hong Kong are used as case studies. Since...
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...Catherine Hendrickson HLT255 February 12, 2012 Arizona Governor’s Efforts to Improve Access to Health Care The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) is the state of Arizona’s alternative to the conventional fee-for-service Medicaid system. Established in 1982, the system is built on a health maintenance organizational model (contracted providers are paid a prearranged capitation payment for services that are delivered to enrolled members) (Betlach, 2011). Eligibility into the AHCCCS program is gained through a mixture of state and federal programs, which for some, include also being qualified for a cash assistance program (for example, Supplemental Security Income (SSI)). The program operates on state, county, and federal funding to provide health care coverage to low-income families, acute and long-term care Medicaid patients, and small businesses. In essence, AHCCCS is a managed care system that allows members to choose their own providers, mainstreams clients, and emphasizes preventative services and high-quality health care (McCall, 1997). The AHCCCS program is responsible for three main areas: * Acute Care: Consists of a majority of pregnant women and children and also contains an emergency services only program for the population who does not qualify for full AHCCCS benefits due to immigration status (Kirkman-Liff, B., and Kronenfeld, J. (1994). * Arizona Long Term Care System (ALTCS): Provides long term care, acute care, case management, and...
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...were finally getting a break from the government when President Obama signed his new health reform act. Little was known how much this generation was actually considered before the president signed off their continued demise. Young adults were sold a dream of affordable health plans that could fit within their tight budgets, but with reality in front of them, they must face either being penalized for the 2014 tax year or pinch their pennies and pay the premium throughout the year. Promoters of the Affordable Care Act are now facing the challenge of getting this group to sign up for insurance. But many ask why they didn’t consider the pockets of young adults before the current administration made the decision for them. What does the Affordable Care Act or “Obamacare” entail? It offers provisions to expand coverage, control health care costs, and improve the health care delivery system. “The act requires most U.S. citizens and legal residents to have health insurance. It also requires employers to pay penalties for employees who receive tax credits for health insurance through an Exchange, with exceptions for small employers.” (www.kff.org, 2013) Who exactly is this group of young adults? “They are a group of healthy, young people at an estimated 20 million people,” who are uninsured. (Larson-Stoller, 2013). Also known as the “young invincibles,” this group is made of recent high school and college graduates that make below $15,000 per year. These citizens place of employment...
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...Running head: Educational Reform Paper Standards as Vehicle for Educational Reform University of Phoenix Cur 562/Standards-Based Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Suranna January 15, 2009 Standards as a Vehicle for Educational Reform Standards have been one of the most controversial topics in the field of education. Therefore, it has captured the concerns of the public to take the necessary action through a national movement that could help improve educational outcomes for all students. The movement has brought about major attention to stakeholders in the public arena, which include educators, administrators, parents, community leaders/members, businesses, and lawmakers. According to Marzano and Kendall (1996) many educators believe that the national publication of A Nation at Risk ( National Commission on Excellence in Education, 1983) has somewhat initiated a standards based reform movement. This publication has been one of the first documents to mandate the needs for significant improvement in public schools. In conjunction with such efforts came national and state level reform initiatives have help create standards of performance in the various subject areas. These standards later were used to develop assessments that would measure the extent in which the standards are to be mastered. Setting such rigorous academic standards, measuring students’ progress against these standards, and holding students and educators accountable...
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