...Daniel Klucker Ms. Jennings English 111-13 1 October, 2014 More F’s are Needed in the School System In today’s Education system there seems to be problems on top of problems and the problems don’t seem to be getting fixed. One major problem seems to not be one factor, but many factors as Carl Singleton explains in his article “What Our Education System Needs is More F’s”. What our education needs in today’s world is more and more F’s. The basic problem in our education today is that many people are being credited for something they didn’t earn nor should receive. Students are being taught by teachers these days that they don’t have to work hard enough to pass their way through high school. This problem seems to be growing due to the lack of teaching and correct grading done by the teachers. It seems as if some of these teachers should have never been qualified in first place to be able to start teaching. Over the years, Illiteracy among High School students has risen, but the students seem to be graduating instead of flunking like many students should be. Teachers have become too generous and it is teaching these High School students laziness and it will cause problems for the students’ work ethic in the future. High School is the most important time for an individual to learn because it is the final step until you reach the real world. Sending these students home with decent grades show their parents that they seem to be alright, but in reality they are not. They are...
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...Executive Summary Reforming Education: Firing and Motivating Teachers The public educational system in Texas is failing. The current practice of retaining underperforming teachers is preventing students from receiving the quality of education that is necessary to succeed. To correct this problem, we propose a system for evaluating teacher performance at the elementary school level based on state test scores. Teachers will be placed into one of four categories based on their students’ educational growth: top performing tier, high performing tier, medium performing tier, or lowest performing tier. Teachers performing in the top tiers will be rewarded with public praise and annual bonuses, while teachers in the bottom tiers will be placed on probation which includes performance improvement courses. Teachers who are unable to improve their performance will be fired. The tactics to sell this plan to the Spring Branch Independent School District board will be based on consistency, intrinsic and extrinsic motivators, emotion, and the Expectancy Chain. Convincing the school board to fire underperforming teachers will challenge the educational status quo, but will improve the quality of education given to students. Reforming Education: Firing and Motivating Teachers Public education is failing in Texas. Texas ranks forty-first out of fifty states in high school graduation rates. “The research shows that kids who have two, three, or four strong teachers in a row will eventually...
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...I think would help improve our school system at Spain Park High School. I have three main ideas and points that I will explain and back up with my reasons. My first idea is to have a ten to twenty minute break at some point during the school day. My second idea is to return the exchange of caffeinated beverages. My last idea is in class the teachers shouldn’t lecture as much as simply showing how to do the work. I think these ideas would greatly improve the likeness of school by attendants and improve the overall grades in the school. My first idea is to have a ten to twenty minute break in at some point during the school day. I think that this would give the students and teachers a break to relieve some stress and rejuvenate their decrepit minds therefore improving the compatibility of the teachers and students. I know this will also improve the recalcitrance of the students that are having trouble with behavior problems, the break would just calm them down so they would be so stressed and tired. The breaks I have proposed would be in two groups, seeming there is A lunch which is early and C lunch which is late. There should be a break in between the beginning of the day and C lunch for those who have lunch C. For those who have A lunch there should be a break in between A lunch and the end of the day. People with B lunch would split up between the two break times. This, I’m sure, will help the stress that is put on people throughout the school day, which brings me to my next...
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...education the best way? America can create a better system of learning by treating students as individuals, by assuring that schools are created and funded equally by the government, and focusing conditions around what produces the most optimal learning. The sad fact is that the U. S. educational system does not rank in the world's top ten. Educational norms in the United States require students to learn the material in the same format and at the same pace. A student’s best individual learning style, such as auditory or visual, is not addressed by most teachers because they do not go into a lesson with more than one strategy for teaching the material. “If one method fails, teachers consult with colleagues to try something else. They seem to relish the challenges. Nearly 30 percent of Finland’s children receive some kind of special help during their first nine years of school.” This quote, from a Smithsonian article, on the #1 ranked Finnish school system highlights one of the root causes for America’s educational failures. Students should be treated as individuals but schools should not....
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...education is not only a necessity, but a right to all individuals regardless of gender or class. Over the course of the last decade, Ethiopia has experienced vast improvements in its education system. In 2005, the net enrollment ratio in Ethiopia was 77.5% for grades 1-4 and 37.6% for grades 5-8. Since then, enrollment has increased to 92.2% for grades 1-4 and 48.1% for grades 5-8 (UNDP). With the aid of the United Nations and other groups, Ethiopia has been making progress towards achieving primary education throughout the country; however, there is a necessity for a final push in completing this development goal. One of the largest obstacles that Ethiopia had towards achieving nation-wide primary education was the fact that the schools had fees. With a poverty rate of about 30% (UNDP), this created a problem for a large portion of Ethiopia’s population eligible for schooling, as they simply could not afford to attend. Between 1974 and 1991, Ethiopia was a communist state. With resources sparse and funds lacking, the communist government of Ethiopia initiated the fees that students had to pay in order to attend schooling. The communist government system fell to make way for a federalist government system in 1991, and over the course of the next 5 years, all public government schools had abolished...
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...segregated school system in New York City, America is progressing backwards. With the increasing numbers of minority students attending schools in racially and economically isolated neighborhoods, it is easy to say that America is right back to where it started—a segregated system that is keeping students of color from long-term equal achievement. Furthermore, it is causing a decrease in New York City’s general academic performance of students, and minority families can no longer...
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...Did you know that Finland’s High School graduation rate is 93%? That’s 18% more than the United States High School graduation rate. Research shows that Finland has a way better school system than the American school system. Finland is known for its top education and routinely top rankings of global education systems. Finland was the first state to change their educational system and it has succeeded. The three main factors to Finland’s success was getting the best teachers, getting the best out of the teachers, and having the teachers step in when students started to slack. Compared to schools in the U.S., Finnish schools give relatively little homework, the students have only one mandatory test at age 16, Finnish students don’t start school...
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...ARAULLO UNIVERSITY PHINMA EDUCATION NETWORK ARAULLO UNIVERSITY BASIC EDUCATION Online School Information System A Thesis Proposal Presented to College of Information Technology and Engineering Araullo University - PHINMA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology by: Cariñoso, John Joseph Bartolome, Neil Albert Eugenio, Arvin N. Facunla, Boustros S. Ms. Evelyn Juliano Thesis Adviser 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study Basic Education is the college preparatory unit of the university. It is composed of the Pre-School, Grade School and High School levels. It provides school age children and youth with the necessary skills, knowledge and attitudes to make it to the tertiary level of education. It also offers a curriculum following the K to 12 Basic Education Program. English, Mathematics, and Science are prioritized in order for the students to become competent individuals relevant to the needs of the country. Educational trips are integrated into the curriculum to provide an empirical manner of learning and to open a channel where the students can apply what they have learned in the classrooms. At the PHINMA Basic Education Program, we are developing not just mastery, but the love to learn; not just hard work, but the love to excel; not just responsibility, but the love for life and all things living; students who will succeed in whatever they do, wherever they are and...
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...How to Make School Vouchers Equal Today, politicians love to argue over the school voucher system. However, what is this system? The school voucher system was first introduced by Milton Friedman, a conservative economist, and Noble laureate. He believed that making all school private would improve education, and introduced a system where the government pays for a private K-12 school’s tuition (Parkay, 213). Although this system was first introduced more than 50 years ago, it still causes great debate between educators, politicians, parents, and those alike. Those who are against the school voucher system, such as I, argue that this system violates the separation of church and state, gives no statistical difference in test scores and grades,...
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...Co-Educational School Systems Coeducational school systems are complex and controversial issues that are discussed throughout school systems across the United States. Some people think separating young men and woman could contribute to their studies. I strongly disagree with this statement that young men and women should attend separated schools. I say they should be educated in the same school to prepare them for society. School system all across the world should be coeducational. Now, it’s very important today that young men and women should have the some kind of knowledge of every aspect. Our schools are not only academic utensils but are utensils used to mode our educators of tomorrow. The purpose of the education is to teach them about the world outside the four walls of the class room which involves the opposite sex. The different opinion on subjects from classmates will help them develop the skills of listening and embraces others informational thoughts. Secondly, they encounter friendship with different genre of people by just communicating with them. As a youth they don’t even know their preparing for life outside the four walls of a classroom. They learn to communicate with the opposite sex as youth which is important in almost every workforce today. The coeducation method of regulating a school system basically prepares student to deal with all kinds of people. Once, the youth is taught in the same classrooms with...
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...School Systems Mentality Within the political cartoon, “School Begins Soon for American Students” there is a classroom of different countries labeled by their shirts, while the kid that represents the USA in in the back yelling about having to start school. This cartoon is given the strong political effect by including symbolism, labeling, and exaggeration. Symbolism is shown by the “USA” in the background yelling while everyone else is working. This symbolism is used to portray that the USA expects things to be their way and easy. This gives the other countries sitting and working more respect and dignity. Looking at the cartoon there is lots of labeling, the labeling includes different countries on their shirts, everyone looks very similar,...
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...Failing School Systems: Are Students to Blame? The United States educational system is failing. This topic is in the news repeatedly. Failing schools are a problem that must be fixed. However, it cannot be fixed until we figure out its real cause. Many people put the blame on the government, school officials, and teachers. Critics such as Geoffrey Canada, the founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone, say that the problem lies within the public schools. He states, “Public schools are bad, privately managed charter schools are good” (Ravitch 1). This may be a true statement but there must also be an underlying cause for low school performance. Nobody ever thinks the students may have something to do with this problem. The students are the ones who are taking the tests, paying attention in class and completing the homework. Nevertheless, from another view it may not always be the child’s fault. Maybe other factors contribute to this. Some students want to succeed but they do not always have the necessary resources to do so. These reasons are student’s determination, financial limitations, family support, insufficient housing, and poor nutrition. Some students do want to succeed in life however successful needs to be defined in order to figure out criteria for success. According to Merriam-Webster, success is an “a degree of succeeding” and “a favorable or desired outcome”. In other words, success is having a series of goals set in order to achieve a bigger goal or accomplishment...
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...1. In what ways did the Gary Indiana school system illustrate how schools were transformed and how was that transformation publicly justified during the progressive era? Gary Indiana school system changed from a “traditional school” to a “progressive school.” Traditional schools taught reading, math, and writing to students, often only to males. Gary Indiana school system taught student social, political, physical, mental, and social training. During the time, school enrollment increased dramatically from 7% to 32%. Also, more and more families were beginning to live in the cities. The transformation from “traditional schools” to “progressive schools” was sold as a shift from rural life to urban life. After the 1920’s, the number of cities grew with a half a million people grew from two to twelve. During the Gary Indiana school system transformation, immigration was at an all-time high along with the increased amounts of factories and other industries. The “progressive school” systems allowed teachers to teach the specific skills required in different types of occupations. 2. Discuss the degree to which all population groups of students were or were not equally well served by the four progressive educational aims of social stability, employable skills, equal educational...
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...Testing has been a major measurement of American public-school student achievement for several decades, especially during the past fifteen years. Students must take tests almost yearly, which will determine much of their educational future. Diane Ravitch, a professor and historian of education, writes in her book The Death and Life of the Great American School System about how schooling has changed over the past fifteen years, beginning with the passage of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in 2002. She discusses testing, privatization, restructuring, and many other common themes among American public schools. Education is greatly based on two things, which writer, research fellow, and mechanic Matthew Crawford allows us to understand. In his book,...
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...Imagine being a teacher of adolescent students. Teachers around the world take an oath to help all their students to excel and achieve their dreams. But, not all teachers have the same ability to teach the way they want to. The American School system is strict when it comes to teaching and academics. “Invading at an early age improves the student social involvement” - Odyssey. The way the system is set up is that a child starts school when they are five years old and they will be done by the age of eighteen. At the age of five, a child does not have the ability to sit down at a desk and be able to understand how to count and read. The brain in a child that young is just starting to develop. That’s why children should start school at the...
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