multilingual, and as of right now only 26% of US residents are bilingual. If we do not change our ways we may be left in the dust because we might not know how to interact and compete with the diverse globalized markets because we are not getting the education we need. As of 2013, only 7% of college students were enrolled in a foreign language, and the trends show that this percentage will continue to fall (Fritz, Gregory K). We need to stop this trend because the Hispanic population is growing and we
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School in Parkland, Florida has caused society to protest and speak out towards the advocating of reforming gun- control laws. Alfonso Calderon, a survivor of the attack, took a stance willing to drop out of school if it will benefit the motion of furthering the cause of gun control: “Everybody needs to remember, we are just children. A lot of people think that disqualifies us from even having an opinion on this sort of matter…This matters to me more than anything else in my entire life. And I want
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"reflects local need and context and targets often ignored topics of race, poverty, and historical/societal frameworks (Jean-Louis et al., 2010). However, this program can still have other facets in order to address to the multi-faceted inequalities in education. An additional proposal or goal of the Promise Neighborhoods Program can be to create youth groups in the schools or communities it served led by youth and similar adults alike. As depicted in “Beyond
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interest? What other influences (culture, community, family, etc.) have steered you toward this major? How is your intended major tied to your long-term goals? Additional questions I would hope that all of the hard work I have put into my education over the past years have helped prepare me for this moment, the moment where I move from a community college to a university. My readiness for upper division courses in my major, which is Sociology, include me taking all of my general requirements
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Matthew Centrella Technology in Education In our lives today we expect technology to make a difference, and particularly in furthering our education. We see technologies effects as beneficial. We look for it to change, and improve, what has come before it. Technology is the set of means without which certain kinds of constructive activity would be almost impossible. It supports our efforts to appeal to different learning styles, which give us a way to interact with each other and extend the learning
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Abstract From time immemorial, the role of education has been to prepare individuals to contribute to the society, while also furthering their course. However, the disparity in the US education sector is preventing the system from meeting this key goal. Therefore, blended learning has been hailed as a possible answer to the current limitations of the current system. In this paper, the writer examines the current literature on blended instruction, its benefits, and challenges, as well as, the current
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________________________________________________________________________ Waiting for Balance: A Review of Waiting for Superman Directed by Davis Guggenheim Paramount Vantage and Participant Media, 2010. Approximately 90 minutes. ________________________________________________________________________ Reviewed by Joseph Flynn, Northern Illinois University Introduction Waiting for Superman is the latest documentary by the Academy Award winning director Davis Guggenheim. Guggenheim also directed
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creativity and standardising knowledge in education Bottom of Form Details Amongst the well-drilled headlines that define what is happening inside the British education system in the 21st century, one might be forgiven for not noticing what happened to freedom, the space that once existed for individual creativity and personal goals. It is not that in bygone times the system ever aimed to create that space where those values could take root - a state education system was never going to do that - rather
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Liberty University School of Education 1971 University Blvd. Lynchburg, VA 24502 March 13th 2016 Hakan Dedeoglu, Editor International Journal of Progressive Education Email: dede@hacettepe.edu.tr Dear Sir, Attached in its original form is a manuscript (word document) titled “Blended Learning in Middle Schools: Possibilities, Challenges and Embracing Change” for consideration for publication for your upcoming issue on technology in education. The article examines blended learning, its
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In the beginning, when I started here I did well more than I expected because there were more expectations here for moving on into a career and in life, that is quite motivating to push myself to be able to work harder, however, some of my choices did not help me work smarter. It seems strange because most people would try to motivate themselves to be a better student after receiving praise for doing well academically, but what I did not like was that I didn’t even think carefully about how many
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