Using league tables is a good thing as if you want your child to go to a good school, you can chose the one most suitable with good education and exam results. Schools are paid by how many children they can attract so school results and Ofsted inspection publications is hoped to make schools compete and get good results or they wont attract pupils and the funding. Different types of schools for example faith schools and academy schools are a change that also helped pupils in education. Faith schools were introduced in the 1990s by demands of Muslims who wanted their own faith schools. Different types of schools help as parents have more choice and freedom of where they want their child to go.
While there are several “rags to riches” stories that serve to encourage the members of the lower class to work hard and achieve their dreams, much truth lies in the fact that the government does not provide enough opportunities for them to do so. I would recommend revising the school choice provision of the No Child Left Behind Act in order to enable the mobility of students to schools located outside of their district. By doing so, many of the children within the working class would have the option to attend a school where they could receive the same opportunities as those of their high-born
NCLB set forth a certain criteria to be met, but allowed the states to determine how they would accomplish it. Therefore, each state handles assessment and accountability differently. This makes it hard to show success or failure of the programs. Supporters and critics alike can cite research that supports their opinion. My opinion of NCLB is it is flawed, developmentally inappropriate, ill funded, ←and→ leaving more students, teachers, ←and→ schools behind than ever before because The tests have turned into the objective of classroom instruction rather than the measure of teaching ←and→ learning.
On the one hand, these students are able to be safe and secure in the Harvey Milk environment and be truly accepted for who they are but on the other hand, it seems to be showing not only the LGBT community but also society that it may be best (or easier) if the gay and lesbian population is separated from the heterosexual population. In fact, this may be more detrimental to the heterosexual school populations. Separating the LGBT kids is sending the message to young people (as well as adults) that these kids need separate schools for their “issues”. The school systems may not be doing the job they should be to promote diversity and make sure all children and teenagers can feel safe and accepted when going to school. Harassment will never go away, especially in the schools, but creating separate schools for groups may not be the most ethical way of handling the situation.
Academic achievement is devalued because of its association with the dominant and oppressive white culture. A contrary view notes that while both black and white adolescents may sometimes exert (or experience) peer pressure against being "nerdy" and working hard in school, this anti-intellectual norm is not usually racialized. Fordham and Ogbu reported on their observations from a single school. Several studies based on representative national surveys of high-school students have reached contrary findings. These have demonstrated that the differences between black and white students are negligible with respect to the value placed on education.
Mathews asserts that recess is not necessary for education and that students benefit more from spending the time they would be spending on recess in the classroom instead. The author portrays recess as a harmful and dangerous waste of time for the students. Mathews argues his opinion by using the three main rhetoric appeals, ethos, logos, and pathos, to convince others to his point of view on recess. Mathews reasons his argument against recess using the appeal of logic, providing evidence with the use of surveys and educational reports. The author also uses quotes from trusted officials in education to increase his ethics.
To some extent, charter schools widen the achievement gap between privileged and unprivileged children by sometimes pulling the best and brightest students from the public school system. Charter schools offer parents a choice of whether or not to allow their children to attend schools for which they are zoned. This choice not only limits the number of students who can attend charter schools, but it also limits who can attend the charter schools. In some instances, these limitations can question the fairness and equality of charter schools. Charter schools extract funds from the regular school system.
I chose this source because the essay helps understand why sex education is important and how we can get sex education in schools. Also William argues that parents should be doing their part if they refuse to add sex education in schools which is helpful to know other agree that parents should do their part and not just the
Critical Analysis In “The War Against Boys” the author, Christina Hoff Sommers, stated that times are changing and boys should “watch out” in school. She states that girls are starting to be more benefited in school then boys in the educational system, that girl aren’t considered the “second” sex anymore, and that girls are statistically better than boys in academics. I personally agree that times are changing and that boys aren’t getting any special treatment and girls are on the same level as boys, and that they also are better in school then most boys. This to me has a lot to do with that growth gap that there is between both genders, girls start developing at a much earlier age then us, thus letting them learn things at a much faster rate
Jefferson County Board of Education and Parents v. Seattle School District (U.S. Supreme Court), by extending the arguments in Lynn to show that although adults may find it difficult to abandon racial stereotypes, children who interact regularly with persons of other races are less likely to engage in stereotypical thinking about racial groups. Children and adolescents in racially diverse schools are more likely to regard others as individuals, rather than simply “the product of their race.” If there are still court hearings to show that racism is bad, how far really have we come over the years? To overcome the challenges of diversity is how we will start to see all the benefits of diversity. How can we foster a climate of acceptance and cultural pluralism in the United States? I’m sure that this question has been asked many, many times over the years.