Also they will have a weaker immune system causing them to miss school due to illness. They also believe material deprivation causes them to have less school resources such as books and pens so they have fewer opportunities to learn. They have no access to private schools and tuition. Pupils in private schools or having private tuition are proven to receive higher grades than those in public schools. This was supported by the National Child Development Study which found that children from low income households were an average of 9 months behind in their education compared to others.
The same concept applies towards the student who scores a 32 on the ACT compared with a student who scored a 22. It's no wonder why American students tend to have lower scores compared to other countries, such as Japan. Currently, the United States has the shortest school year with an average of 180 days while Japan, who is also in the lead has a whopping average of 243 per year. Now, some people may say that the 63 day difference is not much, but lets assume that both Japan and the United States have a regular seven hour school day, that's 441 more hours of education that Japan students receive than the students from the states. Or lets put it this way, there are 365 days in a year-considering it a regular year- that's 260 weekdays, give or take minus the 243 days of school that Japan students attend, that's only 17 days of break that they receive; compared to the US that has 80 non school days.
The Achievement Gap Between African American and White Students The low achievement of African-Americans in school is a reflection of a number of constant problems not only in the education system but in the society as a whole. Despite the fact that the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test results showed that black students have made great progress when improving their performance in the subjects of reading and mathematics, a gap still separates them from their white peers. For example, there was a special examination completed by the National Center for Education Statistics in 2009 and 2011 that showed that black students trailed behind their white peers by an average of more than 20 test-score points on the NAEP math and reading assessments at 4th and 8th grades, a difference of about two grade levels. These gaps persisted even though the score differentials between black and white students narrowed between 1992 and 2007 in 4th grade math and reading and 8th grade math (NCES, 2009, 2011). Among the reasons for this problem is the issue of poverty, a very poor distribution of tax money for education, and some cultural conflicts.
Apparently, this problem has not been addressed or the current system of teacher recruitment and retention is not working. Most research supports the fact that fewer teachers are produced each year for special education as opposed to regular education. Special education teachers are leaving the field at a higher rate than general education teachers. Why? Special education teachers can easily become overwhelmed by the outrageous number of responsibilities in their jobs--managing IEP’s ( Individualized Education Plans) completing mountains of paperwork, administering alternative assessments, dealing with the increasing numbers of advocates and attorneys, providing assistive technologies, staying informed about complex legislation.
As Colleen Wenke remarks, the "penalties for getting caught are mild. "(1) She further explains how if a person would get caught, their punishment would be a zero on an exam, their parents won't be called, and often times a teacher would drop their lowest grade at the end of each quarter. In my experience in High school my teachers also dropped our lowest grades at the end of the quarter. Also, now that I am in college a few of my teachers drop the lowest grade or replace the lowest grade with the grade we get on our final exam. This means that if a student cheats on an exam and gets caught, the zero they received on it may be dropped at the end of the quarter.
For the sample from materials sciences, directed at an internal fellowship, the one-page essay has an especially difficult task: The writer must persuade those who already know him (and thus know both his strengths and limitations) that he is worthy of internal funds to help him continue his graduate education. He attempts this by first citing the specific goal of his research group, followed by a brief summary of the literature related to this topic, then ending with a summary of his own research and lab experience. Teach for America Student Sample The student applying for the Teach for America program, which recruits recent college graduates to teach for two years in underprivileged urban and rural public schools, knows that she must convince readers of her suitability to such a demanding commitment, and she has just two short essays with which to do so. She successfully achieves this through examples related to service mission work that she completed in Ecuador before entering college.
A big pro to having school vouchers is that low income families will have a choice to send their child to a private school. Many families in Green Bay would qualify for the voucher program because more than half of all families are part of the free or reduced lunch program. Another pro to the program is vouchers provide the choice school $6,442 per student, which will increase to $7,050 per student in K-8 and $7,856 in high school in 2013-14 school year. (CFPA Research Team) School vouchers will cause public schools to increase their ways of thinking when it comes to hard work, discipline and respect for others or the choice will be private. School vouchers can give the parents a choice on whether they would like religion to be a part of their child’s life.
The summer is replaces with shorter and frequent break. Year round school has been a controversy for many decades. Many parents do not agree to year round school because they find it difficult finding child care. One side argues that year round school is absurd. The other side claims that year round school is essential for some, since student often forget a lot during the summer break.
If students don't get punished for not coming to school, then schools will lose money and students will be missing lectures causing them to get bad grades. Students aren't graduating because they have too many unexcused absences. Ditching shouldn't be allowed and if one does ditch, then they must be punished. Some people might say Senior year in high school is a waste of time. I agree, my senior year consisted of cutting classes and not as much work.
Some academics come naturally to students and if they are outnumbered by those that don’t comprehend the lesson, then they may receive a poor grade. In the same manner if a student is outnumbered by intellectual student then they would receive a grade they did not earn. I have seen a few children in the classroom who can read really well and it would not be fair to those few students if they received a low grade because the majority of the class does not know how to read well yet. Another downside to group grading is that sometimes you find that some people work harder than others. In college as well as in kindergarten you find students that put forth no effort, when this happens you have students who are going to have to work harder to pick up the slack.