The ideal was to establish a set of basic academic standards that all students should achieve, hold the schools accountable for meeting these standards for all students, ←and→ then give educators the choice of how to meet the standards. The way NCLB is currently being administered must be fixed, otherwise we will have both new ←and→ seasoned talented teachers leaving the profession in droves. Although reading ←and→ math tests would remain in the administration's proposal, schools could also include student performance in other subjects as part of overall measurements of progress. Critics say that the current education law has narrowed the curriculum for students:→ Many teachers zero in on math ←and→ reading at the expense of other subjects to help students prepare for the required tests. (Douglas) Students need a well-rounded education," the blueprint declares, and it cites disciplines including history, civics, foreign languages, and the arts.
High school dropout in Delaware is at an all-time high, last year 2010-2011 the Delaware statewide high school dropout rate was 3.7% a 30 year low. Wait” there is some disturbing trends within this data. The report show that Black student increased while it went down for White and Hispanic Student. Black Student rate is 5.1% in 2010-2011 this increased by 1% from 2009-2010 school year, also Hispanics is as at 4.4% down from 4.7% in 2009-2010 school year and White Student are at 2.8% for 2010-2011 compared to 3.1% in 2009-2010 school year. All report show that the 9th grade has the highest rate of dropout in all four year of high school and trend in same for subgroups.
2). Instead of searching for a better educational environment, students look for better tests numbers. Lang Wood goes on by stating “Students can easily become discouraged and negative about education in general, which affects their learning ability” (par. 2). In addition to what Lang Wood believes, Stephens claims, students who are taking the test suffer from stress in result of worrying about passing it.
If you are not from a certain class then your opinions do not matter and will not be heard. As silly as this may sound I have even seen cases where it is “who you know and who you don’t” that make a difference. These cases may seem petty and little but they hinder our communication process greatly and cause many problems in our workforce. In return from the problems this is causing it is also giving our local system a bad name and our parents are hearing these rumors and issues and deciding to take their children out of our systems and taking them to other schools causing our program to lose funding by the
<br>According to Jerry Bransby of Syracuse University, New York, Catholic schools cost more and produce less. A study conducted by Jerry Bransby between the years of 1980 to 1995 reinforces this fact. He took 100 students from Catholic school and 100 from public. There were other groups involved, but the main point is that when these two particular groups were compared, the public school students scored higher on standardized tests by 46% then those from Catholic school! Another question answered from the same study was the likelihood of a student to continue his education to completion or degree of some kind.
Results of Research After receiving back 80 completed copies of our surveys our group started to look at the figures, first by each grade then as a whole. Our first major result was from the question, “Do you believe cheating occurs in Perry Hall High School?” Our subjects’ response was a whopping 97% believe that cheating does occur at our school. This showed us that the students, who see a different perspective from teachers and administrators, are pretty positive that Perry Hall High isn’t exempt from this academic integrity epidemic. The next significant question that we asked was if the student had ever done any of the following which included copying or lending homework, cheating on tests, plagiarizing, and also the option never
Courtney Rosenthal Mrs. Crowe AP Lang- Period 3 25 March 2014 American Ignorance American high schools have changed for the worst since the evolution of the education system; initially, it was about actually receiving an education and gaining knowledge. But in today’s society, American high schools have developed into a flawed system that has adverse effects on its students. There are flaws in the inadequate system such as heavy testing and the teaching of irrelevant information. In order to mend these issues the education system needs to be reshaped and refocused to create a more constructive system. Throughout my personal career in high school, as a current eleventh grader in the public school system, I’ve found the testing
They don’t just go to school; they get paid by others to save up for college. They lose their summer vacation with family. They also get no long relaxing time. One longitudinal study of six elementary schools, three on traditional calendars and three on year-round schedules, discovered positive effects of year-round education. It found that, in most cases, the sample of students in the year-round schools posted overall test-score increases that were higher than those of their traditionally schooled counterparts.
For example, Lee notes that America has the second best percentage of people with degrees worldwide behind Australia, and that, “only 27 percent of Americans have a bachelor’s degree” (Lee 28). However, the journalist notes that only about a quarter of college students who start at a four year university, actually graduate with at least a bachelor’s degree within their first six years. In addition, the author debates that the tuition cost for college is extremely high, when more than half of the students can not finish their college requirements. Furthermore, Lee suggests that there are other resources to succeed in life without a degree. In the article, she shows that her hair colorist makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a year; who does not have a college degree.
GAC015 AE#4 Cayla WSMS40901 GAC015 Assessment Event 4: Academic Research Essay How Can Educational Institutions Turn Cultural Diversity into An Asset Rather Than a Disadvantage? Student’s Name: Cayla Student ID#: WSMS40901 Teacher: Odette Due Date: 6 December 2017 Word Count: 1234 Nowadays, as globalization becomes more common, the culture in our communities is more diverse than before. To learn other cultures, more students prefer to go abroad and study in some western universities. Some study show that there are only around 40% of the population in The United States are white people, which means that more than half of the whole population in America has a wide range of cultural backgrounds