FARM students score lower than the overall average in both reading and math in 8th and 4th grade. This is probably due to the fact that families in lower income have a lower vocabulary, less education, and less parental support due to the fact that both parents are probably working as many hours as possible. Research proves that students who are living in poverty prior to entering school their oral language is more limited then those raised in a higher social economic status. African American students are disproportionately represented in the FARMS population in our area, mainly because they are half our population and in turn a high percentage of our FARM students. This could partially explain the low performance of African American students when compared to Caucasians.
This essay will assess the extent to which educational policies have been meritocratic. Meritocracy is where a pupil’s ability, rather than their class background, income, ethnicity or gender, determines the school they go to and the grades they get. So something based more around achievement and not ascription. Before the Education Act (1994), children of different classes and backgrounds all received very different educations. The parents of children from wealthy middle class backgrounds (bourgeoisie) could afford to send their child to public and grammar schools to receive an academic education.
Many nurseries are now located on site a primary or community school to help the transition between foundation stages 1 and 2 easier for the children. However the independent nurseries are funded by the fee that the parents/guardian’s will pay so their children can attend a private nursery or attend earlier then the government funded age. Community schools are state schools and are not influenced by businesses and religious groups. They are completely controlled and owned by the local education authority. These schools will only have children who are from the local community as their admissions policy can be very strict.
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), for example, aimed to “close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice so that no child is left behind” (U.S. Department of Education, 2001). A provision of this act, known as Choices for Parents, allows low-income parents to choose another public school for their child if the school that they currently attend has been labeled as “in need for improvement” for two or more consecutive years” (U.S. Department of Education, 2001). This provision may sound promising in the sense that it provides an alternative option for students who may not be receiving an adequate education but it does have its shortcomings. While the parents were given the option to move their children from one school to another, they were only permitted to move to a school within their district. This provision is ineffective because the majority of the schools under the same district suffer from the same inadequacies.
Solutions for problems like these are hard to come across, but if people took it upon themselves to try to educate them self by reading and writing more than they do it would help them in the long run. There was a table “From Reading at Risk” by Shea, Scanlon L., and Aufses presented that showed how many people actually take the intuitive to read for the purpose of educating their self. The people within the school systems should take a look at all of the problems with the Education system. It all starts with the adults in charge. Not every parent has the financial Stability to send their kids to schools with great education programs, as shown in waiting for Superman.
Katheleen Flores Period 6 Economics April 25, 2012 There has been a lot of tension between charter schools and public schools for a while now. The huge question of which one is better and more beneficial in our society. Charter schools and public schools have some things that different such as sources of funding, salaries of teacher sand administration, resources, learning environment, college prep, and how much money being spent per student. All of these factors contribute to the reasons why some results are different than other schools. Funding sources for charter schools are received through two blocks grants named the general purposes block grants, which are based on states averages per grade level and the categorical block
Kristi Polk Phi-105 April 12, 2015 Val Ierley Charter Schools Better then Public Schools When parents do not like the public school that their child goes to and they do not know what to do, but know they want the best for them, what do they do? As a parent, trying to find the best for them is right here. “Educators predict that the growth of charter schools will infuse completion into the public school, forcing traditional public schools to improve the practices they engage in to educate student,” (Davis, Dec 2013, p. 33). “Charter schools have existed for about 2 decades. The first charter school legislation was passed in Minnesota in 1991.” (Kelly, Andree, Aug 2012).
Rising concerns about the importance of early learning, literacy, school readiness and youth development mark the importance of child care subsidies in affecting the quality of care received by low-income children served through this program. In her article, “Child care and Welfare Reform, Gina Adams stated, the quality of child care for low-income families is a major topic in the welfare reform debate (5).” States must spend at least four percent of their federal funding to improve the quality and supply of care. It seems that there is a higher priority on forcing single mothers to work than on supporting access to good quality child care. It should be made mandatory that
Unlike public schools, charter schools allow parents to become more involved with their children’s school environment, teachings, and progress. One of their main goals is to improve the education system. But, a negative aspect of being a charter school is that the schools must meet their required goals, and have the possibility of closing if unattained. This is why some parents have a tough time deciding whether or not their children should attend charter schools because they have the potential to close if goals aren’t met. In relation to expenditures, charter schools are funded through sponsors and grants (Vann 1).
Cost One of the disadvantages of free education is that it is not actually free. It is funded by taxpayer dollars. This disadvantage is really a matter of labeling -- while you may not receive an invoice for you or your child's "free" education, you will pay for it over the course of your life through a small chunk of every paycheck you receive. So, you can think of free education as something that you pay for, and as the money that goes toward it as money that is being diverted from other projects, such as health care, roads or lower taxes. Administrators Administrators in the public school system don't work for the school.