...Pragmatic Solutions for Evaluating Teachers and Students As a country we constantly think that testing kids is the answer. Testing is the official gateway to college. What if you are a bad tester or you just had a really bad day? How are you supposed to get into a good college to be a part of society? Dose the government just want a society where only some people are educated? As a country we need to find a way to not constantly test students and teachers, but to know that they are being taught and are teaching correctly. Testing can be good for certain people and certain things. Yes, some people do test well. Tests should be used to place kids at the level they belong. Do they belong in geometry or algebra, or in honors or IB? Those are things we can test for and determine. We cannot test kids to find out if they have learned what they were supposed to during the year or class. Maybe they didn’t learn anything because they already knew most of it or they do not test well. You cannot say that from one test that a student passed or did not. Teachers are now being evaluated by the test scores of students. As to find and weed out the ones who are not actually teaching students. We all know that an amazing teacher can still have a student who has been in class and fails that test. You cannot blame the teacher for that, they did their job, and the student did not. Why not try a new approach? We give each student a placement test. This test determines what math...
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...discrimination with their unwavering approach to educational reform. Horace Mann was at the forefront of opening the doors to education for people other than just white males. Mann, through his own life experiences, believed that education for all individuals would assist in the development of opportunities for generations to come. Mann set up libraries in many schools making it possible for students to have easy access to books. Booker T. Washington set out to show the white population that African Americans could be productive citizens through his educational leadership. Washington taught with the idea that one learned by doing, thus taught skills that one saw as useful in society. Catherine Beecher is recognized as one of the early advocates of higher education for women. The educational system has had a long and interesting road of development. Although we can read and understand how far it has come, it still has a long way to go. Many things have left me wondering why there were not any prominent named individuals who worked for reform with Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans. I would assume, just as Horace Mann, Booker T. Washington, Catherine Beecher, and others were noted in the creation of our educational system that one should be able to also read the names of Native, Hispanic, and Asian Americans that also contributed to why education is where it is...
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...U.S. Education Today & Tomorrow This paper reviews four important trends in our educational system today across America and discusses the impact of these trends on our future educational system. We live in an ever evolving world with constant changes that are affecting every aspect of our lives daily. Our educational system has not been immune to these changes and shouldn’t be since these changes and our ability to adapt to these changes will determine our future academic success and our place in a global society. Trend 1: Diverse & Older Population America has always been a melting pot of diversity, but current statistics show that in the near future minorities will become the majority percentage of the population (Pearson, 2010). Immigration, legal and illegal, have been substantial for a long time now and is changing the needs that educational systems have to address. For example, the need for qualified and minority teachers who can teach English as a second language will and does continue to grow (Pearson, 2010). Educators will have to adapt to this also by being more sensitive to various cultures and perhaps re-evaluate the current curriculum to promote multicultural literacy. Furthermore, the number of people that will retire will be doubled by the year 2050 and there will be fewer people of working age paying into the tax system that helps support education and elder services (Pearson, 2010). Because of this, financial constraints most...
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...Educational Reform Essay Lance E. Ebel Grand Canyon University: SEC 501 September 9, 2015 Educational Reform Essay Looking back on education over the years there have been many changes. Some of the significant changes that have taken place, were established to support and help students succeed in school such as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, School Choice, and Technology. Each one has had a significant impact on our educational system today. Each of these changes have been established to support and help all students succeed in school. With the onset of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 standardized testing has become a major instrument for gauging student and teacher performance (Smyth 2011). Based on how students perform, schools performance is measured based upon how they match up with other schools across the country. In some way this is unfair as the demographics of each school are different. When teachers are concerned with how their students are performing on a test it eliminates the opportunity to teach higher level thinking and reduces a teacher’s creativity in the classroom (Smyth 2011). According to Thomas Rabovsky 2011, “School choice refers to a wide variety of policies that allow students to transfer out of an assigned residential public school. These policies range from fairly limited systems of public choice, to more expensive systems of choice that provides tuition vouchers for students to exit the public school system entirely and attend...
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...English Comp 2 Writing Assignment 1A The Value of a College Education Today A college education today is more valuable today then any other period in our history. In the past college education was only obtainable by the elite and wealthy. Today college education can be obtained through many different ways, it is no longer only for the wealthy. Since almost anyone can obtain a higher education it becomes more important in everyday life. The education offers a person better jobs, better performance on the job, and better communication skills on and off the job. With a college education no longer is a person relegated to doing the same job a parent did or taking over the family business. Just because a person was raised on a farm does not mean they have to be a farmer. After going to college they can become a doctor, teacher, or anything they want to be. The average person with a college education earns more money then someone with out an education. Besides the money and the better job opportunities the education can help the person perform better on the job. The saying “knowledge is power” is true. A person who does take over the family business only knows what the family has taught them. If they are educated in the ways of business then they have the opportunity to help the business grow and flourish beyond where it is at now. No matter what a person does for a living communication is a key factor in just about everything they do inside and out side...
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...Chancellor, Carmen Farina made the decision last Wednesday to keep NYC schools open on Thursday in the wake of the impending snow storm. The decision to keep schools open set off a firestorm of criticism and the Mayor found himself being publically called out by Al Roker of the Today Show. (Grynbaum, 2013) NYC schools rarely close and have only done so on 11 occasions over the last 40 years. Mayor de Blasio defended himself saying, “It would be nice if we got a video the night before of what the next day looks like”. (Grynbaum, 2013) That remark was met with criticism from Al Roker who stated, “Mr. Mayor, I could never run NYC, but I know when it’s time to keep kids home from school.” (Grynbaum, 2013) The decision to close schools or keep them open during inclement weather is a question that many districts are facing across the country this winter. School districts throughout Indiana are trying to figure out how they will make up the lost school days to meet the 180 requirement. I understand Al Roker’s comments that the schools probably should have been closed. But, sometimes I think we lose sight of other consequences of closing schools. In my position, I worked with the NYC Department of Education for 6 years. Their student population is larger than the city of Indianapolis at 1,000,000+ children. It may be easy for someone like Mr. Roker who has the personal resources to criticize the Mayor and Chancellor for the decision to keep schools open however, there are other...
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...Sofía Solano Mendoza James Denza Seminar Academic Inquiry 27/04/2011 SEXTING Sexting is the act of sending sexually explicit photos via text messages, and is shockingly common among teens. According to Katie Couric of [Fox News], [Sexting] is “the new craze all over the country among 11 to 17 year-old adolescents.” A recent study by MSNBC found that 20% (1 in 5) of teens between the ages of 12 and 17 have sexted in their lives. Teens say “sexting” is one way to gain approval from peers or possible suitors. Teens in America are facing criminal charges of child pornography for sending and receiving nude pictures. These photos are often forwarded from friend-to-friend via cell phone and even around entire classes. With the availability of technology, young people are not aware that once they start cyber-swapping photos they are on the Internet to stay. If these photos get into the hands of the wrong people such as college admissions or future employers they could ruin the chance to fulfill a dream and there is nothing sexy about that. In fact, I see a relation with the movie of American Beauty, because in the entire movie Rick the neighbor of Jane is filming her with some erotic scenes. The media image of scantily dressed individuals is so common that teenagers don’t feel that it is wrong. It isn’t uncommon for teens to follow media and act like the people they see on the television everyday. In music videos it isn’t uncommon to see women...
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...Background Since childhood, Becky Fuller has dreamed to work for the Today show as news producer. However, her effort to the job is off-putting to potential suitors and eventually being laid off from her job at the local Good Morning New Jersey. After this event, her mother advises her to stop her dream to make her life better; However, Becky perseveres, and continues her dream. She sends lots of résumés, and receives an opportunity from IBS for the national morning show, DayBreak. For the job interview with Jerry Barnes, it is not satisfactory. Then, Becky bumps into one of her heroes, veteran television journalist Mike Pomeroy in an elevator, and meets him. Finally, Barnes hires Becky to be DayBreak's executive producer. On her first day, Becky realizes that the show has many problems. She decides Pomeroy to replace her co-host Paul McVee as her new co-host. Pomeroy refuses to become Becky’s co-host because he wants to less workload. Becky uses Pomeroy’s contract to force him to accept her requirement eventually. However, Pomeroy is not contributed for his job due to many reasons, and the result is discouraging as ratings begin to drop; Becky is told that DayBreak may be canceled. Therefore, Becky decides to use radical approach in order to raise the ratings and save the show, but Barnes doesn’t believe Becky could success. During a staff meeting, Pomeroy shows interest in doing a story, and finally he breaks the story of racketeering on live television, and this help...
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...Emmy-winning TV makeup artist. She created her first foundation and concealer products seven years ago while working for Barbara Walters, Meredith Vieira, and the rest of the hosts on “The View.” 2. Contributions and Uniqueness With sales growth slower than desired, Eve Pearl, the founder, is considering pitching her high-end cosmetic products — priced well above department store levels — to a broad audience by appearing on ShopNBC, a 24-hour TV shopping channel in the mode of QVC. While working on “The View,” Ms. Pearl started selling her brush-on products from her New York apartment. By 2008, she had become Ms. Vieira’s personal makeup specialist. She followed the broadcaster backstage on the sets of “Today” and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” appeared on “Today” herself, and basked in the glow of a ribbon-cutting. She was flanked by morning show stars — Ms. Vieira, Ann Curry, Hoda Kotb and Natalie Morales — at the grand opening of her stylish 700-square-foot Upper East Side boutique. A YouTube posting of that celebrity-filled debut attracted tens of thousands of viewers and encouraged Ms. Pearl to start posting promotional videos demonstrating her techniques and products. That proved to be a good thing, with Internet orders soon outstripping her boutique business and her wholesale deliveries to makeup professionals. By 2011, Ms. Pearl had more than 100 products — some with prices as high as $98 — and more than $1 million in revenue. Her online sales were accounting...
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...NEW GREEN September 19, 2015 Dr. James Case I USA Today K90000787 1 Case 1- USA Today Kimberley Hutchinson K90000787 INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT Current Marketing Objectives, Strategy and Performance Gannett Co., Inc. began USA Today in 1982 by filling a gap in the newspaper industry. Gannett wanted their paper to provide more news about more subjects in a short time frame. The two trends they took advantage of were catering to adults who had short attention spans and who were nurtured on television. These consumers wanted different information from their newspapers. The readers wanted quick, clear, fact-filled stories that were arranged with subheads, breakouts, informational graphics and that were easy to read. This is what Gannett delivered with USA Today. While the readers’ wants have differed over the years, the paper has kept up. In 1994, the paper upgraded to cover more serious topics and added reader-opinion polls and hot-line numbers. The readers were able to call the lines to obtain additional information on topics they were interested in. In 1995, there was a lull in readership; they began to see the need for more technological data required by consumers. USAToday.com was born and met that need. USA Today and USAToday.com have 5.3 million daily readers with $1.8 million paid subscriptions. Today, USA Today has the largest print circulation with over 1.8 million copies daily and 3.2 million daily readers. They also have the highest volume...
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...USA Today by Gannett Company On 20th April 1982 - announced the first copies of USA Today In 1985 - became the second largest newspaper in the America In 17th April 1995 - Launced USA Today Online In 2000 - The paper redesign In 2009 - Newspaper have closed shop or reduced publications day and adapt to online only Norfatahiyah Bt Md Sulhaimi 1110937 USA Today Become a more serious newspaper with improved journalism Raising public awareness and move into profitability USAToday.com Readers interacted with the journalist and given opportunity to voice their opinion Continuous strategy of marketing innovation USA Today Product Innovation Promotional Innovation Distribution Innovation USAToday.com Added blogs Really Simple Syndication(RSS) Pod casting No Demand for the newspaper will decrease because customer just get news from USAToday.com Strength Weaknesses Opportunities Threats Huge media conglomerate with Gannett Gannett's capabilities in high-tech graphic design High fixed costs Weak profit margin Increasing numbers of white-collar workers Failure of competition to innovate and innovate rapidly Online news threaten to cannibalize printed news Competition from other newspaper, national and local Fast delivery the news Design through customer preference Limitation when it saturated Move to USA Today Online Lose readers of the population ages over the next 10 to 30 years Economic factor such as higher newsprint costs https://www.scribd...
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...Case 1 USA Today: Innovation in an Evolving Industry* Synopsis: As the entire newspaper industry sits on the brink of collapse, Gannett and USA Today work to avoid disaster and transform the nation’s most read newspaper into tomorrow’s best resource for news and information. This case reviews the history of USA Today, including its continued use of innovation to stay on top of the technological and sociocultural shifts that are rapidly changing the newspaper industry. In the face of continual competition across a variety of media sources, the future of USA Today depends on its ability to continually push the envelope of innovation and offer value-added, proprietary content to ensure continued differentiation and the future of the USA Today brand. Themes: Product strategy, innovation, target marketing, distribution strategy, changing technology, changing sociocultural patterns, customer relationships, competition, differentiation, strategic focus, SWOT analysis Case Summary USA Today is the most successful and highly visible newspaper that students have seen and read on a national basis. The case provides an overview of Gannett's strategic marketing approach to launching and growing this unique newspaper. When USA Today debuted in 1982, it achieved rapid success due to its innovative format. No other media source had considered a national newspaper written in shorter pieces than a traditional paper and sprinkled with eye-catching, colorful photos, graphs, and charts. Designed...
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...[From August Harpers and Sojourners Newsletter] The Christian Paradox How a faithful nation gets Jesus wrong by Bill McKibben, Updated August 3, 2005 Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005. What it means to be Christian in America. An excerpt. Originally from August 2005 Harpers. Only 40 percent of Americans can name more than four of the Ten Commandments, and a scant half can cite any of the four authors of the Gospels. Twelve percent believe Joan of Arc was Noah's wife. This failure to recall the specifics of our Christian heritage may be further evidence of our nation's educational decline, but it probably doesn't matter all that much in spiritual or political terms. Here is a statistic that does matter: Three quarters of Americans believe the Bible teaches that "God helps those who help themselves." That is, three out of four Americans believe that this uber-American idea, a notion at the core of our current individualist politics and culture, which was in fact uttered by Ben Franklin, actually appears in Holy Scripture. The thing is, not only is Franklin's wisdom not biblical; it's counter-biblical. Few ideas could be further from the gospel message, with its radical summons to love of neighbor. On this essential matter, most Americans - most American Christians - are simply wrong, as if 75 percent of American scientists believed that Newton proved gravity causes apples to fly up. Asking Christians what Christ taught isn't a trick. When we say we are a Christian...
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...Meredith Hancock CWV-101 February 15, 2013 Instructor Thomas Joseph The Christian Worldview Reflected Through Billy Graham Billy Graham is recognized as one of the most influential, American Evangelical leaders of years past and even still today. He has lead over 210 million people to Christ and has guided over eleven different United States Presidents in major decision making, particularly Eisenhower and Nixon, through his preaching and biblical knowledge (Showalter & Yichao, 2010). Mr. Graham reflects this writer’s personal belief in God and assists her in understanding the Bible and recognizing it as her guide to a successful life on this earth and life after death. Billy Graham strongly expresses his Christian worldview through his values, as he places importance in his family, his sponsorship of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, and his belief in the reality and eternity of God’s love. Billy Graham built his life and career around his family and his love for Jesus Christ. Graham and his wife Ruth raised their five children to be leaders of God and interestingly enough, all five of them have followed in their father’s footsteps and started ministries of their own. Graham reflects this writer’s worldview through his respect for life, love of family, and values centered upon God, as the creator of all things and this is reflected in the raising of all of his children to be moral, God-fearing human beings. This became more apparent as Franklin desired...
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