...government matters over our children’s minds? Wake up we’re losing the battle in education at an alarming rate of 2500 students per day and the only thing they can come up with as a solution is a Charter School. It’s been ten years since President Bush signed into law “No Child Left Behind”, but the law has done nothing to bring our children up to par when it comes to academic excellence. When will we stop blaming the teachers and their unions for the problems that our children face on a daily basis? Our politicians need to stop blowing smoke and make it happen because our government spends about $200 billion dollars a year to rescue our poverty stricken communities to accommodate worthlessness in the individuals who dropped the education ball and have taken up other means of support. Education versus Charter Schools is a topic that many parents and grandparents hear on a daily basis if they follow the news or has children in the public school system. It’s becoming harder and harder to determine the effectiveness of our public schools systems, because so many youth dropout before they can become eligible to graduate and receive their diplomas. There is a real war going on and it starts with our kids, they are the real victims of our failing school system. Public education was born in America in 1840 and was created to keep American people literate so they could read the bible and stay Biblically Literate (C.Bonastia,2012). In the beginning public education was a good thing...
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...internet. According to Bowles, 2013, the fact that some people have easy access to the benefits computers provide; while many others are cut off from them, is considered an ethical issue. The information rich are on one side, and those who are poor, living in underdeveloped countries, or who live in a rural area with no internet access on the other side. The number of homes in the United States with personal computers has risen significantly, in 1990 it was 22%, this increased in 2004, and nearly 75% of all Americans had internet access in their homes, (Bowles,2013, Section 1.3). While this number is high and expected to grow, there are still a significant number of people without computers and internet access; and they are getting left behind in school and in the workplace. Bowles, 2013,...
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...When Politics, Profits, and Education Collide No Child Left Behind No Child Left Behind What comes to mind when one hears the words “no child left behind?” Perhaps one pictures a family of 12 who left one of the children at the gas station during a restroom break - or a school bus that arrived at the zoo field trip with 35 first-grade students but left with only 34! The thought of leaving a child behind, or of being harmed in any way, is disturbing. The thought of a child being left behind due to the challenges of our education system is also disturbing. Sadly however, when it comes to education children are being left behind, especially in the poorer areas of our country. The stakes are high – the future of the greatest country in the world is at risk, the children being raised today will lead and guide this nation tomorrow. Therefore, lawmakers need to pass legislation to ensure that “no child is left behind.” Education A State and Federal Partnership It may surprise or even shock some to learn that there never has, nor currently is, a federal constitutional right to an education. The United States Constitution does not impose an obligation to either federal or state governments to operate public school systems or to assist parents in paying for a private education. However, it has always been recognized, from the early years of our country’s formation forward, that having an educated constituency is in the best interests of a strong and free nation. Because the...
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...The Future of American Education: No Child Left Behind Finding common ground, the United States Congress passed an act in 2001 shortly after George W. Bush took office. Originally proposed by President Bush’s administration, the act “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) received overwhelming bipartisan support. Originally intended to address widespread perceptions that public education was falling far short of expectations, the act has received much criticism. Indeed, almost ten years after the act was signed into law by President Bush on January 8, 2002 there is overwhelming evidence that the NCLB law is deeply flawed and is doing more harm than good in our nation’s public schools. Public recognition of the law’s shortcomings has produced a growing consensus of a fundamental need for overhaul. A new conception of the federal role in education needs to be addressed beyond standards, tests and punishment. Our nation’s schools need to be strengthened in order to truly leave no child behind, but how did such a promising law go so wrong? Reviewing the NCLB act there are many positive attributes: accountability standards are set and measured annually by each state to promote and foster educational growth and achievement; standards are set for teacher qualifications; reading, writing and math are emphasized; educational status and growth by ethnicity are measured to help close the achievement gap between white and minority students; schools are required to focus...
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...No Child Left behind Act– Final ENG 122 English Composition II August 19, 2014 The No Child Left behind Act has weakened the sense of community in the educational system, often causing a sense of hopelessness to be more obvious among disadvantaged students or neglected educational systems. Throughout the ages one theme among a populace of peoples of common mind, language and religion along with survival that has maintained its importance is education or knowledge of its peoples. People throughout the ages attained different degrees of education but its importance was vital to the survival and advancement of what once were nomadic tribes to the nation states we now know of today. Many famous philosophers liked to give their opinion on the merit of a good education, their disgust with ignorance or how education or the lack of knowledge was a powerful political tool. While ignoring the fact that an education wasn’t available to all people’s and in many parts of the world this is still the case even in the twenty-first century. Take a look at a world map, how many continents can you name? How many countries can you identify? How many of those countries speak a common language and share common ideals and values, forms of governance and religion. That wouldn’t be possible without an education or a system that at least at some basic level provided for an increase in the general of its people. The mighty and the great, the warriors and the kings, along with the humble peasant...
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...Bibliography for Standardized Tests Everyone is affected by the strength or weakness of our educational system, from the students and their ability to succeed in college and in the workplace, to the employers who hire them—and everyone in between. Every taxpayer is a stakeholder in education, because these tests are paid for by tax dollars, and the return on investment in education is not where it should be. Standardized tests should be abolished and replaced with end-of-year subject tests because they will save time and money, lead to increased mastery of core subjects, and diminish dropout rates. Clemmitt, M. (2007, July 13). Students under stress. CQ Researcher, 17, 577–600. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/ This article discusses the pressure that students face in public schools today. Homework has increased, as has stress caused by high-stakes standardized testing. This type of pressure results in less time for children to play, sleep, and interact with their parents. The solution is to limit the time children spend on homework, but given that American students lag behind their international peers in tests of basic subjects, decreasing schoolwork seems not to be the answer. Although Clemmitt is a journalist and not an expert on the subject, she cites many experts and authoritative sources to lend credibility to the article, including books and surveys from education researchers and college professors. The article provides a balanced view of homework...
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...Public Education In Texas High quality education is a must in U.S. since it means that today's youth will be prepared with the knowledge needed to tackle our nations issues. When looking from state to state, you will notice how various states differ in how well they are able to educate students. Maryland was ranked number one in the nation by having a high grade point average amongst students and an equally high graduation rate. Texas on the other hand had the worst grade point average and graduation rate. The reason for this is the amount of funding that goes into public schools. Maryland puts a lot of funding into their public schools which helps raise grade point averages. Meanwhile Texas puts little funding into public schools and expects the individual counties to figure out a way to fund it themselves. Texas has really backed itself into a corner by being unable to properly fund it's schools, but by understanding how it got there we can fully understand the challenges that face the state when it comes to reforming education. The battle for a proper educational system in Texas has raged on for years dating back all the way to pre state-hood. Most of the difficulties can be found in the the state constitution where it is said that the control of public schools is left to local governments. This was one of the measures to limit state government and insure that the power of what to do with schools was left to the individual counties. Consequently that means local schools...
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...No Child Left Behind Final Project C.M. 107-03 Peggy Graham Education is the one resource everyone has that is theirs alone. It is also the one asset everyone has that can never be taken away from them. Does anybody believe that the United States government and politicians should be those holding the keys to our future generations’ quality of education? The future of any country of any nation depends directly upon the degree of cultural and educational development of younger generations. Besides, any education system needs constant control and upgrading to correspond to world standards and bring better results. This leads to discussing the Act of 2001, which received the name “No Child Left Behind” signed by President Bush at the beginning of the year 2002. NCLB is said to be “a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the central federal law in pre-collegiate education” (Mathis, 2003, pg. 679). The special aid program for disadvantaged students was the first to expand the ESEA. NCLB was formed in an answer to the reaction of public concern of education, with stricter guidelines for testing, and a stronger importance for highly qualified teachers’. Because of the public reaction about education the key aims of the “No Child Left Behind” Act is to improve as much...
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...“No Child Left Behind Act of 2001”. He wanted to emphasize equal access to education and establish high standards and accountability. While in office, President Bush intentions were good however the Act itself has raised many issues and concerns with parents. Even though we all share the common goal, which is to better educate our youth, we must look more into depth regarding the pros and cons of the “No Child Left Behind Act”. The Act hinders our children, effects the ethics and morals of the school system, and our economy (Eugene Hickok, 2002). The thesis statement is the argument of demands of the reform “No Child Left Behind” have resulted in insufficient provision and implementation of services for special needs students in “failing” schools. The “No Child Left Behind Act” affects many, but perhaps the most affected are the children. The law was enacted to improve our children’s academic achievement, yet it has hindered them. Our children go to school 180 days out of the year and in those days they are expected to learn the necessary tools to help them be successful in the next grade level and in life. The Act raises concerns because it allows children to be promoted to the next grade level without meeting the requirements of the grade level they are currently in. This along is a major problem because how can we expect our children to master any grade level and they never mastered the skills in the prior grade. Issues like this will always affect our children forever. They...
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...Con Side of Debate Summary Jorge Vega BCOM/125 March 26, 2015 John Kungis Common Core “Common Core government agencies will gather and store all sorts of private information on every schoolchild into a longitudinal database from birth through all levels of schooling, plus giving government the right to share and exchange this nosy [sic] information with other government and private agencies, thus negating the federal law that now prohibits that. This is what CC is; a type of surveillance and control of individual.” (Schlafly, 2013) Con Side of Debate Summary As a nation, we have trusted our government to make changes to the citizens voting rights. Where is that now how much does our vote really count? In this case Common Core was not introduce to the public schools to vote as a standard curriculum. Meaning of common core is control of the school curriculum, i.e. control by Obama administration bureaucrats. Curriculum decisions will be replaced by the Federal curriculum decisions by state and local school boards, state legislatures, parents and even Congress because Obama bypassed congress by using $4 billion of Stimulus money to promote CC. I believe that this structure is all about the money, not about having the correct tools for teaching, instructing, and guiding the student. Currently, each state sets its own standards. This has led to a nation with 50 sets of inconsistent standards, even though the expectations of colleges and employers in math and English are...
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...Composition I December 10, 2009 The Gifted and No Child Left Behind As each year progresses, students are facing many more challenges and struggles. Sadly, most of these are faced in the classrooms with the emphasis on the children being adequate in their studies. To help relieve some of these troubles, former president George W. Bush passed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) on January 2, 2002. Congress created this act to bring all students up to a base level of knowledge needed to be deemed successful for federally mandated tests as stated in No Child Left Behind (Kanjorski 1426). These standardized tests assess students’ knowledge in mathematics, reading comprehension, writing conventions and now science. With focus being shifted to bringing students up to par, the students on the other end of the spectrum, the gifted, have lost the support and programs in which they thrive. Because of this, it can be stated that No Child Left Behind hinders the performance of gifted students. Linda Kenny, a reporter for School Administrator, a well-known periodical, states: “One of the great myths is the assumption that bright kids will make it on their own… But they do need support and they do need the focus.” The curriculums that these students strive on have been pushed to the wayside in many different ways. In a school in Kentucky, the “TREASURES (To Recruit, Educate, and Serve Under-Represented Exceptional Students) Approach” was abandoned. The main reason for the...
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...to remove the child from public schooling for personal religious reasons. The problem that I have with the decision in this case is that the decision did not take into consideration whether or not the children wanted to leave the public schooling system and did not take into account the possible repercussions that this decision could have on our society, such as the children not having the necessary skills to operate as a contributing member of our society. The case took place in Wisconsin in 1972 after three Amish children were removed from the public school system after the completion of the eighth grade by their parents....
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...Howell April 21, 2015 Education Crisis of America Education is the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgement, and generally of preparing oneself or others for mature life. Now knowing the definition, one can understand more clearly how important having an education is to our future. So why is America facing this crisis? On February 18, 2015, the United States Department of Education stated that over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the U.S. every year. That is about 7,000 students a day. Some are pointing to the current educational system for this dilemma. Change is needed soon before this crisis becomes worse. In this work the education crisis and the dropout rates were investigated. It was found that with the parents at home, the teachers at school, and resources within the community this issue can be resolved. Parents’ involvement with their children from elementary through high school is very detrimental to their child’s success. The way the teacher teaches a subject, and how they keep a student engaged in their work is very important to whether that child does well. Also, if children start using the resources in their community such as tutoring, after-school programs that help with homework, and summer camps that have reading programs things could improve. I hope this paper helps people to realize that yes parents and teachers control kids’ education, but the community involvement...
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...interventions that are available as well as offering potential programs and interventions in the future. As our population of children identified with disabilities grows we must anticipate their growth into adulthood and prepare them for entrance into the workforce, or prepare ourselves for the financial implications of institutionalizing and caring for this population. By examining historical statistic information along with past and current program implementation conclusions will be formulated and offered regarding what has been successful and where improvements are possible. Context of the Problem There are a multitude of issues that parents of special needs children are unaware of at the onset of diagnosis. The question of what happens to your child when you are gone is paramount in the minds of all parents. One problem is being unaware of what questions to ask. My son received his diagnosis from a psychiatrist who did not make me aware of any medical testing that should be addressed. Necessary information or guidance is not always provided by the attending physician. Educational needs are also of paramount importance, however if parents are unaware of necessary services that give their children coping skills, they will not be able to ensure services are obtained. An example is occupational therapy for sensory processing disorder that is a common occurrence in children on the autism spectrum. The need for an introductory pamphlet that guides parents through some very basic...
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...¨Common Core, bad for you, bad for the world¨ Although Common Core sets a nationally based set of standards for public schools in the United States, I believe the expectations are unreasonable given that every state and school can better improve their own their own educational systems. All students have different strengths and weakness’ that should be focused on locally and itś also hard for the teachers to run their classrooms the way they feel is best for their students. Educational standards should be an issue left to the states to come up with on their own. As a student of the Arkansas Public School system, I see the struggles that our teachers go through on a daily basis that is caused by the implementation of the Common Core standards. According to the Core Standards website, Common Core is not the curriculum that is taught, but the way that students are taught. Many teachers begin their teaching careers in classrooms and are encouraged...
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