Introduction
Nelson Mandela stated that “education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” thus each country desire to provide their constituent the best education to enhance human resources and economic stability. If the academic achievement of a country is thriving, then it follows that the economic status is soars to success.
Changes in the Curriculum Design
According to Danielson, students’ achievement has not significantly improved since 1983 (2002, p viii). In addition, our neighboring countries academic achievements in Science and Math became significantly higher leaving our own students not to be in the top rank. According to Danielson (2002), “a lot of underprivileged students are enrolled in schools with less resources and teachers who are least qualified” (2002, p viii). Furthermore, he stated a fact that “ 54 percent of math and science teachers are certified in their field, and only 42 percent hold a bachelor ‘s degree in the field, ( Danielson, 2001 p ix) “therefore , to address this issue school districts hired teachers who were highly …show more content…
Through this, educators promote the English Language Learners or ELL where students’ primary language are their native language. Considering the reality that ELL students are all over the country in different States, the Bilingual Education Act ( Title VII) was created in 1968 (Squire, 2008). Each district modify the intensity of teaching and increase the number of hours based on the needs of the ELL student (Honigsfeld, 2009). However, according to Squire (2008), in 2002 the “English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act (Title III of NCLB) replaced the Bilingual Education Act.” And this is to intensify the goal by requiring schools to report annual progress of students under the four sub-groups (Squire,
Nelson Mandela stated that “education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” thus each country desire to provide their constituent the best education to enhance human resources and economic stability. If the academic achievement of a country is thriving, then it follows that the economic status is soars to success.
Changes in the Curriculum Design
According to Danielson, students’ achievement has not significantly improved since 1983 (2002, p viii). In addition, our neighboring countries academic achievements in Science and Math became significantly higher leaving our own students not to be in the top rank. According to Danielson (2002), “a lot of underprivileged students are enrolled in schools with less resources and teachers who are least qualified” (2002, p viii). Furthermore, he stated a fact that “ 54 percent of math and science teachers are certified in their field, and only 42 percent hold a bachelor ‘s degree in the field, ( Danielson, 2001 p ix) “therefore , to address this issue school districts hired teachers who were highly …show more content…
Through this, educators promote the English Language Learners or ELL where students’ primary language are their native language. Considering the reality that ELL students are all over the country in different States, the Bilingual Education Act ( Title VII) was created in 1968 (Squire, 2008). Each district modify the intensity of teaching and increase the number of hours based on the needs of the ELL student (Honigsfeld, 2009). However, according to Squire (2008), in 2002 the “English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act (Title III of NCLB) replaced the Bilingual Education Act.” And this is to intensify the goal by requiring schools to report annual progress of students under the four sub-groups (Squire,