There are many similarities in Mexican schools to schools in the United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria and Japan. All of these countries have primary education that star somewhere around age six and goes through age twelve. All of these countries provide public education in this age group. There are some differences between the countries. Mexico, United Kingdom, United States and Nigeria from Japan have low literacy rate in those countries when compared to Japan. Japan has an extremely high literacy rate. One of the reasons why the Japan schools have such a high literacy rate is because Japan is a mono-cultural society. Nigeria has many different tribes that speak many different dialects. Settling on a national dialect is difficult.
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My opinion is formed due to the fact that students who cannot read and a high level or on grade level are much less likely to be successful in academics. Therefore as educational leaders we must find a way to close this gap. Research states that students from low socioeconomic households read at much lower levels than students that come from upper socioeconomic households. This gap widens each and every year. One thing as leaders we can do to help close this gap is develop literacy programs and summer reading program that target low socioeconomic students. Students that read at least 20 minutes per day at a retention rate of 85% continues to grow over the summer. One thing that we could do is have Accelerated Reader activities for low socioeconomic students over the summer. These programs will allow the summer loss that is typically seen for this group to be less each and every year. Such a program should have a positive effect on the literacy …show more content…
My weakness is sometimes I have an inability influence others to see the world through my lens. My goal is to play an essential role in the education of students from all area of the world, both minority and majority and show both groups that diversity is important to both. Diversity is seen as something that serves only minority students. It serves majority students every bit as much, bringing those in the dominant group to far greater understanding of the complexity of being in the majority and the
My opinion is formed due to the fact that students who cannot read and a high level or on grade level are much less likely to be successful in academics. Therefore as educational leaders we must find a way to close this gap. Research states that students from low socioeconomic households read at much lower levels than students that come from upper socioeconomic households. This gap widens each and every year. One thing as leaders we can do to help close this gap is develop literacy programs and summer reading program that target low socioeconomic students. Students that read at least 20 minutes per day at a retention rate of 85% continues to grow over the summer. One thing that we could do is have Accelerated Reader activities for low socioeconomic students over the summer. These programs will allow the summer loss that is typically seen for this group to be less each and every year. Such a program should have a positive effect on the literacy …show more content…
My weakness is sometimes I have an inability influence others to see the world through my lens. My goal is to play an essential role in the education of students from all area of the world, both minority and majority and show both groups that diversity is important to both. Diversity is seen as something that serves only minority students. It serves majority students every bit as much, bringing those in the dominant group to far greater understanding of the complexity of being in the majority and the