Process Essay: How Does Government Influence Education

Today we learned about how the government influences education. I had not realized how complicated the education government map is and how many people influence education. The states govern public education as satiated by the 10th Amendment in the United States Constitution. Education policies are set by the State Board of Education. School are financed many different ways, but two of which is categorical grants, spent for a specific purpose, and block grants, flexible money. The Annual Yearly Progress of a school is watched. No Child Left Behind and Elementary Secondary Education Act say that a school needs to make an improvement each year in order to get funding. If progress is not made then privatization may happen where a school is given to a business. As a class we discussed how schools …show more content…
Some of these strategies include being prepared for class, being creative and imaginative, and keeping students involved in their learning. It was highly recommended that when we have our own students that we send a letter home or call the house of each student in the class to say that we are enjoying having the student in our class. This is especially important for the students with bad behavior. This will help build a positive relationship with the student and his parents. The most important thing to remember when managing my classroom is to know my students. We were told to make sure that we quickly learn our student’s names and make sure the students know what is unacceptable. As a teacher you need to manage misbehavior without putting yourself or your students in danger and without disrupting the learning environment. Teachers should never use sarcasm, or place labels on students. In small groups we made a list of our five classroom rules and then compared it to the other groups. We had to pick a grade level because we would need to write the rules different ways depending on the