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    Equal Education

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    Former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, once said that “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” (Mandela). Education has been something that throughout history has been greatly valued, and highly sought after by a majority of people. This is due to the fact that if a person obtains a proper education, they can ultimately dictate their own path in life. The education system as we know it today in the United States is an incredibly dynamic system,…

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    Montgomery Education

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    Education is a profession and like all professions, we know that practicing a profession is both an art and a science. The science is the knowledge base. I strove and reached the pinnacle of academic achievement in my profession. I stay informed and current in my field. I support the philosophy of the art and science of education because it makes a difference in the practice of teaching. The art part of my profession…

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    Philosophies surrounding education today are highly deliberated amongst education professionals. The visionary philosophical articles examined entitled, The Core Knowledge Curriculum-What 's Behind Its Success?, by Hirsch, Education for Freedom, by Hutchins, Dare the School Build a New Social Order?, by Counts, and “My Pedagogic Creed”, by Dewey, broadened my knowledge of the copious disparate philosophies that configure our educational systems in modern society. Through investigating the works…

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    Equity In Education

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    The movement towards “equity and excellence” in education can be a challenging endeavor in the United States. This movement is underscored by the pursuit for academic success of all students—regardless of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, culture, neighborhood, or home language (Ferguson, 2007; Ishimaru & Galloway, 2014; Scheurich & Skrla, 2003). Although the emerges of equity has only been emphasize during the last few decades (Wallace Foundation, 2013), equity has now become a…

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    To begin, music integration in education is immensely beneficial to students. Think back to when you were in elementary school and you were working on an activity and your teacher would turn on music in the background; it probably relaxed you and helped to motivate you and bring new ideas…

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    Education Inequalities

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    In our society, the notion of education is designed to act as pathways to opportunities that will help us discover a successful career. Considering the military, in order to be commissioned as an officer in the Navy, Marines, Air Force, Army, or Coast Guard, one must excel in high school in order to be admitted into one of the respective academies or ROTC units around the nation. It seems as if members of all races who are actively interested in serving in the armed forces as an officer and are…

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    Understanding Multiculturalism: In the Context of the American Educational System Learning about multiculturalism within the context of education was quite informative. But before we can get into why multiculturalism is important, let’s first define the idea of multiculturalism and there must be a push for multiculturalism with the public school system. The definition of one 's culture is created by a history of experiences. At many times, one 's culture can be misinterpreted by others who…

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    Stm In Education

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    The role of any education system is to equip its students for the real world in terms of knowledge and job preparation. In the United States, schools are becoming increasingly deficient in reaching this objective as they deviate from the arts and humanities and lean towards science, technology, engineering, and math, commonly referred to as STEM. At Whitman, only one art credit is required to graduate while multiple science, math, and technology STEM credits are required in each different…

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    Desegregation In Education

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    Having a formal education is one of the greatest contributors to individual empowerment. Education is the gateway in which the majority of people find professional success. We are taught that if we do well in school then more options will be available to us later in life. However, I have concluded that the American school system does not empower its students that come from low social backgrounds or specific minorities as evident in Jonathan Kozol and Jean Anyon’s essays on education. Brown vs…

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    Colonial Education

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    All through the early day’s education during the Colonial Era 1636 – 1789, religion was the primary focus in teaching. Curriculum additions to religion began in 1638. The move to include ethics, rational thought and one’s political agenda came next. Harvard identified with a strict curriculum that ventured into all of these areas and later added arithmetic and science. Yale came in 1756 and encouraged a higher level of math and sciences at the same time keeping with the early studies. Yale…

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