Education in the United States

papers and articles in the area of education. Deitz received her PhD at the University of California, Berkeley. Brooks and Dietz explain that standards are not bad, but that the Common Core Standards Initiative does not create a relevant learning environment. Brooks and Deitz explain the negative effects of the Common Core Initiative on students and how the initiative reverts teaching practice back to teaching the test. Brooks and Deitz report true reform in education is not something that can…

No Child Left Behind According to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) pamphlet, “the No Child Left Behind Act gives states and cities more control and more flexibility to use resources where they are needed most. Principals and administrators would spend less time filling out forms and more time helping a child learn” (Ten Facts Everyone Should Know about the NCLB). This claim shows how promising the NCLB was supposed to be. The government had NCLB pamphlets issued to parents and teachers to let…

American Lifestyle b. Future Generations c. Inaccurate version of US history 2. Problems of flawed system a. Global reputation at risk b. Role in politics c. Valued as priority 3. Effect on nation a. Nationwide dilemma b. Varies throughout states c. Future of US education 4. Lies My Teacher Told Me a. Tool for understanding reform b. Reasoning c. Exceptionalism quote 5. Conclusion a. Effect on students b. Effect on future of the nation and global standards Nick Palatucci Professor…

During my junior year of high school, my AP United States history teacher showed us a video about 4 Chinese students that had to take a college placement test. This video was enlightening because I had just received my ACT scores back and I had done better than I had expected to do. I did not think about this video again until February of my senior year when I had a Chinese exchange student come and stay with me. Her American name was Tiffany and she was a sophomore at Jian Ping High School, an…

Nelson Mandela who was a president of South Africa said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” This quote describes that how important education is. In fact, people of extraordinary intellectual, such as Nobel-Prize winners contribute to their organizations and home country. Because of its importance, each country has own educational system, and they try to produce more well-educated people to the world. America is now recognized that one of the primary…

Moore, he states that America is a society full of idiots and falling behind compared to other countries around the world. This ongoing problem in United States is cause by a poorly educated system that is currently in act. Moore gave examples of how Americans cannot even figure how to do the simplest school problems in our head, or have a reading proficiency past a fourth grade level. Even so, Americans do not have a clue to where half of the countries on the map are. But does America education…

Homework is a topic that has, in some way, affected all people in the United States. Throughout generations the amount of homework has fluctuated, depending on the time and state of the United States. From the 1900’s to almost the 1950’s there was little to no homework assigned to students. But, after Sputnik’s launch in 1957, the American’s competitive nature resulted in more teachers assigning homework in order for students to become “smarter” and ultimately win the Cold War. This trend…

There has been an academia shift from learning to accountability in learning and data analysis. This is seen in the assessment of the following articles: Achievement Gaps in Education, The Standardized Testing Movement: Equitable or Excessive? and The Common Core “State” Standards: The Arts and Education Reform. We say we are charting/tracking “basic skills and accountability” according to Nezadal, “The creation and use of standardized tests find varying levels of support in different…

are not discriminated against on the basis of race religion, gender, and national origin ... which is unfortunately not true in the United States” page 1. As I agree with that I would add that ideally people would not be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation. After all, it was just last year that same-sex marriage became legal in the United States. It took the “Land of the Free” 237 years to allow people to love who they want. And isn’t that the most basic human right of all?…

followed by Hispanic at 33.8% (Newark, New Jersey, n.d.). The number of households with female as head was 27,347 or 28.9% . The median household income in 2015 was $30,966 (it was $26,913 in 2000) (Crime rate in Newark, New Jersey, n.d.). The United States Census Bureau statistics found nearly 30% were living in poverty in 2011. Unemployment has persistently been above 9%. There were 90 murders in 2010 (Crime rate in Newark, New Jersey, n.d.). The history of the city, shows a decline of…