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The American education system is a complete mess in regards to race divisions. The educational system is in fact the main contributor to race divisions in schools. More than half of the funding for schools come from “local sources” such as property taxes, stated by Eduardo Porter. This means that poorer neighborhoods get less funding than a rich neighborhood. This gap is huge, thus giving the rich an “edge” over the poor (Porter). Whites have usually been in the United States for more…

No Schools in Canada should be privatized Majority of the schools in Canada are public, but there is a portion of schools that are private. An advantage to private schools is that the class sizes are smaller (cisontario.ca), but there are a lot more disadvantages to private school than there are advantages. There are many good private schools, but there are also a lot more unacceptable ones. Not only will this affect the student’s education, but the family will also be wasting their earnings,…

that “education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today”. If education determines the futures of us, our children, and the entire nation, why do we allow it to fail us so tragically? Why is America’s public education system allowed to carry on the way it is as a humiliation of the developed world? And is there even a way to fix it? There is a constant debate going on over this subject. Ideas for fixing it include raising teacher salaries,…

An outlier is one who is outside the normal, and defies the odds. I believe that Julia Blackwell meets the criteria of being successful outlier. In her life so far she has been accepted into private school, found her passion, been chosen to represent the Maine council of Girl Scouts at the national convention, been accepted into Colgate College, and has been chosen to represent Maine at the United States Senate Youth Program. Julia is a senior at North Yarmouth Academy, and she is from Woolwich,…

right academic choice may be responsible for the professional and personal success. On the other hand, a bad choice may lead to a life of frustrations and defeats. Perhaps, one of the biggest changes in life, is the passage from high school to college.…

bright and youthful future. But, time and time again, research has proven otherwise when being compared to other countries. Not to mention, being a subject of these institutions of higher learning and growing up in the public school systems, I have come the realization that the public schools were intentionally designed for those who are not at the aristocratic level to fail. In fact, in actuality, the real purpose of education is not to educate its subjects, but socialize them, but I will…

Residential School is set up by the Canadian government and administered by a church that has an objective to educate Aboriginal children and turn them in Euro- Canadian and in a Christian ways. It started prior to Confederation and signing of the treaties in Canada. The first residential school was established in 1840. The government and the church were the ones who were responsible for the children at residential school. In 1883 until 1923 the Residential School were created as a part of…

School leaders are the highest paid employees on the school campus. They are given the most responsibility and often have the power to make decisions to improve student achievement. The purpose of this paper to review current literature about aspects of the school leader’s impact. This analysis is followed by an overview of what specific leadership behaviors have been linked to this achievement. One aspect of leadership that is focused on is the evaluation as a tool for leadership development…

This Asian youth study has defined the neoliberal objectification of Chinese education through the PRC within the context of a Foucauldian and Marxists analytical perspective. Woronov’s (2004, 2009) analysis of the Chinese educational system defines the overt changes in PRC policies towards a more privatized and neoliberal vision of education for young people in China. In this perspective, Foucault defines the “power” of the government to defined on the conduct of governmental activities that…

Prior to high school, my middle school recommended that I attend “Grant High School”, which was looked down upon by my parents due to its reputation. Grant High School only has a 78% graduation rate. My father had been planning on surprising me with an opportunity of a lifetime and began planning since I was in 7th grade. I left my friends and current life behind to move to a place called Oak Park to attend Oak Park High School, which is ranked in the top 100 public schools in the nation and a…