National Science Education Standards

Introduction The development of digital literacy has become the key requirement for people to be successful in today’s globalised world. The past decades have proved that there is a definite need for Computer Science (CS) and computational thinking to be taught and integrated into any school’s curricula (K. Falkner, Vivian, & N. Falkner, 2014). The already obtained results cannot be considered as highly expected since “schools are failing to provide students with access to the key academic…

male and 49 percent female. GHHS is part of the Garner-Hayfield Comm School District. State assessment results show a 94 percent proficiency in Mathematics and a 89 percent proficiency in English. It earned a bronze medal in US News & World Report National Rankings, and its graduation rate is 97 percent. There is a full athletic program at GHHS with several sport teams for boys and girls. Boys' varsity teams include football, baseball, and wrestling. Girls' teams include volleyball, softball,…

Are National Standards Right for America? Introduction The introduction of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) across the country has met with both praise and condemnation. Though many states agreed to the implementation of these standards, several have since backed out of the consortiums that administer the standardized tests, and have rewritten or altered the CCSS into their own state standards. This is happening because some in education and many of the public are asking if a “national”…

Education is something everyone goes through to some extent, no matter where you live or what you make, but further investing in it could be a challenge. From 2003-2013, college costs have skyrocketed by 79%, while inflation was up only 27%. However, since the start of our nation, education was thought to be a fundamental part of our society for the welfare and protection of the general public. The Land of Ordinances of 1785 was when Congress did not have the power to raise revenue by direct…

Federal, state, and local governments should invest more, not less into art education as art is a vital component in educational development and future success. A well-rounded education that includes art has shown an improvement in testing scores and subject retention as well as bringing additional revenue to local and national…

Six years into Common Core Standards, set forth by the Obama administration. Is still causing debates. The concerns that are surrounding Common Core is that teachers were not prepared or given proper training on how to implement Common Core Standards (CCSS) in the classroom (Borovoy & Cronin, 2011). There are also concerns that “both the Republican and Democratic presidential administrations have expanded federal authority in the educational policy” (Borovoy & Cronin, 2011). The last concerns on…

key force for change in a theory is, of course, the scientific method. A scientific law, said Karl Popper, the famous 20th century philosopher, is one that can be proved wrong, like “the sun always rises in the east.” According to Popper, a law of science can never be proved; it can only be used to make a prediction that can be tested, with the possibility of being proved wrong. For example, as the renowned biologist J.B.S. Haldane replied when asked what might disprove evolution, “Fossil rabbits…

for as to the furtherance of our nation. From its basic beginnings as a nation-building instrument to its modern use as a means of furthering our children and elevating them to international standing within the world’s educational level, public education has long been a pivotal and integral facet of American society. The public school system was originally created with the intentions of mass schooling being used to help create unity within the new nation. Many of the founders agreed that there…

nursing encompasses hundreds of years, beginning way before Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton, or Dorthea Dix and the evolution of a nurse’s role continues today. Preparing to become a nurse requires a unique body of knowledge, theory, ethics, and science along with the ability to safely apply that knowledge. All nurses belong to the medical profession but some members of that profession are in disagreement. The disagreement about whether nursing truly is a profession or whether it is simply a…

Matters: In Schools We Trust” (The Merrow Report, 2013), the evolution of education in the United States is highlighted. This evolutionary history includes what schools were to do for society, its social obligation, and the individuals and entities that felt they should be in charge. Various individuals discuss mass education in an effort to answer these various questions. Education, as it was conceived prior to mass education, was primarily for the wealthy of society and charity schools were…