National Science Education Standards

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in the 2013-14 school year, 1,737 schools were closed, resulting in over 274,000 students left to find a new place to get an education. While not all of these schools closed for the same reasons, a majority were due to low funding, with the leading cause of this being low test scores. The fact that not scoring well enough on a single test can determine if a school will be closed is crippling to youth education. This is why the…

(American Heart Association, 2015). The American Heart Association (AHA) is a national voluntary health organization whose main purpose is to develop national health and educational campaigns to raise awareness about heart disease, its diagnosis and treatment nationwide. The functions and roles of the AHA include offering financial assistance for novel and contemporary research, ensures that the provision of public health education including CPR training, healthy lifestyle…

rudimentary of primary school curriculum’s, we must embrace the national curriculum and the development of religious education and sex education. The national curriculum consists of a variety of subjects and structured procedures that have been published by the central government, in order to secure a satisfactory level of education amongst societies. In contrast not all schools such as academies and private schools have to abide by the national curriculum states Government (GOV, 2016).…

Educational Autobiography Education before college was a real rollercoaster for me. First I went to an elementary school in a suburb of D.C.. Not much stood out to me but I enjoyed playing sports and hanging out with my friends. Had an adjunct math teacher learning math that was way too hard for a 10 year old and that ruined math for me for a couple years but eventually I bounced back. After what I would call a pretty standard public elementary schooling I moved onto middle school. In…

The Federal Role in Education Today: School Curriculum and Testing When our government system was first founded, the framers wanted to make sure that we would have an effective and structured government. They knew having one source of power could result in tyranny so they decided to split the power between the national and state governments. Recently, there has been speculation about whether the government’s federal power has been exceeding the state’s authority and limiting their…

California Standards Tests. Those tests are Standardized tests. Standardized tests are used nationwide to put students in a percentile for the subjects tested. The ACT and SAT are standardized. There are a few things wrong with the tests. Life is not standardized. Students in one part of the country, such as Alaska, have different experiences than students from California. Also, these tests actually do not test students thoroughly. Another thing, these tests and a nationally standardized…

Child Left Behind Political Reform No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) was the US Congress Act that amended the Elementary and Secondary Education to focus its efforts toward disadvantaged students. The supplement to Title 1 Education Act of 1965, NCLB focuses the reform through assessment based achievements to obtain federal grant funding for public education per basic academics. This reform focuses on student achievements in K-12 grades.(Dee & Jacob, 2011) Each state is allowed the…

Studies, Science, Mathematics, and Health. Prospective graduates must also take and pass required Graduation Assessments. Beyond traditional classroom instruction, there are various ways to earn credits. Advanced Placement coursework is available for pupils who qualify. Credits may also be gained by taking the College Level Examination Program (CLEP). Students can participate in career pathways programs. Pathways are occupation groups in a career cluster. Pathway programs include Science…

find a way to be sure that all students are receiving a good education. The idea of school accountability is based on three principles. (1) A clearly defined set of standards, (2) Valid and reliable tests that would measure how well the standards are met and (3) An effective plan to improve schools that fall short. In the 1950’s, the color of your skin decided on whether or not you got a good education. Brown vs the Board of Education changed that by saying that the color of your skin could no…

Association for Respiratory Care is to encourage and promote professional excellence, advance the science and practice of respiratory care, and serve as an advocate for patients, their families, the public, the profession and the respiratory therapist”(Heuer et al., 2013, p. 10). The American Association for Respiratory Care sponsors several events that include publications, conventions, and continuing education. It also has a website, www.AARC.org, which provides one with a broad spectrum of…