Remedial education

Gates by spending more than $220 million on the Common Core education standards (Elkind, P. pg. 50). Our education system has been at-risk since 1983, and the Common Core standards can make a change for the better (pg. 52). Mr. Gates’ rationale for promoting and funding the Common Core standards was to prepare and produce an educated workforce, one that would be considered “College…

On Average over 30% of students taking post-secondary education will drop out in their first year, this is over 300,000 students dropping out in Canada alone each year. One could name many reasons why dropout rates are so high in a student’s first year. However a very large reason students are not succeeding is because their educational foundations built in their first 13 years of school cannot support future academic success. Educational institutes at a secondary level and below have a very…

If you had the chance to achieve a higher education at an earlier point in life would you take it? School takes a quite a while to complete and it can get particularly tiresome. Generally as humans we want everything immediately because we live a fast pace life and education is no exception. Some might even ask what opportunities to accelerate academically do we have? Sam Dillon (2017) stated “Dozens of public high schools in eight states… will introduce a program next year allowing 10th graders…

denied an education altogether, and others receive the poorest education that can be provided. Presently, Americans value education, and it is commonly equated with a successful career. According to recent statistics, “As of May 2012, the nationwide unemployment rates for U.S. citizens over the age of 25 by educational level were: no high school diploma 13%, with a high school diploma 8.1%, with a bachelor’s degree or higher 3.9%”(Colombo, Cullen, Lisle). Receiving this more advanced education…

In the article “Increasing Access to College: An Education Mistake,” by Toby, Jackson, he proposes the importance of secondary education systems not educating up to their maximum potential. Lack of preparation leads to daily life struggles for young adults. Students must be properly prepared prior to their college admission for a smooth and successful educational transition. Secondary schools are failing in their education system, forcing colleges and universities to lower their standards for…

performance results of a group of test takers with typically the same characteristics as same age or grade level, who have previously taken the exam (Great Schools Partnerships, 2015). These tests have been used for many years in education to assess children in need of special education services using best practices associated with norm-referenced tests. There are legal requirements for each test administered to students and each state usually has their own set of requirements, and only an…

with each parent or guardian. If the parent doesn’t feel safe prior to me making a home visit, I will send a friendly letter or email out to parents to present myself and my class. I will share something about myself such as where I grew up, my education level, my family and my educational philosophy as well as some of my goals for…

post-secondary education or for the demands of the work force. “In the United States, educators are increasingly concerned about the number of students in secondary schools who do not read well” (Engstrom 2005). Engstrom reports that the findings of the National Reading Panel (National Institute of Child health and Human Development) address the achievement gaps in schools by looking at the curriculum and teacher training to change the reading outcomes. According to the National Center for…

given and the information at the 2012 (CWAP) conference that students are deterred by the cost of education, see it as a waste of time, and are not proficient even after they graduate. For these reasons, I am against the use of vampires in first-year English Composition. Students are deterred by the high cost of education and this is causing students to not take school seriously. The cost of education puts a strain on many American families and many parents simply cannot afford to send their…

if family is more relevant than school. Rodriguez notices, that “he goes home and sees in his parents a way of life not only different but starkly opposed to that of the classroom” (570). The negative opposition seems to be a threat against his education that directs him to refuse his parents’ way of living—his family’s identity—while his teachers’ way of living is his ambition as he expresses: “I wanted to be like my teachers, to possess their knowledge, to assume their authority, their…