The College Dropout

Module #11_Penny a) The mission of the Department of Education is to foster educational excellence, and to ensure equal access to educational opportunity for all, according to the usa.gov site. Its parent agency is the White House and the Executive Branch oversees it. The U.S. Department of Education is the agency of the federal government that establishes policy for, administers and coordinates most federal assistance to education. It assists the president in executing his education policies…

Colleges and University all over the united states rely on SAT/ACT scores. Many School will accept a child simply because of the child standardized test scores. The problem with these particular test is that its sociodemographic location, socioeconomic based, and shows correlation between bad teachers and lower scores. Universities and colleges should abolishing standardized test scores because it socioeconomic plays such a big role in excelling on the SAT/ACT scores, how lack of funds for…

Defining the Achievement Gap The achievement gap refers to disparity in academic performance between specific groups of students. We see the achievement gap in testing, scores, dropout rates, college completion rates, as well as other measures of success. We have found that when all students those at the bottom as well as the top of the “gap” have access to first-class learning opportunities, all students’ achievement can rise (Burris & Welner, 2005, p. xx). In principle, the public has been…

Dropout Nation In 2012 there were over 100 students who dropped out of SharpsTown high school in Houston, Texas every year,but that changed when this program called Apollo went to that school. While at the school Apollo rook four of the worse kids and helped them anyway they could. They counseled them and even helped them get to and from school. Which got me thinking about my school life and where i’ll be going in the next five years. Some common traits the students share is that they have bad…

Is college worth it? To many high school graduates, college has become mandatory if they want to have opportunities of getting high paying and quality jobs. However, the majority of high school graduates are not able to apply for a college of their dreams because of the high requirements in college admission or can not even afford the tuition due their lack of financial ability. There will be a large amount of people arguing that the investment such as student loan in higher education will…

define being a CA community college counselor and how is this different than other helping relationships. The changing personality of students attending community colleges and the refuse in financial sustain for community colleges has redefined the position of counseling in community college. In the 1950s to1960s, counselors serve an in loco parentis role (Leach, 1984), to provide personal counseling, career guidance and social sustaining for the conventional community college student paper. In…

to have a college education. Education has changed in the past few decades. In the past high school was a necessity, but now the same is happening to college. Nowadays a college education has become necessary for many careers. On average, a male high school dropout will earn $24,000 a year, while someone with a four-year degree will earn $52,000 and someone with an advanced degree will earn $67,000. Many students are struggling with college tuition, some even deciding not to attend college, or…

sure that it had been a different process with their parents than for them also. When my dad was in high school, he was set to go to college and become a graphic designer, he took classes for it in high school and had a full ride, but my grandpa said denied allowing him to go. We have been pushed to do better in school and get the finest grades so we can go to college and have what we want in life, because he never could. Considering these examples, I know that I’m not expected to say I don’t…

is likely to top a trillion dollars this year as more students go to college and a growing share borrow money to do so.” Just thinking of the amount of credit card debt in America is scary, but to think that loan debts outpaced it for the first time five years ago is even more frightening. What is that statistic today? Has loan debts topped three trillion yet? In some cases, yes, student loans are needed to get through college and get a good, well paying education. However, there are those that…

a) I chose engineer Elizabeth Holmes because she is such an inspiring woman. She created an innovation that benefits everyone. She was able to change a medical procedure that is way outdated compared to the modern world. Holmes grew up wanting to make a difference in the world. (CBS News, personal communication, April 16, 2015). In honesty, I thought her success to build her wealth was so astonishing that I researched her to know more about what steps took her to her success. b) Elizabeth Holmes…