United States Department of Education

are an American beloved tradition. However, sports are distraction, too dangerous and too much money is spent on sports. Likewise, sports get too much attention, because of that students get distracted. First, sports distract students from their education, because sports get too much attention. According to the…

In today’s competitive, technologically-advanced business-world, one’s success is merely measured in terms of their prosperity in education. Between the pressures the education systems inflict on students to educators’ lack of diligence in teaching sufficient amounts of core material, the American school system throughout the years has failed to establish their priorities. This, in effect, has deteriorated the overall global standpoint of the nation, leading to a substantial decline in effective…

opportunity for each student to get the best education regardless of education. The frontline narrator, Will Lyman, observes the separation will leave Baton Rouge with a big annual debt. The St. George will be different from Baton Rouge, since it will be mainly a middle class, which is 70% white population. The documentary might show that they want to separate themselves from the low-income community, but the parents, just actually wants the best education for their children. “I am not…

In 2014, Atkinson (2010), states that school districts had already been given huge tasks by House of Representatives and the senate to close the achievement gap between the minority and the white students. Districts and schools were no longer allowed to solely rely on the achievement of high performing students to establish failure or success (Ladson-Billings, 2006). The administration dictates districts and schools to disaggregate test information for all subgroups and students within the…

As an educator of detained youth, I am troubled by the recidivism rate and the lack of re-entry services available to incarcerated juveniles. Many of the students return from various types of out-of-home placements to their homes, schools, and communities without adequate after care services to address their needs. The lack of transitioning services decreases their chance for success and places them at a high risk for academic failure. Due to past incarcerations and personal problems, many of my…

school education. I realize it does little good to rehash old wounds, but sometimes a second look is warranted. That is especially true in light of the emotions that flowed so freely on both sides of the issue in the days leading up to the vote. So, putting aside the confusion caused by the ballot and the chancery judge issues that dominated the discussion prior to the people’s decision, I took a second long look at the main reasons people gave for voting against fully funding education. The…

Public education has been the subject of scrutiny as far back as I can remember. Overcrowding, tenure, one-size-fits-all approaches to teaching. All topics that you’ve probably seen debated at one point or another in a web article or on your local news. Perhaps it is because so many of us have experienced public schooling that we so readily form opinions on the various aspects of education. After all, twelve years can feel like an eternity. Twelve years, that’s around 15 percent of the average…

Act were changed, forcing all schools under this act have to lower calorie content in all of the food served, increase the amount of whole grains, serve fat-free milk, lower sodium and saturated fats, among other things. A study conducted by Ohio State University found that “Given the price of fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains, it is estimated the HHFKA will costs schools a total of $3.2 billion over the course of five years in order to successfully implement” (Osmon and Rymut,…

In the United States, there is a constant battle on the social structure and cultural embodiment in the classrooms and on the exams. We have read in the course two specific theories, that I believe support each-others claim. In Towards a Critical Race Theory of Education by Ladson-Billings and Tate, it demonstrates the lack of racial conversation of marginalized communities that have been neglected. In addition to this theory, in A Threat in the Air, Steel reveals the domain identification focus…

I don’t exactly agree with the statement that the academic knowledge taught in school is worthless. But I do think it is a societal issue that critical thinking isn’t developed in our children like it used to be. Today our kids have information at their fingertips. Our society has become all about instant gratification. If we don’t have our desires or needs met instantaneously, it is a problem. Critical thinking wasn’t just taught, it was a part of daily life. In today’s society our kids are…