Download - Part 4 Foundation of Education
EDUCATIONAL REFORM
Facts
The ‘T’ Word
Downside to the ‘T’
Mundane vs
Divert
Suple-mentary
Ways
Considering the Facts The Youth and Media Statistics
Uses the Internet 87%
Hours a day playing video games 6.5
Uses the Internet at school 78%
Downloads music from the Internet 64%
Uses Instant Messaging 66%
Have a cell phone 39%
Have created a personal Web Site or Web Page 32%
Have an MP3 player 18%
Have a hand held device that connects to the Internet 13%
Original Public School VS
Magnet and Charter Schools
Original Public
• local, state, and federal government funding
• students are zoned based on the neighborhood in which you live
• Fixed curriculum
Magnet
• receiving additional funding
• exist outside of zoned school boundaries and students have to apply to be admitted
• offer specialized curriculums that appeal to particular student groups, may specialize in a particular area, such as science or the arts
Charter
• receive tax dollars +
sponsoring group (private funding)
• open enrollment, no: discrimination, religious associations and tuition
• challenge standard education practices and sometimes specialize in a particular area
Magnet & Charter Schools
• these schools provide much-desired options for parents who are dissatisfied with public schools
• encourage competition
• offer better student-teacher ratios and more personal school environments
• They can drain school districts’ budgets
• They have failed to attract diverse student populations
• The average achievement scores are not higher than those of traditional public schools
• Use of public funds and effects on school districts
• Diversity of student populations in magnet and charter schools
• Achievement: on the whole-> no systematic improvement
.Low income families should have the same opportunity to
send their children to any school they desire. Through competition public schools will
be made better. It would bring more diversity and
equality into the schools.
.They violate the 1st Amendment which is the separation of church and
state. Public schools will lose their funding. Private schools
are not accountable to the government.
• Freedom of educational, physical and religious.
• The family plays its important role more actively
• More protection
• Time constraints for getting all of the work load done by one person
• Financial restraints
• Lead to the future detriment of the child
NCLB
Stronger accountability for
results
More freedom for states and
communities
Proven education methods
More choices for parents
Purpose of School?
• Education is the knowledge of putting one's potentials to maximum use
The Intellectual Impact of School
• Today’s schools really focus on teaching good citizenship and good character.
Good Citizenship
• Being able to interact socially and have healthy relationships is a very important part of life, thus taught in school.
Social Skills
Nation at Risk: Are We Really?
For-Profit Schools
Increased revenue, Longer school days and school
years, Larger budgets for school activities, Still maintain public
school status
Commercialism, Students subjected to advertising campaigns,
Objectivity clouded
InnovationNew or varied curriculums designed to
improve student performance
Longer school days and school years
Most don't have teachers' unions, but offer merit pay and stock options
Less spending on administrative and central-office expenses
More parental involvement
Freedom from traditional school bureaucracy
ObstaclesHuge capital costs: Unlike public
school., must pay for their own buildings
Political opposition from the education Establishment
Far fewer frills, such as extracurricular activities
Fewer programs for severely disabled/special-education students
More difficulty attracting experienced teachers
Huge startup costs mean most companies are losing money" (“Primer”, 2008)
Merci….