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….