Education
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What was the common-school movement? What role did Horace Mann, Catharine Beecher, and Thomas Gallaudet have in the movement? How did this movement lead to the school systems becoming what it is today?Common-school movement wanted all children taught in a common place, regardless of background. Horace Mann was a leader of this movement. Catharine Beecher started an all-female academy in Hartford, Connecticut. Thomas Gallaudet improved the education and lives of people with hearing impairments. This movement improved education and made it as it is today.
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PRESENT-Hussian
In the 1830's the Common-School Movement was popular. Today, its federally mandated that children attend school. What are the three problems in education reform today that need fixing? What does the article suggest about each problem?The Common-School Movement is the idea that public schools should be more nurturing and open to students. Today, that movement has been lost among many others because of three major reasons. The first problem is undertaught K-12 grades. Students of all grades are not performing as they should. Even to America pays more than any countries in the world for education, we are the 38th in the world for math. The second problem is Politicizied universites.The Goverment pays for non-public schools that plays a large part in the success of students in other countries. The US Goverment doesn't do this and that is what causes most students to fail. The last problem and the most serious is the student loan crisis. Like us, other countries stepped in to guarantee student loans. But unlike us, they told the universities they’d have to cap their tuition increases. Then colleges fail to teach students what is needed for real jobs, making them unsuccessful in real jobs and then they must pay there student loan. The student loan right now is more then 1.5 trillion dollars in America. To fix this problem, we must simply cap our tuition for students.
source: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/12/25/education-in-2018-three-major-challenges-facing-americas-schools-and-students.html
hi authors, aside from the fact that the educational system isnt being supported as much as the prison system is it has other issues. In my opinion standardized testing isnt fair. As you stated kids are under taught, if we are under taught how do they expect us to perform well on tests. Also many kids may be honor roll students they may get nervous during tests and not perform well. And now these tests are determining childrens future which is also unfair. sincerely yahaira7
ReplyDeleteHi authors and yahair
DeleteI believe that standardized testing is unfair. With the testes determining our places in education kids can easily become stressed out this could lead to bad scores. http://www.institute4learning.com/2013/02/28/15-reasons-why-standardized-tests-are-worthless-2/
Hello Hussain,
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that we should cap the tuition to go to school for students. We get judged by not going to college that makes us not have a job so when we apply for schools, the tuition is much higher than our actual payment for our own houses. I think that many people are under a lot of pressure being judged for not grasping the information and failing on tests which makes them considered "not smart". If people do not do good, the government make jail cells which is unfair for the people who may have a learning disability. Which causes more bullying in school.(http://www.iop.harvard.edu/get-involved/study-groups/education-reform-america-politics-policy-and-promises)
-Aika Harris
Dear Hussain,
ReplyDeleteI agree with all your statements. However, there are more reasons as to why kids may do poorly in school, especially in math. I have noticed, in many situations, that kids do not understand math because the teacher is teaching the entire classroom, and not that one child. One-on-one tutoring is usually all that student needs to do better. However, unlike other countries, the U.S. does not have many one-on-one tutors, and students may not feel as comfortable learning something in school with a tutor, rather than at home. Japan, for example, has shorter school days, and students usually have tutors. Japan is also one of the leading countries in education. I believe that if the U.S. adapted to some of the things Japan does in education, we could also become a leading country in education. Some of these things are in the YouTube video below:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOw4mNWjwes)
Best regards,
Nobonita
Dear Classmates,
ReplyDeleteI agree with the common school movement. Who you are or where you live shouldn't affect your education. Everybody is different, and some people live in other places, that doesn't mean they should get less of a education from anybody else. It's not even the kids fault where they live, it's their parents choice. That's really unfair, and it is still happening today. Check out this link to learn more about the common school movement. https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/united-states-and-canada/us-history/common-school-movement
dear authors i also believe that many things can be changed within the education system. For example testing. You could be a A+ student but be a horrible test taker. Many tests today are determining childrens future like highschols, classes and college. I think its unfair and should eb changed. sincerely yahaira
ReplyDeleteDear Authors,
ReplyDeleteI also agree with the Common School Movement. Using things such as gender, religion, race, etc. against being granted an education, will only impact the country, as a whole. The article that I found discussed, "Two-thirds of minority students still attend schools that are predominantly minority, most of them located in central cities and funded well below those in neighboring suburban districts. " The article also talks about how similar racial struggles between then and now, are so similar.
The article that I used; https://www.brookings.edu/articles/unequal-opportunity-race-and-education/
Best,
Isabella
Dear Authors
ReplyDeleteI believe that the school system is in general a big mess. I find it to be ridiculous how more money goes into supportings prisons instead of schools. If the countrt would build a better school system then in turn there would be no reason for not prisons. Check this for more info https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/07/the-states-that-spend-more-money-on-prisoners-than-college-students/
Sincerely Bruno Bonilla
Dear Hussain,
ReplyDeleteI believe the education system is messed up, the government puts more funding into lots of things other than schools. Especially public schools, the public school systems in America are drowning because of a number of different reasons. http://www.theedadvocate.org/10-reasons-the-u-s-education-system-is-failing/