Education in America
-Americans rank 20 out of 28 in grad rates
-Falling behind in public education
-1.2 million dropouts a year
-40 cents to the dollar of what college grads make
-As of December 2013 currently ranked 36 in world education
74% of high school students graduate
In NY 2012- 74.2%
LI 2012- 87.6%
Mepham 2012- 93.4%
-High school graduates will earn 130,000 more than non graduates
Produce the most dropouts
NYC-36,000
LA-32,000
Dropouts have:
-Minimum skills and credentials needed to function in today's workplace
-High School Diploma is min. for most jobs
-Most likely end up in poverty and receive govt assistance
-Linked with poor health and crime
-More than 8million students in the US cannot read or comprehend what they read
-7,000 students drop out of school each day because
-Lack literacy skills to be successful
-46% of new teachers quit after first 5 years
-Number jumps to 50% in urban schools
Reason for leaving
-high demands
-isolation
-reality shock
Parents
-Lack of involvement
-Scheduling conflicts
-Language barriers
-Lack of transportation
-Their own bad experiences in high school
Race to the Top
-Created by Obama administration in 2009
-Reform Americas public schools
-Designed to help prepare american students to graduate HS ready for college and career, and enable them to out compete any worker, anywhere in the world
-Design and implement rigorous standards and assessments
-Attract and keep great teachers in the classroom
-Data systems that inform decisions and improve instruction
-Using innovation to turn around struggling schools
-Demonstrating and sustaining education reform
Pros
Promotes state accountability
Promotes innovation and results through competition
Promote reform to the lowest performing schools
Create a data system to improve curriculum and instruction
Create new means for teachers to enter the field
Cons
Increased pressure to teach to the test
Increased standardized testing
Less funding for arts and humanities in school
Gaps in funding continue-low performing schools stay low performing if not granted additional funding
Teacher evaluation becomes primary grounds for school performance
Sets schools up for failure-those with less money unable to set up new systems
Common core
-45 states voluntarily adopted the initiative to make our students career and college ready
-Designed to streamline state curriculum through universal specifications so that kids all of the country will learn the same things
Pros
More understanding among students
More rigorous curriculum makes students career and college ready
Attempting to raise international ranking of american education
Students throughout the country will learns same thing
Cons
Too much federal control over education
Emphasis on testing in school less creativity
Focus is on math literacy and science- less focus on SS, creative writing, arts etc.
Increase in teaching to the test
Waste of money-need for all new textbooks
-Americans rank 20 out of 28 in grad rates
-Falling behind in public education
-1.2 million dropouts a year
-40 cents to the dollar of what college grads make
-As of December 2013 currently ranked 36 in world education
74% of high school students graduate
In NY 2012- 74.2%
LI 2012- 87.6%
Mepham 2012- 93.4%
-High school graduates will earn 130,000 more than non graduates
Produce the most dropouts
NYC-36,000
LA-32,000
Dropouts have:
-Minimum skills and credentials needed to function in today's workplace
-High School Diploma is min. for most jobs
-Most likely end up in poverty and receive govt assistance
-Linked with poor health and crime
-More than 8million students in the US cannot read or comprehend what they read
-7,000 students drop out of school each day because
-Lack literacy skills to be successful
-46% of new teachers quit after first 5 years
-Number jumps to 50% in urban schools
Reason for leaving
-high demands
-isolation
-reality shock
Parents
-Lack of involvement
-Scheduling conflicts
-Language barriers
-Lack of transportation
-Their own bad experiences in high school
Race to the Top
-Created by Obama administration in 2009
-Reform Americas public schools
-Designed to help prepare american students to graduate HS ready for college and career, and enable them to out compete any worker, anywhere in the world
-Design and implement rigorous standards and assessments
-Attract and keep great teachers in the classroom
-Data systems that inform decisions and improve instruction
-Using innovation to turn around struggling schools
-Demonstrating and sustaining education reform
Pros
Promotes state accountability
Promotes innovation and results through competition
Promote reform to the lowest performing schools
Create a data system to improve curriculum and instruction
Create new means for teachers to enter the field
Cons
Increased pressure to teach to the test
Increased standardized testing
Less funding for arts and humanities in school
Gaps in funding continue-low performing schools stay low performing if not granted additional funding
Teacher evaluation becomes primary grounds for school performance
Sets schools up for failure-those with less money unable to set up new systems
Common core
-45 states voluntarily adopted the initiative to make our students career and college ready
-Designed to streamline state curriculum through universal specifications so that kids all of the country will learn the same things
Pros
More understanding among students
More rigorous curriculum makes students career and college ready
Attempting to raise international ranking of american education
Students throughout the country will learns same thing
Cons
Too much federal control over education
Emphasis on testing in school less creativity
Focus is on math literacy and science- less focus on SS, creative writing, arts etc.
Increase in teaching to the test
Waste of money-need for all new textbooks