UPDATED Reminder: Blog posts are due for your responses to (1) the research conference and (2) the Social Justice Speaker Series talk. These need to be completed before the final exam on Tuesday, 12/13. If you missed the conference, please see me ASAP about an alternative post. If you missed the social justice talk, you can make it up by going to the next one on 12/1, at 7pm, in St. Joe's Lounge.
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This week we are exploring the history of American public schools and current controversies around public education in this country. You can check out today's video here. I asked you to focus on the agendas and intentions of those providing or advocating public education as we have for the other education systems we have looked at this semester. Consider the importance of education for a democratic citizenry for example.
Your assignment, due before class on Thursday, is to find a strong on-line article on a current controversy of public education from the list below, or one you come up with, and write a précis (summary) of the article. Please send me the link and the summary by email, or post them to the comments here.
- Common Core
- Standardization Conspiracies
- Bussing/Segregation
- Costs (~$10k/yr)
- Charter Schools (which ones work?)
- Bilingual Education
- Home Schooling
- Vouchers
- Religion/Prayer in Schools/Creation-Evolution, etc.
- Discipline/Violence/Security
http://www.theamericanacademy.com/blog/Does_Homeschooling_Work_Hear_Students
ReplyDeleteSummary:
Explaining to the audience the benefits of homeschooling through the perspectives of kids both attending or have not attended homeschooling. It walks you through the basic overview of homeschooling and compares it directly to regular school, showing immediately the pros and cons of this subject.
Home schooling is the way to learn because in the real world there will be nobody the same age and from the same area as yourself.Homeschooling has grown 61% in the last 10 years.4% of the youth population are learning at home. Children learn best at their own speed. As long as children are involved within their community they won't be an outcast in society which is one of the biggest controversies of homeschooling.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/why-kids-should-get-homeschooled-2016-8?client=safari