757 Search Results for Reading and the Achievement Gap
Ineffective Public Policy -- No Child Left Behind
One of the most widely criticized educational policies of recent years was / is No Child Left Behind. It is widely referred to an ineffective policy (or legislation). Despite high hopes and bipartisa Continue Reading...
teach students who first language is not English continues to be one of the most contested and misunderstood issues facing educators in the U.S. today. Two main educational philosophies and lines of research prevail. Proponents of dual language educ Continue Reading...
Laptop Implementation Program - Action Plan
Ideal Classroom
The ideal school in the modern era of global education evokes dynamic and progressive thought to what exactly enables a student population to excel and succeed in life's endeavors. Truly, Continue Reading...
By extension, this decision was expected to pave the way for a more equitable society.
The Civil Rights Act also served other equal-rights movements, such as the women's movement. This law gave women's rights activists in the 1970s legal standing t Continue Reading...
Payne vs. Paul Gorski
The differences between Ruby Payne's and Paul Gorski's Ideologies or school of thought seem to draw intense discussion thereby creating a divide between them. Ruby Payne has a positive perspective that seem to well-intended for Continue Reading...
The plan serves as evidence that the teacher implemented instruction. As we clearly saw in this study, systematic instructional planning was not the format used the teachers in the sample. As a matter a fact most of the teachers surveyed used altern Continue Reading...
A good starting point is identifying the factors that influence ELL student performance. According to Mitsutomi & McDonald, these factors include motivation, linguistic and cultural identity, study strategies, tolerance for ambiguity, and socioc Continue Reading...
Pedagogic Model for Teaching of Technology to Special Education Students
Almost thirty years ago, the American federal government passed an act mandating the availability of a free and appropriate public education for all handicapped children. In 19 Continue Reading...
No Child Left Behind
When it was first initiated, the No Child Left Behind Act was intended to make schools accountable for the education of their students. This federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act was supposed to improve the quality of e Continue Reading...
The achievement gap is a problem for many younger learners that appears to be impacted by racial and socio-economic factors (Harackiewicz, Canning, Tibbetts, Priniski & Hyde, 2016). However, social psychology interventions can be applied to help Continue Reading...
The belief that the achievement of students in the United States schools was falling behind other countries led politicians in the 1970s to instigate a minimum competency testing movement to reform our schools. States began to rely on tests of basi Continue Reading...
For Bush, the "formation and refining of policy proposals" (Kingdon's second process stream in policymaking) came to fruition when he got elected, and began talking to legislators about making educators and schools accountable. Bush gave a little, Continue Reading...
Impact on Equity
One major point regarding equity as applied to performance-based assessment is made by Yale Professor Emeritus Edmund Gordon (Dietel, Herman and Knuth, 1991). "We begin with the conviction that it is desirable that attention be gi Continue Reading...
Abstract
This literature review examines several scholarly articles that focus on the role of religion in the formation of student character. Some of the articles study the effect of religion and/or Christian beliefs on academic achievement, while so Continue Reading...
Maps to increase comprehension for ESL's
English as a Second Language Learner
The academic achievement gap between linguistic minority groups and other students is a persistent problem for the American public school system (Thernstrom and Thernstr Continue Reading...
Millions of dollars are spent on test-prep manuals, books, computer programs and worksheets (Gluckman, 2002). Static/captive learning can help teachers around the nation prepare their students for standardized testing.
Significance of the Study to Continue Reading...
PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES AFFECTING African-American STUDENTS
PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES AFFECTING
African-American STUDENTS
"They never want to hear what I have to say…it doesn't matter who started a fight, or what a teacher said to you that made you ma Continue Reading...
Vaughn et al. (2003) report that the identification of LD students has increased upwards of 200% since 1977, with explanations ranging from a likely outcome of the growing knowledge field, to LD as a field serving as a sink for the failures of gene Continue Reading...
In addition to changes in admission policies at universities, new workshops in education are beginning to address this issue head on, with teaching participants being taught that American history and education are both "written from the perspective Continue Reading...
Dr. Frank Pajares, writing in Reading and Writing Quarterly (Pajares 2003), points out that in his view of Bandura's social learning theory, individuals are believed to possess "self-beliefs that enable them to exercise a measure of control over th Continue Reading...
Nature of the ProblemPurpose of the ProjectBackground and Significance of the Problem
Brain Development
Specific Activities to engage students
Data-Driven Instruction
Community Component of Education
Research QuestionsDefinition of TermsMethodol Continue Reading...
e. ELL students in public schools. Data provided in the literature demonstrates that by 2030, more than half of all students in American public schools will speak a language other than English (Devoe, 35). In some schools the total number of students Continue Reading...
Round Schooling: Implications for the Current State of Public Education
The media has recently reported an array of problems with the public education system including criticisms of teacher effectiveness, lack of funding, and continued decline in a Continue Reading...
Human relations are vital. Teachers must trust each other, there must be norms that support productive criticism, and there must be techniques in place for combining and resolving disputes. Arrangements need to be in place that generates discussion Continue Reading...
No Child Left Behind Law
On January 8, 2002 President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act of2001 (NCLB Act). This historic piece of education legislation reauthorized and considerably expanded the Elementary and Secondary Education Ac Continue Reading...
Peer Mentoring in a Low Income CommunityIntroductionAs a current intern at Cook Elementary in Auburn Gresham Illinois, I get to interact with you students who struggle with the basicsreading, writing and arithmetic. So far it has been a genuine pleas Continue Reading...
(No Child Left behind Act Aims to Improve Success for All Students and Eliminate the Achievement Gap)
Parents will also gain knowledge regarding how the quality of learning is happening in their child's class. They will get information regarding th Continue Reading...
Special Education Diverse Learners Project Guidelines
Section 1: Abstract
This paper provides an overview of Butler College Prep, its demographics, and its programs and services for special needs students. It looks at curriculum and instruction effor Continue Reading...
Education and Learning
There have been a plethora of developments in regards to modern educational systems. Yet at the same time there have many of the same problems that plagued classrooms at the beginning of the last century are still present toda Continue Reading...
What works for one child is not necessarily going to work for the next. So how can one promote the use of standardized tests as the only way to measure educational learning and success? The premise of the No Child Left Behind Act is very honorable. Continue Reading...
This model views literacy as woven into the person's identity, based in turn from his acculturation and participation in his socio-cultural community. Spoken or written communication is understood and appreciated according to who is reading or writi Continue Reading...
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3. Hispanic, White Communities Forge Ties in Alabama (2003) a UA Center for Public Television and Radi9o Production. Online available at:
4. McDade, Sharon a. (2002) Definition of a Case Study. Fac Continue Reading...
Preschool and Kindergarten Success
The Influence of Preschool Participation on Educational Outcomes in Kindergarten
Increasingly, young children in the U.S. are attending and participating in preschool programs. Parents as well as others perceive Continue Reading...
Growth models are more reliable in NCLB research because: a) status models depend on data that is "vertically scaled" (measuring from one grade to the next); b) status models can be linked to "individual students or schools over time"; and c) statu Continue Reading...
This is discussed at length by Fusick and Bordeau (2004) "...school-based counselors need to be aware of the disturbing inequities that exist in predominantly Afro-American urban school districts, where nearly 40% of Afro-American students attend sc Continue Reading...
Abstract
This paper is a reflection on the aims of education, the image of the learner, the image of the teacher, the value of curriculum, and pedagogical ideas. The paper discusses how education is important not just for students but for the whole c Continue Reading...
These authors note that the obstacles for ELL students are particularly challenging, given that they include both educational and technical issues. These challenges include the following:
Historically low ELL performance and very slow improvement. Continue Reading...
Educational Problems
IS THE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN TROUBLE?
The United States has enjoyed a long history of providing public education for all students. However, many people believe that our educational system does not function well and tha Continue Reading...