Education John Gatto is one of the few teachers who are speaking out against the current educational culture who knows what he is talking about. After teaching the state of New York, which has one of the highest per student budgets in the nation, us Continue Reading...
School education should go above and beyond its general tendencies to attempt to produce good grades. A proper school should contain fine educators, ones who find that nurturing and nourishing the students are the top priority. While this may be diff Continue Reading...
Mann v. Gatto The early public school reformer Horace Mann celebrated the institution of the public school as a profoundly democratizing force in American life. Mann believed that without public schooling, America could not become a true democracy. Continue Reading...
Much of the time spent in school focuses on following arbitrary rules and not theories of importance. This understanding places much pressure on the teacher. Directives often come from higher, demanding certain test scores be met and curriculum be Continue Reading...
Against School by John Taylor Gatto The article is written by a former teacher who retired and hence recounts his experiences and tribulations in the teaching profession. He also airs his observations of the system and the shortcomings that he feels Continue Reading...
While his loss of accent brought himself and his teachers a sense of pride, it brought sorrow to his parents, who saw the change, however gradual, in their child. The author furthermore admits that for children like him, from a non-white American ba Continue Reading...
Private schools are just as vulnerable to the issues that public schools are facing today. Each one of us carries a responsibility for trying to improve the situation. Parents and familial groups have a huge responsibility to augment educational st Continue Reading...
Education in the East and West The difference between education in the East and the West is primarily a difference in culture. Today, cultural differences are less pronounced than they were a century ago. Globalized society has seen cultures meld a Continue Reading...
Academic Profile of Home Schooling - a Case Study Home Schooling vs. Traditional Educational Methods Home Schooling Methodology Focus of the Practicum Culture Area of Inquiry Subject/Topic Areas Home Schooling as an Alternative Curricula and Continue Reading...
Bush administration's crowning contribution to the American educational system was to be the program known as "No Child Left Behind," however, from its beginning the program has been the subject of acrimonious debate with many educators arguing that Continue Reading...
Home School vs. Public School Home schooling was once reserved for homebound students due to a number of reasons, such as rural locations, or physical conditions. Religion has also been a major reason for home schooling. Today, however, many parents Continue Reading...
Frederick Taylor Most things in life are black and white -- all good or all bad -- totally an advantage and not injurious in any way or a completely a disadvantage and not beneficial in any way. Would it be easy if life was so simple? Such was the c Continue Reading...
This is what is affectionately known as cutting through the red tape. Politics and Administration 2. Whether or not administration should be separate from politics is one of the abiding controversies of our field. Describe Woodrow Wilson's and Fra Continue Reading...
Indeed, effective problem solving in these circumstances often requires high levels of creative collaboration (Richards, 2007a, p. 34). In recognition of this reality, employers consistently name the ability to work together creatively as a primary Continue Reading...
