Chapter 2: Legislation Analysis

Gary Marx stated “identifying, monitoring and considering the implications of trends is one of the most basic processes for creating the future” (Stevenson, 2010 p. 1). The world of education is forever changing at a pace that gets more rapid as the years go on. The decisions made in the past have laid the foundation of education today, as will recent changes affect the future. Programs such as choice schooling and No Child Left Behind will impact school funding. Rulings such as the Lemon Test and separation of church and state will impact decisions that can potentially result in litigation and court rulings dictating educational decisions. In his work

Educational policies researcher Joel Spring (1996) discussed many arguments and historical background about various education topics found in the United States. For example, Spring tells us about the historical development of the Common Schools movement and the underlying groups—such as workingmen and political parties—that influenced the movement. In addition, Spring points out some of the implications the movement had on religious, ethnic, and multicultural groups. One particular idea that caught my attention was from the chapter entitled, “The Ideology and Politics of the Common School.” Indeed, my entire conceptual understanding of K-12 education had been predicated on the idea that high schools were part of the original conception of public

Education has come a long way evolving from wealthy families teaching their children at home to public schools where every race, religion, and status gets an education. Along the way there have been key people and events which shaped the way education plays a part in all our lives. The following paper will expound on a few of those cases. The four people and events contributing to the basis of this paper are Thomas Jefferson, Horace Mann, John Dewey, and the court case of Brown vs. Brown.

In chapter one, Joel Spring covers the topics of the history and political goals of public school. From the beginning of the public school education system politics seemed to have a hand inside public schools. Joel Spring mentions about the controversial goals of education. The main topic for this chapter seems to point towards the political approach to the goals of education. Now not all goals are bad but they do have an underlining that can spark a debate whether it is between the parents, students, teachers, or politicians. Goals such as subject matter, patriotism, should public schools override the objections of the parents over subject matter. A good quote from the book “American Education” is “Education goals are a product of what people believe schooling should do for the good of society.” With such a simple definition of what educational goals are ends up being much scrutinized. Everyone has an opinion sometimes they turn out to be great ideas and other times not.

Using the table template list 2 or 3 examples of legislation specific to each of the 3 headings and a brief summary what each piece of legislation will mean in your work as a home based childcarer.

The American Education System is not meeting the needs of current students. If anything, the system is not building a sturdy foundation for the future working class. Schools have existed for many years and every period they have worked differently. However, every school’s main purpose was to educate students to be efficacious later in life. Modern day schools are corrupting students with added pressure, standardized tests, making less accommodations for special education students, not following laws, and take away individualism from the students’. The students of modern times are the people of our future and the future does not look too bright with the current American Education System.

The impact of schools has been ever changing. From their New England traditions, to civilizing of western settlers, and finally the requirement of educated individuals what schools and education have to do in society is constantly being molded and remolded. New models, ideas, ideals, and requirements for schools are constantly being established and have come a long way from the colonial period to the modern era.

Bill A.3080 was first introduced in January 2014 and has been re-introduced every year. Since 2014, it has been referred to the corrections committee in the Assembly and the Crime Victims, Crime and Correction committee in the Senate. From 2014 to 2016, the bill was sponsored by Senator Bill Perkins and this year the Senate sponsor is Senator Kevin Parker (A.3080, 2017). As of this year in the Assembly, there are 46 co-sponsors and 11 multi-sponsors all of them being Democrats. For the Senate, there are seven Democratic sponsors as of this year. The bill in both Houses has had trouble moving past the committees they are referred to for several years. On the Corrections committee, seven of the Assemblymembers have co-sponsored

As I may be working with other adults I may at some point need to offer advice and/or support by referring them onto other professionals or services. This may also need to be put into place for parents or carers of children I work closely with, especially if I believe a source would be beneficial or if they ask for help/advice. It is important I know when, where and how to refer them to the correct source for the information they require. If I am not 100% certain that the information I hold is correct I must ensure I let them know I am uncertain about the information they require, however I will find out and get back to them asap. This may mean I refer it to the class teacher, SENCO or senior management or I may just have to obtain other

Legislative Bill 180 (LB180) allows for the use of Bridge Orders between Juvenile and District courts to address custody between custodial and non-custodial parents. Specifically, when the custodial parent has been deemed unsafe and the non-custodial parent needs to obtain full custody. Another scenario includes when the parents separate during the juvenile court process and one parent has been rehabilitated and the other has not, requiring a custody order to ensure the safety of the child(ren). This White Paper supports passing LB 180. The intended audience of this White Paper is the Nebraska Legislature Judiciary Committee.

To further illustrate, on January 22, 2016, Senator Michelle Kidani, sponsor of Senate Bill 2586: A Bill For An Act, introduce a legislative amendment in Hawaii state. Focusing on ten principles to improve our education system, Senate Bill 2586 requires the Department of Education to:

A controversial law by the name of House Bill 2 or HB2, is what is taking away basic rights to those who need it. Although most would argue about having privacy in a public restroom, repealing HB2 can be beneficial to the LGBT community, help out regular citizens looking for civil-rights protection, and it gives North Carolina a greater reputation when looked upon as an entire law rather than a set of bathroom restrictions.

Governor Pat McCrory as well as the General Assembly stated that their reasoning for adoption of House Bill 2 was based on the safety and well-being of children and women, from male predators that would be entering into women’s bathrooms. What should have been taken into account is there has been no evidence showing male predators taking advantage of these nondiscrimination ordinances in other places in America to go into a bathroom to commit a crime involving a woman or child. Also a lot of those ordinances in other places have been in effect over time and nothing has happened. What needs to be focused on is the evidence that has been provided showing children and youth of the LGBTQ community suffering from being bullied as well as assaulted

Leah, I too found it to be an eye opener regarding the statement listed in Task #2 (When we say students can’t read, what does that mean?). The text states: “95% of the textbooks that districts buy and publishers get lots of money for are written at least 2 grade levels above the grade level it is written for. So, unless the teacher modifies the reading and provides other resources, the student is always asked to read something at her/his frustrational level.” I cannot believe that we are actually doing something like this, expecting students to learn not one grade level higher but two! I think that the majority of students nowadays is more advanced than we were back in the day. This is due to technology. As a Childcare provider, I have seen children from 1- to 5-years-old playing with and/on cellphone devices, tablets, laptops, and computers. This is very surprising to me! As a result, I think that this has helped children to learn at a faster pace. I feel that where the school system once lacked the ability to address these students educational needs, due to lack of advanced technology; they have now come up with a way to catch up to where these students are by providing textbooks that are written at least 2 grade levels above their actual grade level. Looking at this text from both sides, I would say that this could be both a good and bad thing. We are talking about a textbook! In today’s society, students are more likely to read a book using a computer rather than

Formal education and learning are two different things. They both have their similarities and non-similarities. Based on personal experience, learning is when the instructor interacts with the students, making them understand and develop skills from in and outside of the classroom. For example, rather than having the teacher only show how to solve a math problem on the board with hopes that you will understand it perfectly from then on. The teacher would also interact with the students if they’re still struggling, making them do activities that could be with other students to solve problems together, and making them think differently in various ways and connecting the students’ minds together. This would not only enable the students to achieve good grades but they would also understand the information better. Imagine this, if teachers stood up and talked to the students face to face rather than just handing them packets more, imagine how better the learning skills in students would develop. Another example would be making something like experiments in science class would be more fascinating than looking at a paper. Students are the future of this nation, if we want to see change then we have to actually change our system of education. We can’t change anything if we’re going to repeat what we did yesterday.