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The Australian Government’s Productivity Commission (PC) highlights the importance of schools to minimise disadvantage in schools. It is crucial for schools to adapt teaching and learning programs that respond to the individual needs of students by recognising and addressing underachievement. In addition to quality tailored programs, quality teaching by highly trained staff is also quality learning. (PC, 12)

Teaching is an extremely important profession as we are responsible for training up the future generations of our community, country and in effect, the world. In order to be a successful and effective teacher there are some basic skills and competencies that one must possess. The experiences that students have inside (and outside) our classrooms, schools and various other institutes will shape and mould their approach to our subjects and to life in general. Therefore, it requires a certain level of skill and training to be deemed professionally fit to enter into this career path and even then, continuous

The author proves how our present school system is based on an old-fashioned model designed for students who would finally work in factories. Provided that simple abilities to young pupils might have been enough by the turn of the 21st century, but it is absolutely not satisfactory in the 21st. The several and cumulative things of a broader base of knowledge and rapidly proceeding technologies need extension of access to education and overhaul of curricula, teaching styles, and learning assessments. Darling-Hammond discovers imaginative changes in Finland, South Korea, Singapore, and other places that have kept up with the rising needs for educating school children. She poignantly shows how California pales in comparison to these places.

3. How is census information used to determine how the government should allocate funds to existing programs or to develop new programs?

A person will need an education to achieve a job. The finding ‘closing the gap did’ was recorded scores from NAPLAN results and the findings were between 90 and 95% of non-Indigenous achieved average or above the nation minimum however over Indigenous only 30% achieving this. Our government is helping these targets be achieved with having attention drawn to infrastructure, workforce of teachers and school leaders supply quality, curriculum, allow for more parent involvement and greater opportunities. There are more opportunities for pathways into work place, or training to help those that school just isn’t for. In February there was $98.8 million over five year provided for an extra 200 teachers for remote school in Northern Territory. Making it compulsory for remote juveniles to attend school for achieving greater attendance. The fund will help for enabling them to expand the National Accelerated Literacy Program that helps literacy and numeracy skills that have successful helped Indigenous and will hopefully further improve standards. The aim is also to give an understanding to parents and teacher of these remote communities and become a further part of their child’s education. There is a plan by closing the gap to build in the northern Territory to fund a $28.9 million three Indigenous facilities which will accommodate years 8 to 12 and help give the Indigenous young people an

In the essay entitled "What the Best Education Systems Are Doing Right," Amy Choi, journalist, writer, and Editorial Director of a media and consulting company, provides a thoughtful estimation on Finland's accomplishments. Choi points out that within a few decades, Finland's educational system was transformed from struggling to thriving. One important feature of that transformation Choi highlighted was the prioritization of providing students with qualified teachers. In Finland, the standards are high to become a teacher and the annual continuing education requirement is extensive. On the other hand, the number of hours a teacher in Finland spends teaching in the classroom per year is almost half the hours required of a US teacher. Their investments are high and their educators are elevated. We can and should look to their example regarding our own educators. Putting the same high expectations and high economic rewards into the profession would be worth the

There is definitely a need for some type of education. In my school, students would start school at the age of five, and go until they are at least eighteen. They school would also have a different schedule every day, so students don’t get tired of the same classes

Today, a school education is no longer an option or privilege, but rather a need in the United States of America. The author of “Against School,” John Taylor Gatto says, “Do we really need school?” (143). What if children will not go to school, then how will they learn to read and write? Education is the demonstration of learning things around us and helps us to comprehend an objective in life. Most people who believe that children need higher education in order to succeed in life. We often don’t understand why we have to go to school every day, but when we grow up we realize that children need to attend the school for a wide range of reasons, for instance; for new experiences, increased knowledge or career preparation. School

Regarding teachers, Finland’s education system differentiates from the U.S. education system in many ways. In Scandinavian countries such as Finland, teachers are viewed as highly as doctors and lawyers. Pasi Sahlberg, a Finnish education director, says, “Only one in 10 primary-school teacher applicants are accepted.” The point is, people in Finland have a larger desire to spend the rest of their lives educating students, whether it be for the higher pay or the passion for teaching is higher there. Teachers for all grades are required to obtain a 3 years Master’s degree. Furthermore, teachers in Finland (and other Scandinavian countries) keep in continual communication with their students, The Los Angeles Post comments, “Students [in Scandinavian education systems] are evaluated through regular meeting and constant communication

Making this plan possible funding will be used from existing accounts from non-profit and philanthropic organizations. Also, different steps need to be taken into consideration for implementation of a different curriculum. Special programs for students need to be done to integrate programs into a culture-based curriculum rather than as add-on curriculum. Appropriate training for teachers also needs to be taken into account to ensure the experiences that occur in the community and correlate that in to the classroom. Decreasing the native student dropout rate, lessons need to be more academically interesting with updated textbooks, and a strategic plan to make things more interesting than boring; which has constituted too many students leaving. Records have shown that students that disrupt and fail are allowed to continue attendance without any alternative put in place; a system needs to be developed to separate and reform. Development of dropout prevention programs which track students and provide community based intervention, support, and treatment programs along with mental guidelines will need to be

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When thinking about school, most people think of elementary through high school then on to college. What happens before elementary school? Is there any learning and cognitive development happening? Children begin learning at a very young age, whether we teach them, they reflect our actions, or simply they begin to learn on their own. What we teach kids is vital to how well they learn in the future. Observing over the past couple of days, I’ve learned that children from 0-5 show just as much learning capability as a child in high school. Learning is more critical for 0-5 year olds because this foundation shapes the child’s happiness, growth as a person, and how they act in their family or community.

Columbine, Sandy Hook, and the UT Tower shooting are just a few examples of the terror parents, teachers, and students face today. More and more massacres and threats are affecting our schools on a daily basis. No one should fear to receive an education and certainly no parent should fear their child entering the doors of an elementary school. What can we do to prevent these tragedies from happening again? How can we strip the worry from the men, women and children involved in our educational systems at work today? The only options to putting an end to the untimely and unfair deaths of our teachers and students is tighter security, psych evaluations, and armed personnel. This means of security should not only be present in high schools or Jr. Highs, but should be present in all of our educational buildings, including colleges, elementary schools and child care centers. All of the places listed should be aware and willing to respond with any force necessary to protect their lives and the lives of others. More security cameras, attending at least one anti-bullying program per school year, teachers need training to psychologically assess a troubled student, and armed teachers should all play a role in defending and keeping our schools safe. This is not taking our freedom but protecting our right to live and learn.

They reasonably acknowledge the valid concerns of “dropping achievement rates and lower school retention figures”, but disagrees with the education of Australia being “controlled by a single authority”. This establishes the author as fair and reliable as they address the real issue at hand. The author positions the readers to view control by the “Commonwealth Department of Education over what is studied by Australia’s 3.3 million students” as a suppressive tyranny over what our children learn. The author further puts emphasis on the restrictions of a national curriculum, scathingly stating that it “impos[es] mindless conformity by ignoring the differing needs of different communities”, stripping children of their freedoms. This evokes similar imagery to what is presented Job’s cartoon. The image depicts young children lined up entering a caged building, reminiscent of a jail labelled ‘Australian National Curriculum”, with an Australian flag hanging limply above. The children enter the building, coaxed by reaching hands on rollers similar to that of a generic factory, and are stripped of their books which are released from the building from drains, along with their individuality. They exit the building in a uniform pack as if all identical products of the Australian curriculum ravaged of individuality. The flopped flag above could suggest the

Basic schooling should support those who struggle as well as those who excel and it should start as Dr Watson points out, at an early age. However, the 2006 OECD report shows that Australia spends less than 1 per cent on early education (OECD report 2006). Children who don’t have a sound start to academic life are more likely to drop out of school before completing year 12, thus narrowing their chance of employment. A report conducted by the Brotherhood of St Laurence on children aged 16 shows that of those who came from a low income family, only 84 per cent were considering completing year 12, compared to one hundred per cent of those who came of high income parents. Of those planning to finish year 12 and go on to university, a high percentage was attending non government schools. Parental schooling as well as family support has also a huge impact in children’s