The Common Root Causes Of The Community School System

More likely to serve low income students is urban public schools which who are reportedly failing to educate the students they serve. In urban public schools, Numerous understudies and their families are living with serious financial disservice. Students are not proven to be the problem. The education that urban students in government funded schools get is evidently insufficient. To be a school that promotes a good academic status of students, you can’t lack basic social utilities. Poverty in urban schools can be fixed. A feature that characterizes effective schools involves coordination instruction among teachers which contributed to the weak academic performance of low income students. You must ask yourself what would be the best solution to help these students succeed? Because urban school are being run badly, they are failing. Improvement within management lies a solution. According to Chicago Tribune in the news article” Economic Inequality: The real cause of the urban school problem” findings show that the root of the problems facing urban schools can be found in gradual but extremely powerful changes in the nation's economy It takes a comfortable environment, suitable effective committed teachers, more use of instructional practices consistently and available necessities and needs. The most important statistic provided is the Growing economic inequality contributes in a multitude of ways to a widening gulf between the educational outcomes of rich and poor

Parent and Community involvement does not occur overnight. I feel that schools must make parent and community involvement a priority, valuing and accepting each other’s differences. Schools, families and communities must work together to support all students in a learning environment to ensure every student is a successful learner. Positive family and school involvement fosters a partnership among my school encouraging students to reach their highest potential academically and in life. Parent and community involvement does not mean stay-at-home mothers coming to school to help as needed, or a businessman stopping by to see events occurring on campus. The role of school, family and community involvement is a partnership incorporating goal-oriented activities for all grade levels linked to academic success and student growth.

Since last spring, Philadelphia school district leaders have been sounding the alarm about this year’s fiscal budget. Even after months of discussions and headlines, schools have opened with fewer resources than last year. On March 28th the School Reform Commission approved a lump sum budget which showed a need for an additional $220 million in revenue in order to provide schools with same resources as the “wholly insufficient” 2013-14 school year (McCorry). There will be many inadequate funding impacts on the quality of the education. Classroom resources would be stripped to untenable levels. The district would reduce as much as $2.2 million funding to the districts’ multiple pathways to graduation program which affects estimated 300 students. Another $1.5 million could be reduced from the elimination of preparation and professional development time for teachers at the district’s high needs promise academies. The district’s building maintenance budget could have reduction in amount of $9.6 million. Schools will be cleaned less frequently as a result. Building maintenance will also be curtailed as a result. District’s school police budget could also have reduction in amount of $2.4 million. School police officer vacancies will be unfilled, leaving an additional 27 elementary schools to share an officer.

Probably one of the most important issues when it comes to Family/Community Partnership is trying to get the families/community involved in what we are doing. By engaging parents, it will help us to see what we are lacking and what we need to do in order to have our families fully engaged. I feel that if our families/communities are not engaged in our program then we need to reevaluate in order to encourage their participation. By reevaluating our program we can further access what we need to work on. If parents/communities feel that they are not valued as part of our team, they won’t engage in our program. Both the parents and the community play a big role in the education of our children. Parents are their first teachers and the communities have valuable resources for the children.

“As the demographics of schools shift, the need for multistranded partnerships is underscored by issues of poverty, transience, an aging population, and cultural diversity ” (Cocker, 2009, p.333).

While many different types of schools and educational movements have influenced the American education system that we have today, two primary influences are the American common school movement and the Latin grammar school movement. Common schools were first started in the 1830’s and 1840’s and consisted of a universal curriculum with multiple types of schools. They were also provided by the government. The Latin grammar schools came into being around the 1870’s to 1900’s and were used as secondary education to prepare young men for college. While both schools have different characteristics that contribute to the differences of them, they also have similarities such as their curriculum that make them alike.

As Mayor of Springfield, I will encounter a multitude of issues while trying to make this community healthier. One of the largest challenges is making sure that all people are able to receive a decent education. This problem was illustrated in the book when Wes Moore’s mother paid a large sum of money in order to send him to a more prestigious school. The schooling in his community did not seem to have teachers that wanted to teach the children or believed that they could succeed in going to college or receiving a job later in life. It is essential for our community to have good public schooling, so that even those in poverty can learn just as much and as well as those who are more wealthy.

In the Philadelphia region there are many community issues. One major issue is the closing of public schools. Many public schools have been closing down the past few years due to low funding. This issue has left many teachers jobless and many students without a permanent school. Since 2011 there hasn’t been enough funding for public schools in Philadelphia. Many people have the same question “Where is all the money going?” The answer to that question is pretty easy to see. Ever since the School Reform Commission refused to pass a budget in 2014 it has paved the way for less and less funding for public schools. It seems that the officials care more about having enough money for jails and prisons then a Philadelphian’s child education.

through planned and organized community partnerships schools and families can improve the experience of the urban learner in school which could could results in positive gains in academic performance. Although schools are not directly responsible for solving student’s problems outside of its walls they can

The purpose of this paper is to explore the essential question how will the Community School Model ensure “Quality Education” for Renewal Schools? Throughout this process, we will assess the Community School Model as the solution to “failing schools” in order to overcome the social inequities of low income schools and communities throughout the city. The paper outlines the philosophical, fiscal, and structural recommendations for a successful execution of the Community School model. The goal of this paper is not to critique the initiative or the process but to identify program barriers and provide various solutions and recommendations to help improve the Community School initiative. Some of the recommendations include an evaluation system that

An urban issue that we face as Portlanders is trying to maintain the things that make our city so great, amid the influx of new residents. I believe the key to a successful community lies in our public schools. This is the place that best reflects the surrounding neighborhoods and prepares children to go out into the real world and interact with all the people of their community. It allows kids to empathize with the struggles of others and gears them towards a life of compassion at a formative age. Successful schools start with funding across the board, and a realization that the state has a duty to supplement schools with additional funding that they are less inclined to get from the enrolled families. It is no secret that a school based

In today’s economic environment even the wealthiest states and districts are having to cut funding for education, while districts which were already teetering on the edge are now in an even worse position. In some schools children have to face not having enough books, paper for copies, severe overcrowding,

I am interested in understanding how an area with a median household income of $98,000, has over half a student population that is at-risk of dropping out and 72% of families reporting being economically disadvantaged. I would like to say that I am surprised by performance of this middle school. With the average household income and the percentage of working people in the area, I am interested in understanding if key informants and parents find the primary and secondary schools so be efficient and understanding their value of education. Coming from Louisiana, I am used to seeing low or average performing schools in areas that are in poverty and stressed. While doing my community walk about near Desoto East Middle School, I noticed a very clean school in a relatively new neighborhood. While doing this community assessment, I hope to talk to key informants (principle, school social workers, counselors) to find out what their thoughts are of the community they serve, what efforts they are making to better the education of the student population, and what they are doing to help increase positive student outcomes.

School improvement is transformation. It is one of the most important actions of a school. It is a process that schools must use with fidelity to ensure that at all students are given the opportunity to perform and achieve at exemplary levels. School improvement is vital to schools and it is a process that cannot be done in isolation. It requires team work, collaboration, and constant analysis of data and setting of goals. School improvement goals focus on how to meet the needs of students. Addressing the educational needs, funding, and achievement gaps between subgroups is collaborative effort involves everyone that has a vested interest in the schools. These basic measures set the foundation for improvement. And so, if it is the

Education reform is a topic that every student, parent and teacher should be interested in because it effects everyone in the community. Many different approaches to education reform have been tried, and even though they seem to work for the time being, there are always more improvements that need to be made. One of the best ideas that has been discussed in the most recent years is getting the parents and students more involved in the actual reform process. Many school administrators see a problem with involving students, even though they are the ones most affected by the changes within schools. Student’s opinions should be taken into consideration because they are the ones who see what happens inside the school and within the classroom, and are the most affected by it. Involving parents and students in the reform of their schools will improve the quality of education, improve parent and teacher relationships and reduce parent and student complaints.