The Importance Of Education In Education

Many students of color often fall victim to learning in under budgeted schools, or when they do seek to receive a great education, they are put in places where they feel like they do not belong. In the TED talk titled “How students of color confront imposter syndrome,” speaker Dena Simmons presents the issue of the “price” that many students pay for learning while not white. Simmons successfully presents her argument by using powerful, emotionally-engaging personal stories, adding subtle statistics to back up her claims, and brings it home by showcasing how her experiences lead to a career in teaching, which aids in establishes her credentials.

This is an average of over $23,000 - which is roughly the price of a mid-size car or small truck – per year; that is a very significant difference when it comes to trying to provide a higher quality of life for you and your family. This paper will work to provide education on some of the steps that must be taken to help to lower the costs associated with attaining a higher level of education. These steps include increasing a student’s overall knowledge of the fees associated with college tuition, the different types of educational options available, the monetary assistance available, and the ways the government can assist in improving higher educational facilities.

Going to college is no small decision for someone who is looking for a degree, and for many, the decision comes with a very steep price tag. Reported from CollegeBoard, a nonprofit organization that helps students be successful in college, the average yearly tuition and fees for a two year college is $3,440, a public university can be anywhere from $9,410 to $23,890, and a private university reaches up to $32,410 and above. These numbers are no laughing matter, and with an average student debt of $37,172 (Fay), many students are financially crippled right after college, places of education that are advertised for enhancing chance and opportunity. With this in mind, there has been an initiative to make college more affordable and available

Higher education is expensive so it is important to plan out your future learning. There are many ways to receive money for your tuition. It is important to focus on what you want to do and where you want to go while keeping your options open. The most popular types of financial aids are scholarships, school loans, FASFA, federal grants and other sources that a student may apply for. Even though, college rates keep increasing, you will find out that in the end, it’s well worth the cost. It may take years to pay off, but once you graduate. you can look back and know that college was the right decision.

Getting an education is a valuable tool for any career. Canada offers an education through wonderful universities. Many delay or postpone their education due to the lack of financial funding. There are numerous scholarships available to individuals with a desire to gain further education.

The expenses for college and especially university can be extreme for any student to pay because tuition can be thousands of dollars. Besides the wealthy, it will be very difficult for anyone to pay this tuition because most people do not earn enough money. Getting a student loan is a decent option for the time being, but it can be difficult to pay off the loan in the long run. The best option to choose is to apply for a scholarship because it does not

During a student’s IEP meeting there are many people that take part in the decision-making. But I do believe that one thing I feel is the biggest challenge, is that administers tend to feel the child needs less support. When all the teaching staff begin to discuss the student’s areas of growth, or potential future goals they may not agree with the parent. For example, when the English teacher states that the students don’t read at grade level, but the math teacher say they can read the word problems. During the discussion of the students’ needs can be rhetorical, depending on what academic grade level they are assessed at. “Educators can ensure that their individualized education program (IEP) planning teams develop and implement a free appropriate public education, an education that confers meaningful educational benefits to students” (Yell, Shriner, & Katsiyannis, 2006, p. 5).

If the purpose of school is to learn, why do we censor educational material? By removing parts of our history, knowledge, or real world experiences, students receive a distorted perception of educational subjects. The fact that society is trying to keep children pure for as long as possible is destroying advancement within society since that information supports not only academic knowledge, but knowledge regarding everyday life as well. Hiding the truth does not stop the tragic and graphic situations that occur everyday. I completely understand the necessity of basic rules regarding general disorder, however I do not think it is essential to prevent critical thinking as children transition into the real world. How are children supposed to be expected to understand independence, and how to think for themselves if their entire lives were filtered and spoon fed to them? Avoidance and censorship within schools promotes ignorance. For example, restrainment of teaching about the history of slavery in America, result in children to grow without understanding the struggle of acceptance that people of color face, or the significance of rallies and marches for black rights in current society. Or the watered down sex education prevents practically any knowledge that would be useful in modern day life. Currently, majority of what is taught in sex education is abstinence. Although beneficial knowledge, it is unrealistic to expect every child to follow that recommendation; especially

Society has defined a single method that will potentially enable people to land a high paying job they may enjoy. This method consists of students going to a university straight out of high school. Ken Robinson has essentially claimed that the “misconception of education in high schools have taken a turn towards a mechanical process instead of a human system.” (Robinson) In this case, it provides the opportunity for a more diverse system that incorporates a broad and flexible curriculum. High schools must turn creativity in a standardization instead of an option. This would allow people to awaken their personal creativity skills and apply them to jobs and everyday life once out of school. This will benefit high schools because the dropout rate may decrease since students are developing skills through creative work being done. The Neoliberal Arts claimed that education is changing and it’s not for the better, “College is seldom about thinking and learning anymore.” (Neoliberal) This may be because career focus is based on money over learning, which some colleges strive more towards. The Neoliberal Arts article also mentioned STEM education and whether or not it is following its responsibilities. It seems this particular education is only focusing on the Technology/Engineering aspect and not the Math/Science. This can be related to the 60% dropout rating that Ken Robinson’s TED TALK stated since math and science classroom may not be emphasized as much as it needs to be.

“Education costs have soared over the past few decades leaving many potential students out in the cold,” (Patton, 2015). No matter your academic ability or dedication, your college must be paid for at some point in some way, and if you are unable to pay what may be leftover from scholarships or grants,

These differences in achievement do not in any way result from an inherently lower IQ in disadvantaged children. Research suggests that, aside from family situation and parental involvement, the strongest contributing factor may be the neighborhood in which a child grows up. Indeed, research demonstrates a clear relationship between a better neighborhood and more favorable educational outcomes. The community environment in which children are raised has a significant ability to instill in them either positive or negative values.

Letter 8, question 2: Why should an educator know the concrete world where their students live? Why does Freire use the expressive term “concrete” when describing the environment where students live?

First class of the day is genetics at 8:00 am, still waking up, I sit in my chair and listen as the professor drones on and on about DNA and other things I wont remember after class today. After two hours of genetics I have five minutes to run from one class to another. Now I sit in my chair, in a different class, and listen to another professor lecture for another two hours. My hand begins to cramp up from all the note taking, and I feel even more tired than I did at 8:00 am. My day isn't over yet, I still have to try and keep my eyes from closing as my math teacher goes on about shapes or multiplication or something math related. A full day of school down and I am left with more questions than answers. I feel like I know less now, than I did when I came to school this morning.

Civil rights promise equal treatment under the law, and it is required by law that all children must go to school. Under this law, it follows that children should receive equal treatment in their education. Education is a vital aspect of children’s lives to educate and provide a good foundation for their life. However, not all public schools are equal. This was demonstrated in the segregated schools where African American students received a lesser quality of education compared to their white peers. The fight for education equality continues; the inequality is seen in the varying states and school districts who run their schools differently and are made up of different constituents, which affects the quality of schooling that different

While the school district saw slim gains of 0.55 percentage point in ELA and 1.86 percentage points in math from 2016 to 2017 as measured through SBAC testing, our partner schools for the Full-Service Community Schools grant surpassed the districts gains in the same time period (gain of 4 percentage points in ELA and 2 percentage points in math). Alexandria Avenue Elementary and Virgil Middle experienced gains of 3 and 2 percentage points respectively in ELA from 2016 to 2017; while Lockwood Avenue Elementary and Alexandria Avenue Elementary experienced gains of 9 and 4 percentage points respectively in math from 2016 to 2017.