The education curriculum needs to be reformed. Students are spending so much time in school, and the results do not show that the time spent in the classrooms is being spent correctly. Schools are not preparing students for life, and everyday skills are not being taught in class.
As of today, Texas is ranked number forty-three in education in the United States. On average, students spend up one hundred and eighty days in school, and of those days, students are spending on average 7.17 hours inside of a classroom a day. In Massachusetts, students spend 180 days in school throughout the year with an average of 6.45 hours in the room, and they are ranked number one in the united states of America (“Education Rankings”). The difference in time spent in class is point seventy-two, yet the difference in their ranks forty-two. So, the question that should be asked is, how are they teaching.
In the year 2016, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), was signed into law last December, replacing 2002 No Child Left Behind law, which imposed testing and accountability measures to push school districts to improve student performance (“Benton, James C.”). In 2002, the United States was ranked 16.2 percent falling below international benchmarks. In 2009, the United States was performing about average in reading and science, and below average in math. Out of 34 countries, the U.S. ranked fourteenth in reading, seventeenth in science and twenty-fifth in math (“In Ranking, U.S. Students Trail
These gains have resulted in extra funding, enhanced teacher training and even tutoring. Bush was quoted as saying, “The era of low expectations and low standards is ending; a time of great hopes and proven results is arriving and together we are keeping a pledge: every child in America will learn, and no child will be left behind….” (Bush, par. 5). President Bush has placed great enhances on testing. It is believed that frequent testing in the classroom can be used as a guide to help individual schools build academically. Also, each school would receive a grade for its achievement level and be required to post it for the public to see. The bill insists on higher standards and higher achievement levels for all school. It joins the teachers, principles and education chiefs together in the fight for high education. It encourages great value and instills hope for our country.
A never-ending issue has loomed over the head of our nation-- education. According to the Institute of Education Sciences, 63.7% of American students are below proficient in reading and 65.7% in math. In order to improve educational standards and increase student achievement, Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act (also known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) in 2002. Designed to increase the role of the federal government in education, it holds schools accountable based on how students perform on standardized tests. Statistics show that the average student completes about 110-115 mandatory, standardized tests between pre-kindergarten and end of twelfth grade (an average of eight tests per year). Standardized testing utilizes
The No Child left Behind Act was intended to close the achievement gap in elementary and secondary schools by allowing each and every student the opportunity to have the best education possible. This law was signed by George W. Bush in 2001 who described it as a law that will, “Ensure that all children have a fair, equal and significant opportunity to obtain a high quality education”(Neill 2). The No Child Left Behind Act was only intended to help the students, but it is clear, not only to teachers, parents, and professionals, that it is time for a reauthorized law; One that each and every student can benefit from. The achievement gap in America’s school systems still exists. For the sake of America’s future, the school system must make a change now or the future of this country will suffer.
"Making Sure That Schools Measure Up." Education Week, vol. 36, no. 16, 4 Jan. 2017, pp. 18-20. EBSCOhost. PDF. In this periodical article, Alyson Klein, reporter for Education Week, reflects on Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), an update to the K-12 education law, in the one year since it was passed in 2016. Klein discusses how the ESSA was designed to improve shortcomings of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the previous version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Klein also examines concerns over greater flexibility given to states and districts regarding issues such as standardized test, school choice, marginalized students. The Obama administration wrote how the accountability portion of the law would work, allowing states to pick their own goals, both a long term goal and short term goals. These goals must address students’ proficiency on tests, English-language proficiency, and graduation
Following the passing of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002, US students have slipped from being ranked 18th in math in 2000 to 27th in 2012, with a similar decline in science and no change in reading. Standardized tests are unfair and discriminatory against non-English speakers and students with special needs [E. (2011, January 01)]. A 2007 national study conducted by the Center for Education policy revealed that since 2001, 44% of school districts had reduced the time spent on science, social studies and the arts by an estimate of 145 minutes per week in order to focus on reading and math while neglecting the other areas of study.
The new 2015 federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) challenges states to draw on lessons from the last 15 years and to refine their accountability systems to provide the right combination of pressure and support for school improvement.
In recent weeks, a bipartisan piece of legislation designed to “fix” NCLB was signed into law by President Obama. The “Every Student Succeeds Act” or ESSA is said to be a reprieve from the provisions of NCLB. Its framework is designed to empower states and allow them to redirect resources how they see fit to address student and school needs.
Many may believe that the United States school system is flawless; that no other countries school system or organization is as advanced as ours, “just like our government.” Those people need to come into the realization that our school system is broken, we need to be realists and not dreamers when it comes to something as serious as our education. Our school system has not been putting in the needed or required effort to reach the goals of true education or a good education that we, as students, deserve. Schools have been cheating us of what we deserve. Although some may believe our school system is perfect, it is not; our school system is broken and it needs to be fixed.
On December 10, 2015 President Obama signed Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This act was a replacement for No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. NCLB was a representation of the nation’s goals under president George Bush in which all children would be offered support in order to flourish academically. While ESSA has the same groundwork as NCLB Act, the government anticipates greater academic merit. Only time will tell if this will prove true, nevertheless ESSA will significantly change educational approaches in the upcoming years.
On the other hand, there is an argument that the education system provides positive qualities. Some students are actually improving in the classroom and on standardized tests. In her book, Christina Fisanick found that “In Wisconsin, 87 percent of third-graders were reading at grade-level or above. This number was an all-time high, and a 13 percent increase over 2002 scores” (Fisanick, 17). Success for all is one of many purposes that come from the educational system. An education reform named No Child Left Behind signed in January of 2002 was to make sure all students were given the chance to improve. In other words, this act made educators work even harder to make sure all students were moving on and that no child was being left
On this momentous occasion, President Barack Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015. This measure was meant to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 that was introduced during President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society Reform. Most importantly, for Americans, it replaced the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) instituted during the presidency of George W. Bush. The Every Student Succeeds Act was touted by lawmakers for returning power back to the states by taking a more flexible approach to student testing and school accountability. This measure is a step in the efforts to return American to its place as a leader in education worldwide, but this bill is not without its pundits as well.
As the increasing stipulations and obstacles of the ESSA have taken effect, protests over the law have grown in many educators and agencies. In the articles, by Alan Singer, a Social Studies educator, Hofstra University state “Basically, states are free to develop pretend standards and assessments while the federal government kicks in dollars to support teacher development and improved education for at-rick students, but there will be minimal to no oversight how states spend the funds. I will be glad to see NCLB left behind and RTTT stopped, but I do not see ESSA is a victory for education in the United States” (Singer 2015)
America’s education system is a disaster and the government has over the years spent millions on fixing the education system. The government has failed in fixing the education system because they are not the real people who can fix it. The government has made many different programs to fix the education system, like the No Child left behind program. Most people blame the government for spending millions to fix the education system and failing. What our society does not understand is that the government can only fix so much. It is time for all students, parents, and teachers to take responsibly and fix the education system in the way they want. Students, parents and teachers can make the education system better by students taking control of their own education, parents who care for their kid’s education and teachers who make amazing learning environment for their students.
The state and federal government student’s success acts were changed from the No Child Left Behind [NCLB] act which address the state accountability holding all school districts responsible for students learning (U.S. Department of Education, 2017). However; the NCLB Act was replaced in 2015 with the ESSA Act which stand for Every Student Succeeds Act and is federally mandated to support best practices for all types of learners from k-12th grades offering additional support (U.S. Department of Education, 2017)). The plan also addresses accountability measures in low achieving schools where students are not graduating at their assigned cohort. (U.S. Department of Education,
On December 10, 2015 President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). ESSA is a bipartisan measure that reinstates the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which is the United States’ 50-year-old commitment to equal opportunities for all students. Further, ESSA builds upon the previous version of the law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), through working with educators and families to create a law that focuses on preparing all students for success inside and outside of the classroom (U.S. Department of Education). The goal of the act is pretty simple: allow every student to succeed. Title IV-part A of ESSA is focused on Student Support and Academic