Xyz: Improving The Quality Of Education

Parental involvement is crucial in early childhood education. That is why it is essential that a great deal of effort be made to ensure “that ongoing and effective communication and partnerships be established and maintained with parents” (Sanabria-Hernandez, 2008, par. 1). Fortunately, most parents participate in at least one way. However, there is frequently a smaller percentage of parent participation from parents in the diverse community (Jaworski, 2017). This may be attributed to the fact that some families may have challenging circumstances, such as language differences or financial difficulties that impede their ability to reach out to school staff. Having diversity in schools not only helps children learn and think differently, but also prepares them for the real world and interacting with those of different cultures in the workplace and in daily life (Jaworski, 2017). Preschool programs need to reflect, acknowledge, and celebrate diversity and their curriculums should utilize children’s funds of knowledge to help children connect their world with their learning environment. “When schools, communities, and cities begin to understand the importance of diversity and inclusion, our children have better educations, we have better workplaces, and everyone benefits” (Lynch, 2016, par. 1).

When I was a boy, I told my parents that I wanted to be a manager at Burger King, much to their distress. Although, despite the stigma against such professions, they never attempted to steer me away from that path, nor the twenty-something other ones that I strived to simultaneously accomplish. As I grew older however, I learned that I did not like everything, nor was I good at everything. As it stands, I would make a rather lousy mechanic, store manager, or farm hand. As such, secondary education at a four-year university appears to be the best option for me to become a productive member of society.

Understanding the importance of a family-school partnership is essential in order for school districts and families with children to grow and strive. If an imbalance occurs within any of the various parts that play a key role, difficulties will rise to the surface. Several of these roles include: communication, decision making, volunteering, and learning and parenting at home. All of these factors must work together in order to create a successful school environment in which children are able to learn and strive. When a school is successful in fulfilling each of these roles, there are several benefits. These benefits include: better positive attitudes toward school, higher achievements, better attendance, higher graduation rates, an increase in enrollment rates in post-secondary education, and overall better schools to attend (University of West Virginia).

Amongst many social justice issues, educational inequity continues to dramatically affect the nation's youth in the long term. However, for some students the ability to access a quality primary education provided by public schools depends on the students socioeconomic bearing. The insufficient availability of essential resources, opportunities, and funding creates a hurdle to access a higher quality education. This reiterates that a higher education creates a step forward in the education system to close the achievement gap.

Education has been a major controversy for centuries. Whether it is about who should be educated, how students should be educated, who sets the standards, or what should be taught, Americans can’t seem to agree.

Every family has a dream of a perfect family, where the kids excel academically, and athletically. Just like the story of “Welcome to Holland”, but many families have to recreate their dream into something bigger. The information given by Brian and Shannon Gibson left me speechless by their story, the challenges they take, and how this all relates to teaching.

I recalled throughout my own learning experiences that my parents were the backbone of my development. They made me feel safe when I was afraid. Then I recalled what I learned about the Vygotsky theory on cultural involvement and how it helps both cognitive and motor development growth. When families are involved the students feel more comfortable, the children become more responsive. Families can learn to demonstrate skills learned in the classroom and implement what is taught at home. I learned with family's involvement, I am helping children reach their individual cognitive goals. Parents and teachers collaborating idea together can make a difference in helping a child reach their highest potential developmental

Family structure and support is known to be one of the most influential factors in a child’s life. Children learn and practice what they see around them and are willing to accept

The group, Rethinking Schools, opposes the Common Core. Rethinking Schools believe that the standards are going to fail like they have in the past. Many times the Common Core is compared to NCLB when saying there are too many standardized tests implemented that are unnecessary. Also mentioned are factors such as the cost of tests, teachers, and technology. Rethinking Schools defines the purpose of education in a democracy through the democratic equality approach. A quote from David Labaree says, “From the democratic equality approach to schooling, one argues that a democratic society cannot persist unless it prepares all of its young with equal care to take on the full responsibilities of citizenship in a competent manner” (Labaree, 1997).

A quality care and education program is one that provides the children a safe, healthy and nurturing environment where they can learn and develop emotionally, physically, intellectually and socially. This means that the program should not just meet the needs of the children but also their families. A good care and education program helps children grow as a strong individual as well as an important contributing member of the community.

Improving the public high school system is extremely important, especially in times like today their are many aspects to the public school system today that are flawed some of which being the achievement gap in students, and the confidence, interest and motivation that students are lacking. Their are many ways that public high schools can improve their schools, many not even costing a penny. If public high school systems improve students will be more likely to succeed with confidence.

This critique reviewed Littlewood, Strozier, and Whittington (2015). Kin as Teachers: An early childhood education and support intervention for kinship families which evaluated the outcomes for the Kin As Teachers (KAT) program. The program provides early childhood services to grandparents and other relatives who are caregivers of children from birth to kindergarten (Littlewood, Strozier, and Whittington, 2015). The study was based on quantitative data and case studies of 83 grandparents and other relatives that cared for 188 children (Littlewood, Strozier, and Whittington, 2015).

Education has been reformed in many substantial ways since the early 1900’s; although, it isn’t perfect. In the early 1900s, there was a very low attendance rate and a high dropout rate. Towards the end of the industrial revolution high school graduation rate was 6.4 percent . Today, the graduation rate is 81 percent (Turner, "The High School Graduation Rate Reaches A Record High - Again"). With such an increase in the graduation rate, the education system has obviously improved dramatically. As technology improves and grows, the education system grows with it. According to the U.S Department Of Education, students learn material 30-80 percent faster with technology. Even with all of the new technologies, standardized testing could be the reason

In the beginning of our journey, it was clear that there were seven committee members that had seven different ideas of what personalizing education should look like. Visions from all areas of the board where created by our members. For example, there was talk about creating the perfect forest school, establishing a better form of democracy in education, and the debate of standardized testing belong in the public school systems. However, the main theme that we all had in common was our personal experiences with the lack of education being a priority for ourselves or a love ones in the past. It was also important that we made a difference in decreasing the academic expectations of teachers in some kind of way. The committee wanted to bring a refreshing way to the idea of partnership with teachers. This partnership would transform into a unique way of help students on their educational excursions.

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