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    that since it is novel based program, these grades do not follow any basal reader or reading series type of textbooks. The students are the ones who select the books they plan to read during the school year. To select these book, the students complete an interest inventory at the beginning of the school year; then, Mrs. Valencia and the Literature teacher, Mrs. Jacob plan together the activities that they will deliver; however, the students are guided through the process of their book selection and

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    concern, “the percentage of Blacks age 25 and older with a high school diploma or more was 72 percent in the 2000 census, compared to 85.5 percent for Whites” (“Blacks: Education Issues"). Two major issues that are keeping African Americans from success are Special Education Programs and teacher tenures, these systems need to be replaced for African Americans to get a better education. Almost every elementary, middle and high school in the U.S has a program known as the Special Education Program

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    students of the school systems. It hinders students learning abilities by teachers use Google as a personal teacher or becoming complacent as their teaching years go on. The teacher is let go for horrible reasons or is kept on staff due to the long process of firing a teacher for significant reasons. The only way to solve these problems is to get rid of the tenuring process altogether. Tenuring Teachers is a horrible tool to have; it creates more problems than it solves. School systems get stuck

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    “Good students must be reflective about what they believe, for their beliefs will shape their learning in profound ways” (Opitz & Melleby 23). This piece of wisdom shared in Learning for the Love of God expresses the importance of the beliefs one has about college, or education in general. Throughout this piece, Donald Opitz and Derek Melleby challenge students to reflect upon the way they look at their education. Many students, as well as parents and other adults, tend to not understand the purposes

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    United States government to improve primary and secondary education. NCLB required schools provides highly qualified teachers for students. NCLB also required the states administered set a proficiency standard, so-called Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), which gradually increase the percentage of student that must meet the proficiency standard. The stats administrator also setup a standardize test for all the public schools students. The standardize tests measure students’ proficiency in mathematics and

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    a vacation bible school, only because the designated teacher did not show up was not available and the kids were left on their own. I agreed to help just one day, however, I stayed until the end. The director expressed her gratitude for my help and encouraged me to pursue a career in teaching. I listen and agreed with her, however, I knew what I wanted to do and I set off to do it, it was not teaching children. I pursued studies in Business, a continuation of my High School focus, however, I

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    MEMO To: Dr. Michael A.Grego, Supertiendent of Pinellas County Schools From: Michelle Kinyungu, Educator Date: October 17, 2015 Subject: A Framework for Low Performing Schools in Pinellas County Schools Attached is my proposal for a framework for the low-performing schools in the Southern Area of the district. Pinellas County schools has several A+rating schools within the district. However, the South Area has had an F rating for the last five years consecutively with little improvements

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    even perfected not only in the state of Massachusetts but all across the nation. Mann got most of his ideas on how an ideal education system should be made up by studying how Persian school systems created their curriculum in all of their public schools. Mann believes that these ideals are how the Massachusetts school system should be ran (110-119). However, is it possible for an education system to become outdated? Mann was a prominent figure in politics for many years and eventually served on the

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    students with great potential. This system emphasizes the ordinary students, and those who do not fit, too frequent cancellation. Why is the first reason is the failure of China 's education categories. Facts inefficiencies resulting class structure in school, students just teach and lecture. Some studies have at least 50 students in a class, it is what makes it almost impossible to get new information, and there is no possibility of leaving student-teacher interaction. As a result, there is a lack of

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    the hidden curriculum, language, and religion involved in the classroom.            Schools are supposed to teach academic material, but they also teach students how to function in society and fit in with the culture. In a sense, the classroom becomes a sort of miniature community as the educator and students function in a way that reflects the real world outside of classroom doors. Based upon this idea that schools resemble actual society, researchers have drawn “direct links between the quality of

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