While this monumental achievement can be attributed to the ingenuity of American scientists and astronauts, the real factor behind the Space Race was the competition between the Soviet Union and the United States. For America, this not only opened up a new world in the form of space exploration, but also boosted math and science education in schools. ... In fact, although the United States has a large, "achievement gap," between students, even our top students are lagging behind those in Asia and Europe. ... Singapore, one of the most competitive countries in the world, "ranks ...

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Though the American student may think that they work hard, we find that the Asian student is at a much greater level of pressure. ... He asks, "If American education is so tragically inferior, why is it that this is still the country of innovation?" ... While many Americans yell and scream about their children's math abilities, they have overlooked the fact why most immigrants come here. ... Americans complain about the core subject education. ... Asians might start to loose control of the masses. ...

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A young African American man is about to make a decision that will dictate and impact the rest of his life. ... The young African American man agrees with everything that Affirmative Action provides and stands for. ... The Study which analyzed statistics from the U.S Department of Education, found that despite the greater numbers of minority students in college, blacks and Hispanics were behind whites and Asian Americans in graduation rates. ... The U>S also found that a total minority enrollment in institutions of higher education had increased to 4 million in 1999 from 2.7 million in 1990, w...

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The United States of America is a country that prides itself on the countless opportunities available for any person who has a dream and the ambition to achieve it. ... Truthfulpolitics.com shows that Americans are ranked 7th in students, age 18-24, that are enrolled in college (34%). ... American test scores are just as low. ... In 2004, 48% of American college freshman reported earning an A average in high school, compared to 18% in 1968" (Twenge 61-63). ... Asian education programs are a little absurd by American standards so adopting their methods would only result in setting us back ...

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We are America, we cannot go backwards. ... America was established to be a melting pot of all sorts. ... The problem is, counties such as Europe and Asia spend triple the amount of time in school than Americans do teaching usually one or two other languages aside from their native language. According to Donna Christian, in a 2001 article for the Center for Applied Linguistics, stated that Europeans and Asians start teaching children from age 8 a second language in their education systems. ... However, American public education systems are the bigger problem. ...

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Some alarming statistics find that, in 2013, not a single African American students took AP computer science exam in 11 states and no Hispanic students tested in 8 states. Among the 30,000 students who took AP computer science test, only around 10 percent of them are African American and Hispanic students (Heitin, 2014, para.2-3). The statistics are alarming but unsurprising, because computer science is historically dominated by White and Asian males. ... However, as a result of the opportunity disparity, African American and Latino students demonstrate much lower proficiency rate in both scie...

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Mainly due to the fairness in society, in which each American has equal opportunity. ... White Flight is one reason why we as Americans could never be equal. ... Also, most of the properties and businesses in black communities today are owned by whites and Asians, so were basically living and working on their land (sounds familiar I know). ... It also surprises me that an Asian American or even those of Irish decent, that also have grown from similar hampered situations as we; come to America entering these stable job positions that millions of Black college students so desperately need, and...

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Many Americans point to the high Mexican-American drop-out rates and the low number of Mexican-American professionals as a confirmation of this stereotype. ... In response, Mexican-Americans, as well as Anglo-Americans, have searched for ways to counter such misinformation. ... The Chronicle highlighted the high numbers of working-class Mexican-Americans while citing the low numbers of Mexican-American professionals. ... In addition to these statistics, many Americans point to the high drop-out rates as an indication of the Mexican-American lack of commitment and dedication to higher educat...

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In Mexican American families children become more elaborate as they exhibit their love to the parents. ... In contrast, with the white and the African American children, the Mexican American are taught to value cooperation, family unity, togetherness, and individual achievement (Journal of the Marriage and the Family). Asian American children have many differences in they way they think and behave since the values that they are taught are not the same ones with the African or the Mexican American. Asian American children are socialized to comply with family authority to the point of denoun...

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While this monumental achievement can be attributed to the ingenuity of American scientists and astronauts, the real fueling factor behind the so-called "Space Race" was the competition between the Soviet Union and the United States. For America, this not only opened up a new world in the form of space exploration, but also boosted math and science education in schools to newfound levels. ... In fact, although the United States has a large "achievement gap" between students, even our top students are lagging behind those in Asia and Europe, whose school districts have tradi...

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Does America honestly believe that segregation is gone? ... In comparison to European and Asian students, American student test scores are low internationally. ... In 2013, when the effects of poverty were controlled, American students ranked near the top of the world. ... Those that are of lower-income tend to be immigrants of Hispanic, Native American, African, Asian, Arabian background. ... If America adopts Common Core then refugees would not benefit because they would remain poor. ...

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Is this the way the American educational system should operate? ... But proponents say recognizing black English will only help African-American kids learn linguistic skills-- including standard English--better. ... In Oakland, blacks make up a little more than half of the 52,000 student enrollment--the rest are mostly Hispanics and Asians--but their grade point averages are by far the lowest. ... The systematic de-valuation of Ebonics in American society is consistent with the de-valuation of African-Americans in general, and must be addressed. ... With the Oakland Resolution on Ebon...

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Introduction The United States of America is comprised of billions of individuals from various backgrounds. ... Depending on the culture of each individual, along with many other factors, the pathway to America's definition of success is no longer plausible. In the matters of American success, this looks like reaching higher education in order to become a great CEO, lawyer, politician, doctor and so on and so forth. ... Often seen, there is an achievement gap dividing the educational achievement between majority White America and people of color. ... From 1900-2006 the percentage of White...

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The first pattern began with England's expansion of territory to North America and Canada. ... Others began to immigrate to North America such as: Pilgrims, Puritans, Catholics, etc. ... European and Asian people were free engage in these risks, unlike those from Africa. ... Culturally, I celebrate American and traditions and events, and am quick to root on all of the American athletes competing in the Olympics. ... The cultural climate has changed to show 2.9% of the population being Asians and Pacific Islanders and 9% of Hispanic origin. ...

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He designed an experiment where he came up with some insolvable math problems, and then gave them to both Japanese and American children. It turned out that the American kids gave up on the problems very easily and the Japanese kids tried harder and harder to find a solution to the problem. This shows us that the Japanese kids were willing to go the extra mile and try to find the answer, while American kids gave up if they didn't get it at first. ... I would only agree with this because education is stressed a lot more outside the U.S. and especially in Asia. ...

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The historical background are an effort from the author to show the reader that this famous case which has been made to look like a positive thing did not do to much to actually help the African American people as much as the popular belief thought it did, showing that this case had many downfalls and that the struggle for the segregation of school was still one that had to be fought for many of years to come. ... When first imposed this case was one that was seen as a life changer one that would give opportunities to the African American Community but as a result we see that this case actua...

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With the expansion of education over the last twentieth century, more American's have had access to schooling. Recently, educational attainment is increasingly shaped by many aspects of American lives and the more and less educated have moved apart in income, wealth, and family life. ... Since the Supreme Court overturned segregation laws in 1954, segregation grew in the early 1990s and segregation of African American students grew significantly across the United States. ... Statistics on educational achievement by race or ethnicity show that white, black and Asian children have better sc...

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The implementation of NCLB has lowered American public education standards by focusing on test preparation, altering teacher methodologies, and disengaging American students from learning. ... This made standardized, bubble in, multiple choice learning a priority in the American public school system. ... Compare the amount of recess time allotted in Asian countries to recess time in America. ... It is dumbing down the American educational system. ... American students in public schools are heterogeneously grouped into classrooms. ...

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Apple also believes in a critical literacy of the economy, meaning Americans should, if they don't know already, educate themselves on our economic system so that they are more aware of what is going on in the world around them... In Apple's second chapter, he begins by stating that Americans aren't learning as much as they should, or don't know enough of what they should know, and yet continue to criticize those who they feel are more intellectually inferior to them. We, as Americans, learn the basics, and only few venture off to explore other aspects and learn more than ...

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Raising successful children has always been a goal for most parents. Some of the responsibilities of being ideal parents are setting high standards and giving a lot of guidance for their kids. In the article "Why Chinese Mothers are Superior," Amy Chua said that it is normal for most Asian mothers t...

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What is education? What attributes make up an educated person? Generally, children are sent to school in order to learn from the education theyre receiving and are then evaluated through tests and assignments. Whoever maintains a 3.5 GPA or above is considered to be educated and intelligent in the e...

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Abstract The endeavor herein, is to examine the issues surrounding why there is a lack of scientific literacy among America's students, as well as, how this lack of knowledge impacts on the science and technology workforce of tomorrow. At present, America is not the leading world power in scientific research, exploration, or advances in basic science. Federal, private, and public experts point out that some European, Asian, and Middle Eastern countries now contend with, and often surpass America's contributions and accomplishments. ... Rarely, does one stop to consider the store of s...

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Cedric's mother, Barbara, has struggled with making correct decisions about the world's barriers she has faced in the past and shows her family, Cedric what an African American woman can achieve without knowing what to expect. ... The Asians, Hispanics, blacks, and other ethnicities stuck together. ...

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The statistics shows that 83% of Americans between the ages of 16 and 29 read a book in the past year. ... "Syndrome " can include eyestrain, headaches, blurred vision and dry eyes (According to the American Optometric Association). Recent media reports from CBS News and Asian News International (ANI) discover that could have the syndrome without knowing that and it might cause big problem. ...

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Hispanic or Latino may be used interchangeably with each other, as may Black or African American be used interchangeably. ... Unfortunately, many of these students will not reach that goal, especially if they are Hispanic or African American. This is simply reflecting statistics that even though more minorities are enrolling in college, the rates of success for these students are still shockingly lower than those of their Asian or white counterparts. ... He quotes the Education Trust president Kati Haycock; "Many educators believe that poor kids and Latino kids and African American kids j...

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