I will example how he thinks schools should be run. ... A moment of truth, when their federal funds, intended to help the poorest children, are divided up and given to parents for tutoring or a charter school or some other hopeful option. ... The federal role in education is to foster excellence and challenge failure with charters and choice. ... At schools that are persistently dangerous, students will be allowed a transfer to some other school to a safer one. ... He wants our schools to care about the character of our children. ...

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This student attends all 11 years of primary school, including 8 years of grade school, 2 years of pre-school, and 1 year of Kindergarten. ... While in high school, the student engages in more intense studies of subjects. ... To make matters worse, 1 in 3 of those students who attend those poor primary schools end up dropping out of high school ("Eleven Facts"). ... After meeting some opposition from the structure of the public school system, Canada started his own system of charter schools in poor areas to provide good education to the groups of kids who need it the most. ... If edu...

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Students with a college degree are more likely to leave poverty than those who either left school before graduation or earned only a high school diploma. ... Jose Lara, 17, has earned enough high school credits to be in the ninth grade. He dropped out of high school due to distractions from girls and gang affiliation. ... Lara, now a father, meets with a youth group and recently enrolled in a charter school for "At-risk students that focuses on independent learning" (Rivera and Berkeley 3). ... Patlan became discouraged and stopped caring about his grades and school work. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The current purpose of public schools from K-12 appears to follow neoliberalism. ... Today, the purpose of our public schools has adapted to this prevalent idea. ... Ultimately, low-income public school students receive poor quality education. ... For example, the Renaissance 2010 Act "'calls for closing 60 public schools and opening 100 small schools, two-thirds of which will be charter or contract school run by private organizations' using non union teachers and school employees " (Hursh, Date, p. 157). ... The privatization of public schools mean that there will be a push in rais...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I also outline how I feel about what was said in the book considering I am currently in school to become an educator and a parent. ... "If we agree that parents have the right to choose the appropriate schools for their own children, then we must logically agree that open competition will generate the fairest and most equitable distribution of dollars" (Beck 164). There are private schools and charter schools, but if you do not have the means to send a child there, you will only be left with public schools, the monopoly, who receive the majority of government dollars, our taxes. In ...

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Project Based Learning - A Better Choice In one elementary school classroom a teacher is using building blocks as a math lesson with all the students around on the floor. ... Montessori started the use of PjBL in her first schools in Italy for disabled children but later found that all children thrive in this type of learning environment. ... We use technology every day and schools are using it more and more. Today there are many new Charter schools opening and using PjBL specifically for technology. ... If we can reach them while they are young it will make it easier for teachers when they r...

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