Education should be provided to everyone, free of charge, and free of discriminations. ... Although free, it does not come without distractions. For instance, public schooling has turned into more of a daycare type setting for teachers and students. ... Administrators focus more on dress codes and violence prevention, than they do on test scores and how we compare to other countries. ... The plan also introduced the Regents Minimum Competency Tests, which requires a student to pass tests in five major categories; math, science, reading, writing, and two areas of social studies. ...

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Public schools from K-12 are government-funded institutions that provide free education for all children. ... Neoliberalism is the belief that society operates best when individuals are free to follow their private interests with limited government intervention. ... In David Hursh's (Date) article, it mentioned "how testing policies further legitimize program differences by forcing schools with low test scores (those composed primarily of students of color and students living in poverty) to institute more regimented methods of instruction"" (p. 157). This quote means that the testing po...

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These people had developed their own ideas about the reality and rather than test their notions to a narrow test of accuracy, they were content to blame reality. ... If Rodriguez had tested this through a narrow test of accuracy, he would have found that it was a false notion. ... I myself, am a part of this type of education, one that helps to create these preconceived notions for its students. ... It is up to the people themselves to break free of this control, to recognize that education itself is not a fill in for critically considering your reality. ... Therefore, an individual is not tot...

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She began testing her educational method with special needs children and, because of her success, she wanted to see if "normal"" children would benefit from this style of education as well. ... She thought that "children are endowed with unknown powers, which can guide society to a radiant future," and that in order to allow children to fully develop, they need a free environment in which they can explore and learn from experiences. ... These types of motivators work to a certain extent, but they just "make the child dependent on adult approval. " (p. 221)They are driven by "external expectati...

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Merit goods would be under-provided in a pure free-market economy. ... In this instance, a commodity will be defined as a tradable good in a free market, available to those who can afford it, and with no discrimination between those who can afford it for access. ... The majority of the negative impacts of the free market economy have struck Pacific nations people and Maori badly, this economic model is based around the concept, "you can have what ever you want, so long as you can pay for it." ... The "gender gap" (the difference between gender performance by subject) may also be closed in t...

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By the same token they profess that students should be free 'to question and shape the education they are being offered'. ... Ultimately, this type of pedagogy seems ideal with its 'best of both worlds' approach but it could be argued that it is instead hypocritical. ... For example, a Bachelor of Commerce graduate is expected to thoroughly 'understand the workings of the economy and business' based on tried and tested methods and models that have resulted in previously successful commercial outcomes. ...

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There are so many types of research that teachers need to personally use and teach their students to use. ... I believe a great enhancement is parents being involved in the curriculum and testing. ... Then, students are free to ask questions and learn what is right or wrong. ...

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