WC: 595 The movie Finding Forester was about a young black lad named Jamal Wallace that lived in an unfavorable area of New York, called the Bronx. ... After receiving Jamal's SAT test scores, no one would have guessed that he was as brilliant as he really was. ... A recruiter from a preschool in the city had received Jamal's test scores and decided to pay him a visit. ... After setting aside there differences Jamal and William become good friends that teach each o...

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It seemed to me that all the schools, teachers, and students were all focused on preparing for the standardized tests; such as SAT's or the Regents in New York State, and not focusing on the art of learning, creativity and so on. ... This implies for example, that the same person taking a different form of the test will tend to make close to the same score. ...

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Recently, a number of children that are getting home schooled are from "new age" families that would like to take education into their own hands (Klugewiz 409). ... Also, home schooled children score above the 60th percentile in math, science, and verbal skills on the Stanford Achievement Test when compared to the average of other students. A study in Washington found SAT scores of home schooled children to be higher than average (Galen 45). ...

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County School Board of New Kent County, Virginia, 1968 v/s The court found a "freedom of choice" plan to be inadequate because it failed to achieve desegregated schools and because it placed the burden of eliminating segregation on parents and children rather than on the government which had fostered it. ... But now statistics indicate that segregation is the new reality with almost half of all public schools in the West and South being nonwhite (Frankenberg). ... Even though it is clear many students have benefited from the desegregation policy, standard test scores for African Americans...

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" Aronowitz argues that discipline and control are now the primary criteria of success, and genuine learning is sacrificed to a new dictated educational agenda. ... I attended Valley Stream Central High School for my high school years in Valley Stream, New York where I had the opportunity to be both schooled and educated. ... From local exams to the infamous SAT and ACT standardized exams, these exams created general stereotypes and prejudices between students who excelled and those who did not do so well on their exams. ... I personally did not excel on all of the standardized exams give...

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During the 1800's, the United States began its public education program, and Boston and Philadelphia were the first cities to offer art and music education in the new program (Flynn, 2011). ... In the 1930's, the arts education grew so much in the United States that the Federal Arts Program (FAP) was created as part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal; and provided jobs for unemployed artists and musicians to work in public schools (Flynn, 2011). ... One of the studies performed concluded that students involved/experienced in music performance scored 53 points higher on...

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Research/Defense The studies and research that are available to the public show that home schooling is not disadvantageous in comparison to normal schooling. Many people have argued against home schooling for various reasons', others see no negative outcomes that arise from it. Supporters of hom...

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The new education system was aimed at the working class to help them develop new skills. ... The tests were also sexist because girls had to achieve a better score than boys did to get into the grammar schools. ... The new system contradicted what comprehensive education was all about. ...

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The students then cleaned up after themselves, stored away the unopened leftovers and sat down on the rug for their math morning routines. ... There was one rug in the front of the classroom, where the students sat while Mr. ...

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