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Concepts of Education Reform

            America is faced with a challenge detrimental to the future success of the nation: education reform. This challenge was brought about by the idea that America's public school system is failing as a whole. There are many opinions as to why the system is not performing as it once had. These differing opinions have attributed to a variety of reform methods. The methods span form implementation of local policies to federal mandated policies. No matter the method, it is generally agreed upon that a change is desperately needed. With the future of the nation heavily reliant on the success of the younger generation and the role they take in society, education is one of the most important tools they can acquire. Scrutiny over public school systems is attributed to implementation of controversial legislature such as the No Child Left Behind act, reform of teacher education programs and qualification, and reform of the system as a whole. .
             One of the most controversial issues in the battle for reform is the passing of the No Child Left Behind act of 2002. This became the beginning of the standardized test era in schools. This, however, was not the first attempt at governmental influence in the public education system. President Johnson signed the Elementary and Secondary Education act (ESEA) of 1965 in to law in order to aid schools in poor economic areas (Trolian 2). Throughout the years, the act has been revised to most benefit those that need the assistance. The creation of the Department of Education can be attributed to this initial act. No Child Left Behind is the most recent revision (Trolian 3). The most known component of NCLB is the requirement of the school systems to administer standardized tests in order to monitor the progress of both the students and the school system. The results of these tests are then used to allocate federal funds to the specific school districts (Trolian 4).
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            


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1. American Education Reform

Keeping Ryan and Cooper's definition of education in mind, when dealing with education reform we must consider other aspects, such as assessment, technology and character education to name a few, as well as curriculum. ... The reports combined with the nation's failing economy set the stage for education reform. ... Bush, and the state governors adopted a list of goals for education reform (Ryan and Cooper, 456). ... A "call to excellence" (Ryan and Cooper, 442) is another issue in education reform. ... This approach poses the largest challenge to reform because it questions...

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2. Synthesis Paper - University Education

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3. What higher education reforms

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4. Professionalization (Hong Kong Case)

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5. Key Issues In Special Education

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6. Education

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7. Privatizing Education

One issue which is involved in the controversy is this concept of privatizing education. While the public school system has long been a source of debate and controversy, privatization is the newest idea to emerge from current endeavors to reform the American public school system and is a concept that often attracts decaying inner-city school systems in hopes of refurbishing themselves through privatization. ... They argue that privatization is clearly about money, not education reform (Miner, 2002). ... The issue of privatizing education gained even more attention and momentum when Education...

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9. The Japanese Educational System

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