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In the reading, The Sponsors of Literacy by Deborah Brandt she talks about how literacy was received and withheld from people because of socio-economic classes. Brandt claims that there is a connection between literacy and economic development or as she refers to them as sponsors of literacy which can either help, sensor, or withhold all together the ability to be literate. Literacy provides an upward mobility or at least the means to move upward in social classes and without literacy there is no means to gain an edge. In her interviews of Raymond Branch (European American) and Dora Lopez (Mexican American) Brandt found that even though both were born in the same year and had moved to the same town when they were younger Branch was introduced…
Selena became very popular throughout her career. She was best known as “ The Queen of Tejano.” She had such an amazing, beautiful voice. Selena would always tell her fans to follow their dreams. All their hard work started to pay off. Their first album, “ Selena Y Dinos “ was then recorded in 1984 under freddie records. Throughout the years the group became very popular and recorded many more albums. Their albums included, Ven Conmigo, Entre a Mi Mundo, Amor Prohibido, Dreaming of you and many others. Selena started her own line of clothing in 1994, which was opened in San Antonio and Corpus Christi.…
“Enumerated” Products - American merchants must ship certain products, notably tobacco, exclusively to Britain, even though prices might be better somewhere else.…
* Special attention is given to teachers in the beginning years of their career to help to link their performance to state and district standards (Kauchak & Eggen, 2005, p.500).…
Not only Senate Bill 2586 focuses on career pathway but also it proposes educating the whole child curriculum through an allocation of instructional time and financial resources. Allocation of instructional time will help students to develop essential skills for their growth and achievement. Moreover, funding can be of great help to hire more teachers. However, students do need not only sufficient funds but also more time to learn, so as teachers need adequate time to teach. Indeed, the quantity of classroom time is very crucial to learning as well as the time spent in school. Expanding learning time in school means providing an individualized academic literacy goal for students. In other words, time spent learning does matter for student achievement…
The theories of Friedrich Froebel, the founder of kindergarten have influenced kindergartens in several regions including in Finland and Ontario, Canada. The kindergarten program in Finland is one of envy as it contributes the nation’s successful educational system. Kindergarten in Finland is a free service available to all children, which is similar to Ontario, Canada’s program which is also free to children in the province. The following paper will explore kindergarten in Finland and Ontario and illustrate that in spite of their differing systems, the principal focus of kindergarten in each region is to prepare students for formal schooling. The programs, curriculum, teacher qualifications and roles in each area collectively support school readiness. The educational systems in both Finland and Ontario are designed in such a way that each stage of education merges into the other, with kindergarten being the initial stage.…
The present work, led by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Governors Association (NGA), builds on the foundation laid by states in their decades-long work on crafting high-quality education standards. The Standards also draw on the most important international models as well as research and input from numerous sources, including state departments of education, scholars, assessment developers, professional organizations, educators from kindergarten through college, and parents, students, and other members of the public. In their design and content, refined through successive drafts and numerous rounds of feedback, the Standards represent a synthesis of the best elements of standards-related work to date and an important advance over that previous work. As specified by CCSSO and NGA, the Standards are (1) research and evidence based, (2) aligned with college and work expectations, (3) rigorous, and (4) internationally benchmarked. A particular standard was included in the document only when the best available evidence indicated that its mastery was essential for college and career readiness in a twenty-first-century, globally competitive society. The Standards are intended to be a living work: as new and better evidence emerges, the Standards will be revised accordingly. The Standards are an extension of a prior initiative led by CCSSO and NGA to develop College and Career Readiness (CCR) standards in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language as well as in mathematics. The CCR Reading, Writing, and Speaking and…
Parsons, S. A., Davis, S. G., Scales, R. Q., Williams, B., & Kear, K. A. (2010). How AND WHY TEACHERS ADAPT THEIR LITERACY INSTRUCTION. College Reading Association Yearbook, (31), 221-236.…
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act functions as a data driven decision-making educational tool. This governmental act also provides support to teachers and administrators so that they can achieve these goals. One of the main aspects of the legislation was to have effective teachers in every classroom. The implementation process to achieve this transformation goal must be well planned out due to the number of uncertified teachers in the classroom prior to the act being implemented ( Left…
"Nothing helps a child learn as much as a great teacher," said Secretary Spellings (October 8, 2008, press release). "Yet we often find our most experienced and effective teachers in our least challenging settings. Until this trend is reversed, we will not be able to solve our education system 's - and our country 's - biggest challenges. We must do a better job of treating teachers like the professionals they are and rewarding those who take on tougher work and get results." By encouraging effective professional development this encourages teachers to better themselves to better educate our children. This also provides funds for programs that encourage teachers to remain current on educational trends. With these provisions a significant portion of this money is often spent to help teachers better prepare students for standardized testing. NCLB receives grants for excellence in teaching. This money is provided to reward successful teachers and principals. The downside is that the success of teachers and principals is often measured through the same flawed instrument of students ' test scores on the standardized tests. In 2006 President Bush created the Teacher Incentive Fund, which supports districts in rewarding teachers and principals who have increased student achievement and helps to recruit and retain high quality teachers and principals in the neediest…
In Texas, this law has severely been impacted by a variety of teachers who are not highly qualified to educate these students and schools that are need in of drastic educational improvements at the moment. From the beginning, Texas has served has a representation for several of the requirements listed in the NCLB act because schools were already enforcing testing and accountability provisions. However, disagreements between Texas' statutory testing and accountability systems and the new federal requirements have produced uncertainty and led to problems in the execution of key provisions of NCLB. Alterations in the provisions of Texas' testing and accountability were made to meet the provisions of the NCLB act. One of the provisions here in Texas is that most students now take the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) in replacement of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS). As for teachers, they are required to meet the definition of highly qualified, which means they must hold at least a bachelor's degree, have…
The No Child Left Behind act forced school districts to restructure failing schools. During the restructuring process, of some of the schools, the teaching staff and the principals were changed entirely. With the complete change of leadership and teaching staff the schools are showing much needed growth. With NCLB it forced FWCS to increase effort and attention towards the English Language Learners. FWCS has decreased the learning gap between majority students and ELLs students. NCLB has given the needed push to address the achievement gap among all minority groups. With NCLB in place parents are more informed and given the opportunity to participate more in their child’s education. Parents are provided a yearly report indicating academic strengths and weaknesses.…
Our nation is at risk: this is how the legendary “A Nation at Risk” opened its scathing assessment of American public schools in 1983. The paper gave five recommendations to fix the problems of the U.S. education system: strengthened requirements, measurable standards, higher pay for teachers, increased time in the classroom, and accountability. Today, the country still faces many of the same problems, such as teacher shortages, low test scores, and poor teacher training programs. In the past forty years, the United States has doubled the expenditures it spends for every child to get an education, with no concrete improvements in student achievement (Guggenheim & Chilcott, 2010). According to the Program for International Student…
United States Government wants to keep the national school systems together but as a result it is making schools much more stressful for everyone and the point of being a teacher completely different than what it used to be. Children’s intelligence should not be determined by a test, nor should it determine a teacher’s skill. This problem has gotten much bigger over time and needs to be brought to more people's attention, as well as other methods to move forward without so much testing.…
In order to analyze student development, keep my instruction challenging and on target with student needs, I use several different tools. One assessment I use three times every year to determine each student’s reading ability. This test evaluates their reading in a number of skill areas and allows me to chart growth over the course of the school year. At the end of the year, I share results with their next reading teacher. (evidence 3) (*1.1c)…