There are clear signs of needs that this program can offer solutions to in specific schools. One of the principals participating in the movement explains that most of the children are enveloped in a “97% poverty rate, majority are from the Dominican Republic, and live in single-parent homes.” Therefore, they do not have a lot of social or financial advantage. The…
The Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) is a non-profit organization that seeks to break the cycle of generational poverty in Central Harlem by providing children with the resources to gain a range of skills and opportunities. The two multiservice charter schools known as Promise Academies were also created in partnership with HCZ. Through its cradle-to-career program children are to be supported in multiple aspects of life from the moment they are born until they graduate from college. The Zone uses this pipeline model to demonstrate that in order to obtain long-term results, individual support to children facing challenging situations must be provided through a series of programs focused on: education, family and community, and health.…
In addition to individual contract work, each student participates in two directed classes a week in all core subject areas. Vonda Vinland and the teachers of black rock high school they go out of their way to help the students so they can be successful in life. Some example of what they do for the students is they call them to make sure they are up for school. Then another thing is that they check up on them almost every week to make sure the students are doing okay at home and at school. With their curriculum they have a reward system where students get gold slips; this allows them to earn several of things that they can pick out a prize at the end of every week. The only thing they don’t have is extracurricular activates the \black rock high school but they join a club like theater or they can join or a band that they can also join. With the bad kids going to this school it have them a look on life that everyone gets a second chance to…
This article is specific to the D.C. Public School system wanting to begin a pilot program with Harvard University to participate in a program to financially reward targeted students in the middle school grades who appear to not see school as relevant to their lives. What the outline of the program for DC would be to work with approximately 3,000 students and by following the students work and attendance habits the students could possibly earn nearly $100 every two weeks which would be deposited into a bank account for the student. This program is expected to increase student attendance and grades within the DC school systems.…
In their essays, both Anyon and Gatto's made a similar and critical argument that schools have been teaching an "invisible curriculum". In his essay "The seven-lesson school teacher", Gatto pointed out that the 12-year elementary education is no less than a jail sentence where "bad habits" (p.19) are the only curriculum have been learned (P.19). Anyon, in his "Social Class and The Hidden Curriculum of Work" also implied that there is a hidden curriculum being learned when students are only taught knowledge based on stereotypes of their schools' social economic status in order to perpetually maintain the social class differences.…
They argue this theory with how schools vary in instruction based on their location. Schools serving low-income working class neighborhoods are emphasize rules and behavioral control (similar to what we have discussed in the Gilbert book about social mobility and class…
Attaining an education is not merely about learning how to read, write, and answer basic math questions, nor is it about getting enough of an education to find employment later in life. Instead, improving the health and wellness of society is and should always be the main concern. A student, at any age, is taught certain principles that are hopefully carried over into their adult lives. Concepts like honesty, determination, and a solid work ethic help the child through school, and incorporate into a better society after the education is…
Instruction – What parents can’t teach Socialization- Forcing us to accept to the values and norms of society.Obedience- In a classroom where obedience is emphasized, students will learn quickly that pleasing the teacher and remaining quiet are rewarded over creative thinking. Patriotism- The pledge of Allegiance Indoctrination into Meritocracy- Rewards for good behavior/being better than others Sorting- sorts students according to ability/hardwork Some principles of Stratification- The main function of stratification is “placing and motivating individuals in the social structure.” Each society must (a) place individuals in social positions and (b) motivate them to work. Some positions are more functionally important than others and/or require more training or talent than others. Societies place appropriate (i.e., skilled and trained) people in these positions and motivate them to work by connecting these positions to better rewards. Thus, the resulting stratification system is functional for society Moral Education- According to Durkheim, morality is composed of three elements: discipline, attachment, and autonomy. Discipline constrains egoistic impulses; attachment is the voluntary willingness to be committed to groups; and autonomy is individual responsibility. Education provides children with these three moral tools needed to function in society. Poverty of Mind- Black kids that’s about it…
At Anaheim schools, students avoid getting help with their homework. Students go home unsure on how to complete their homework. Many students end up having trouble doing their homework and many of them struggle in their classes. While others feel that homework isn’t their first priority for them. In order to increase student success at Anaheim Schools students must sacrifice the time to better their learning and get help. In the essay, Marita’s Bargain by Malcolm Gladwell, the author states, “ Is this a lot to ask of a child? It is. But think of Marita’s perspective. In return, KIPP promises that it will take kids like her who are stuck in poverty and give them a chance to get out” (14). Gladwell says that students who are committed to school,…
One of the main factors that contribute to the drop out rates is the lack of support. There should be more prevention programs in place at various high schools and locations with high poverty rates. Programs like this will encourage students to work harder in their studies. According to the video, many individuals who do not attend school on a normal basis end up dropping out of high school. One way the prevention program in Bronx, prevented students from dropping out by encouraging students to attend school daily. There is a serious need, of such prevention programs in schools because this clearly demonstrates the participants of the prevention program keeps them on track to graduation and in obtaining a higher education. One thing that surprised me the most was how topics like this are not ever mentioned on the news. This topic needs more media coverage. Our society needs to be aware of such problems that exist in our society. The government needs to step in and help finance schools so that they can obtain or build prevention programs like Dr. Robert Balfanz to help build a better future. Everyone should be treated fairly no matter what someone's issues…
In her essay, “Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work,” Jean Anyon(1980) writes about how social student education levels are not equal. She studied 5 different schools, in 5 different social classes, and wrote about how they differed and what was wrong with them. She went from school to school for a year, sitting in the classes of 5th graders and observing how every social class was different from the others.…
If they want to be successful they must be willing to sacrifice themselves and focus more in school. They must be determined to spend more time in a school campus. Students will have less time to waste at home. Adding more time into the school day will mean teachers will be able to teach for a bit longer. It has been proven that by making the school day longer the test score of students increase. For instance there are many schools who offer a longer day for students, such as Knowledge Is Power Program better known as KIPP and The Expanding Learning TIme Initiative. These two programs have increased the academic success of their students. In the research paper “Matitas Bargain” written by Malcolm Gladwell, the author uses an anecdotal story to convince us that KIPP academy should be taken into consideration when wanting to increase the academic success of other schools. The students who attend KIPP academy are not rich kids actually they are the opposite, they are students who live in poor neighborhood and who qualify for free and reduced lunch because their parents can not afford to provide food for them. Students who attend KIPP attend school for a longer period of time with the objective of going to college. Studies have shown that students who go to KIPP have higher reading scores and do better in math and science. “In return, KIPP promises that it will take kids like her who are stuck in poverty and give them a chance to get out. It will get 84 percent of them up to or above their grade level in mathematics. On the strength of that performance, 90 percent of KIPP students get scholarships to private or parochial high schools instead of having to attend their own desultory high schools in the Bronx. And on the strength of that high school experience, more than 80 percent of KIPP graduates will go on to college, in many cases being the first in their family to do so. . . . “ (Gladwell). The students who attend…
One idea is teens can work on their social skills and eventually their social skills will be able to open up opportunities for them. A person could be the smartest person in the world, but if they had no social skills, it would not matter how smart they were because they would not be able to communicate their ideas. One moment that Gladwell shows a moment in which social skills matter are in the chapter “The Trouble with Geniuses”. Chris Langan gets kicked out of two colleges because he couldn’t properly communicate with the dean of students what the problem was he was facing. While he was at Reed College in Oregon his financial aid wasn’t filled out and sent to Reed, so he had gone to the office and didn’t even try to argue about it, “They simply didn’t care. They didn’t give a shit about their students” (Gladwell 93). Langan made no attempt to talk to the person in the office he just accepted the defeat and moved on. If it had been any other person they would’ve tried to get the date of which the financial aid form had to be turned in. Defeat would’ve not been accepted so quickly because majority of people have good enough social skills to do this. Langan didn’t have the social skills to even argue with the office. As smart as Langan was he really wasn’t he because he couldn’t communicate and if he couldn’t communicate how are people even going to know that he really is a genius. Literally someone could be extremely stupid…
In school, I saw my peers were having trouble academically without individual attention. They would seek help from teachers, but would still not understand the material. This lack of learning turned into a hatred for the subjects, which translated into a hatred for school. My friends studied for hours only to fail their tests and fall behind. I was shocked and disappointed, but I understood that public school teachers faced a difficult student to teacher ratio. Since I exceled in the classes my friends struggled in, I realized that I could help them. In fact, it was my duty to prevent the development of a generation that abhorred learning. Therefore I began tutoring my peers and sacrificed…
An improvement to the education system will happen through freedom of choice for students in the tenth grade of high school. Students will be able to choose to continue schooling or directly enter the workforce/technical school. This reduces strain on the education system by not having to educate a large portion of children for the extra two years that is commonplace in our current system. A similar education system has been implemented in some European countries to great success (5). To prevent abuse of the system, in order to avoid working for the betterment of society, there will be a four year time period in order to obtain the necessary schooling to succeed. However, people can still attempt to continue their education after the four year time limit, but these people must work a full time job along with schoolwork to continue claiming societal benefits. These measures ensure people can have the career they want to have, and this is one of the primary aspects that keeps the system running and…