Summary Of Waiting For A School Miracle By Diane Ravitch
“Waiting for a School Miracle”by Diane Ravitch is an article about the current Educational System. In the text we can see how the author is discontent with the current system. This is evident from the very first few sentences of the article, “Ten years ago, Congress adopted the No Child Left Behind legislation, mandating that all student must be proficient in reading or mathematics by their school would be punished.” From this sentence alone can see the differences between Diane and the system. Diane believes that the achievement if student must be appreciated collectively. not individually.
Another factor that Diane acknowledges is Poverty. In the words of Diane, “To prove that poverty doesn’t matter, political leaders point to schools that
have achieved stunning results in only a few years despite the poverty around them.” With this in mind we can come to the conclusion that in areas of poverty in the nation, even schools in this state are capable of producing some outstanding results. Another point of view that Diane shares is that of Students of the Englewood, Chicago area. “Education Secretary Arne Duncan sang the praises of an all-male, largely black charter school in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, Urban Prep Academy, which replaced a high school deemed a failure.” Later in the article Diane says that both Mr. Obama and Mr. Duncan joined up with Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida, to laud the transformation of Miami Central Senior High. The impact of this article whether personally, community, nationally, and/or globally can only be applied as being as Nationally, one example of this, “In 2005, New York’s mayor, Michael B. Bloomberg, held a news conference at Public School 33 in the Bronx to celebrate an astonishing 49-point jump jump in the proportion of Fourth grade students there who met state standards in reading”. This is an example of how this article can potentially impact the nation
Another factor that Diane acknowledges is Poverty. In the words of Diane, “To prove that poverty doesn’t matter, political leaders point to schools that
have achieved stunning results in only a few years despite the poverty around them.” With this in mind we can come to the conclusion that in areas of poverty in the nation, even schools in this state are capable of producing some outstanding results. Another point of view that Diane shares is that of Students of the Englewood, Chicago area. “Education Secretary Arne Duncan sang the praises of an all-male, largely black charter school in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, Urban Prep Academy, which replaced a high school deemed a failure.” Later in the article Diane says that both Mr. Obama and Mr. Duncan joined up with Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida, to laud the transformation of Miami Central Senior High. The impact of this article whether personally, community, nationally, and/or globally can only be applied as being as Nationally, one example of this, “In 2005, New York’s mayor, Michael B. Bloomberg, held a news conference at Public School 33 in the Bronx to celebrate an astonishing 49-point jump jump in the proportion of Fourth grade students there who met state standards in reading”. This is an example of how this article can potentially impact the nation