The Education System of the 21st Century “Education is the passport to the future for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” ~Malcolm X While watching television recently‚ I came across a commercial for an older episode of the Oprah Winfrey show. This particular show was to address a documentary entitled‚ “Waiting for Superman.” I sat and watched the 45 second commercial and became so engrossed I wished I could have called my mother. Coming from a family of Native and African
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Education is one of the most important investments any country can make in its people. On an individual level‚ education not only gives us the knowledge of the world around us but also shapes our perspective of looking at the world around us. However‚ today’s education system encourages rut learning more than independent learning contributing very less to developing this unique perspective of a student towards life. Independent thinking makes students more proactive learners rather than being reactive
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The education system in Saudi Arabia Education in Saudi Arabia is segregated by sex and divided into three separately administered systems: general education for boys‚ education for girls and traditional Islamic education (for boys). The Ministry of Education‚ established in 1952‚ presides over general education for boys‚ and education for girls comes under the jurisdiction of the General Presidency for Girls’ Education. Both sexes follow the same curriculum and take the same annual examinations
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The education system has become one of the most talked-about issues in China. A growing number of students and parents have claimed that they detest such a system and prefer studying abroad. However‚ numerous experts still argue that the current system should be remained for decades. This essay aims to describe the system in the following paragraphs. The Nine-year Compulsory Education is the most important policy of Chinese education system. More precisely‚ education is compulsory for all children
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Canadian government became responsible for the education of First Nation children because of various treaties and other laws. Because of this the education of Status Indians (Metis and Inuit were put into the system later) fell under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Federal Government. During 1830’s-1900’s the Canadian government and various Christian churches created the Indian Residential School System (IRS). The IRS was a compulsory education system created to assimilate First Nation‚ eventually
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Higher education system of India In India 69 crore(6.9 billion) people belong to 15-60 year age group. This is the working age group. Growth of any nation depends on its youth. It is possible only if the youth get proper education. Higher education plays a key role to produce Good engineers‚ doctors‚ administrators‚ artists etc. Today‚ we have 16 IIT’s‚ 30 NIT’s‚ 13 IIM’s and around 550 universities in all over India. But still the nomination rate in higher education is only 13%. In developed
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Our Declining Education System According to "A Nation at Risk"‚ the American education system has declined due to a " rising tide of mediocrity" in our schools. States such as New York have responded to the findings and recommendations of the report by implementing such strategies as the "Regents Action Plan" and the "New Compact for Learning". In the early 1980’s‚ President Regan ordered a national commission to study our education system. The findings of this commission were that‚ compared
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a single change within our education system would lead to a monumental change that would place us amongst the top countries in terms of our education system. In the Waiting for Superman movie‚ a claim is made that if we were to remove the bottom 6-10% of bad teachers in the work force our education system would automatically become good enough to contend with Finland. A claim by the PISA reviewers in the book the smartest kids in the world is that had the American system adopted the Common Core it
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Olivia Bitner English 2010‚ 10:30 Section Diagnostic Essay America’s education system is not what one would call “competitive”. Yes‚ some may choose to believe otherwise‚ but one doesn’t have to look very far to realize Americans aren’t up to snuff. Why is this‚ you may ask? One possible explanation is that children in American schools are not being taught information that will prepare them for the real world. Anyone can memorize dates or the elements on the periodic table‚ and Americans probably
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