school funding. This Act does not set the standards nationwide; each individual state sets the standards. Diane Ravitch‚ an education philosopher was a supporter of this Act when it was being passed. She believed that every child had the right to a proper education. As the years passed she acquired more experience and knowledge on the Act‚ and is now completely opposed to the NCLB Act. Ravitch believes that the states dumb down the standards in light of the NCLB. The question now is: is the No Child
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In William Deresiewhich‚ Diane Ravitch and Carmen Lugo Lugo all their essay have one main objective they want to pin point. The objective is that education is taking a turn rather than following the true intentions education was envisioned. Initially‚ Horace Mann creator of the education system in America vision to raise individuals to be good citizen’s‚ to have knowledge in democracy and follow democracy. Sadly‚ as Deresiewich states “we have tried aristocracy‚ meritocracy and it is now time to
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everything that goes into the public just so people don’t get offended? In the article‚ "You Can’t Say That‚" the author Diane Ravitch talks about how certain words are deleted from books or not shown in films because they could offend certain groups. In the article‚ Ravitch argues that although it may seem like we live in a world where anything goes‚ the truth is‚ that’s not true. Diane does research and gathers a list of more than five hundred words that regularly get deleted from textbooks and tests
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People: Raising Expectations for Other People ’s Children Fletcher‚ Dan. (2009). Standardized Testing. Time U.S. Retrieved from http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0‚8599‚1947019‚00.html 504. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 27 Nov. 2012. Ravitch‚ Diane. (2010). The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education 2010): 50.Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 28 Nov. 2012.
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can be very confusing. Do we improve education to solve economic problems or should we address first the economic problems that lead to poor education? II. INTRODUCTION Diane Ravitch’s new book "Reign of Error"‚ the first proposed solution comes in Chapter 22‚ Begin at the Beginning. With this suggestion‚ Ravitch illustrates a perspective that places education as a goal and not as a means. This is a very useful frame of reference since it does make the objectives a lot clearer. The following
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Motivate Students? “Across America‚ in state after state‚ a decade of major reforms in education has so far failed to produce the anticipated improvement in the quality of our schools or the academic achievements of our students”. (Diane Ravitch) Its seems that issues surrounding teachers pay‚ parental and society influence of the schools‚ text book costs‚ new school gear are more important than the discussion about motivating students and the impact of grades that reflects on
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half “of all the school districts in the United states have reduced their time spent on science‚ the arts‚ and social studies” by close to 150 minutes a week in favour of the topics more heavily tested on standardized tests‚ like reading and math(Ravitch). Standardized testing is not a new topic when it comes to controversy‚ especially nowadays. In the last ten years Finland has repeatedly scored the highest on the Programme for International Student Assessment(PISA)‚ even though they have “no external
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professors should just accept what the students believe and not question them. Everyone needs to understand and be able to explain what they believe in. Diane Ravitch explains that to prepare people to live in this world‚ the education needs to be able to work with those people from different backgrounds and be able to question their own beliefs (Ravitch 71). When someone explains that they follow a certain type of religion‚ they are being advocates and representatives of that particular faith. If that
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Excellence in Education The concept of excellence in education is one that‚ on the surface‚ seems to be unquestionable. After all‚ who would not accede that students within our schools should‚ in fact‚ excel? Certainly teachers‚ parents‚ and administrators can agree on excellence as an aim to shoot for. The interpretation of the term “excellence” is‚ however‚ less obvious. How do we regard excellence? Is it the college bound student with a broad liberal arts education? Is it
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Standardized tests are now a common practice among America’s schools. This has caused one of the most controversial debates in society today. Supposedly‚ they are a great way to measure student achievement‚ but it appears that the exams could be much more detrimental than they seem. Students are failing to pass year-long classes due to a single test. There is no way that the information learned within such an amount of time can be accurately or even fairly assessed this way. Within every student
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