In Toms point of view. Dear Rachel‚ It’s been over six months since Willie first came to live with me. I can’t believe that he was the same thin and sickly-looking boy that I was obliged to take in for the war effort. Yes‚ he was a very sickly child and couldn’t take the slightest bit of nutritious food. But the truth is‚ I quite enjoy having someone else around other then Sammy and watching him change into a boy that is full of self-confidence‚ healthy and most importantly‚ happy. It’s been great
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Jacob Craft Dr. Clark EN-131 24 September 2013 Waiting for Superman Essay If you had a child and lived in an undeveloped area with poor educational facilities would you not seek out the best alternatives available? Would you not go out and discover what opportunities offer the greatest chance for success and embrace every single one of them in an effort to give your child unlimited opportunities? In the film we viewed in class‚ we were shown unbelievable and also amazing scenarios where children
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“The Education of Michelle Rhee‚” is a documentary shown on PBS Frontline. John Merrow is a correspondent of Frontline and he was given permission to follow Michele Rhee on her journey to reforming the public-school system in Washington D.C. While watching the video it is easy to see that Rhee was very passionate in her pursuit to create a better public-school system for the children in Washington D.C. Rhee implemented mandatory standardized tests for the school system and fired every principal‚
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Ripley in her book‚ “smartest kids in world” brings forth a mystery about why some kids learn more and some very little. Ripley is a reporter at time and other magazines. While writing about Michelle Rhee‚ leader of Washington D.C. public school‚ she realizes that there is a more serious issue to think about than Rhee. Issue about variation in learning abilities of students. She thought that these variations were due to different school students attended or teachers they had. But‚ most of the reason
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INTRODUCTION The focus of my paper is on how incentives like merit pay can lead to risky behaviors and bad outcomes in our educational system. It is my belief that incentives like higher pay alone is never sufficient enough to motivate teachers or anyone with a real passion for their vocation to perform better. I find myself in the court of public opinion that incentives like money are a short time motivator for most people. I have looked at research material and information from experiments and
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people include: Geoffrey Canada‚ Michelle Rhee and Bill Gates. Each adds their opinion to the subject. Geoffrey Canada is an educator who admit evens his first few years of teaching were rough. Because Canada states this‚ the audience is reassured that he knows what it takes to be a successful teacher. What better way to address the teachers union about the importance of high performing teachers than with a high performing teacher? Then there is Michelle Rhee. Rhee was the 7th new chancellor for the
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Day 1: Claims: 1.) The schools in America are failing. 2.) If we don’t start working to improving them now‚ they will just continue on in this downward spiral. Grounds: In Alabama 18% of 8th graders are proficient in math‚ 14% in Mississippi‚ 40% in New Jersey‚ 35% in Connecticut‚ 40% in New York‚ 26% in Arizona‚ and 24% in California. These statistics further prove the claim that many schools in America are doing well below average work in teaching and preparing students to get jobs and be
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Feb. 2013. Hirsch‚ E. D. "Knowledge of Language." The Knowledge Deficit: Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children. Boston: Houghton Mifflin‚ 2006. 51-67. Print. Waiting for Superman. Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Perf. Geoffrey Canada‚ Michelle Rhee. 2011. DVD.
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The Rapid Decline of Education in the United States Once acknowledged worldwide as educational leaders‚ the United States has drastically dropped in rank due to countless contributing factors consisting of but not limited to finances‚ accountability and current reforms. We have an education system that seems to be geared more towards the industrial and agrarian age‚ fundamentals of the past. The rest of the world saw what we once accomplished‚ ran with the positive aspects of our system‚ making
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Tracey Thompson AP Lang Ms. Ransom 15 Dec‚ 2013 Synthesis Essay In 2013 a study by the US Department of Education showed that only 32 percent of American fourth-graders are reading at or above the proficiency of their grade level. One out of every 3 students in America have scored "below basic" on the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) reading test. the United States was once the leading country in every aspect‚ including education‚ but now it has fallen behind to 17th place
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