Essays on Achievement Gap

Reply 1: JW

I started my online field trip by visiting the Illinois Education Association (IEA) website. The organization was formed in 1853 and is afflicted with NEA (National Education Association). IEA comprises of educators and teachers seeking to serve the public educational interests in the state of Illinois. The organization aims at affecting equity and excellence in public education and be an advocacy group for all employees in public education. The website allows educators and teachers alike to be updated with educational legislation in Illinois and also provides other useful information. A link on the website links you to the Danielson ...

Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions On Tatum page 2, the decision makers he described did not want to invest time or money resources in any larger conversations about race in schools. This leads to the question; does the lack of commitment of resources from the decision makers play a part in widening the achievement gap? On Tatum page 5, “by the end of the nineteenth century; American concern about immigration was growing, fueled by fears that a large percentage of the new arrivals were mentally deficient.” This leads to the question; do the decision makers in the country ignore the achievement gap ...

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Introduction The diversity of students in the elementary classroom posits concerns about providing instruction to embrace multiculturalism. Teaching standard American English takes precedence, and teachers should promote this way of African American students acquiring the language skills. Nonetheless, teachers should recognize their young students’ language peculiarities of Ebonics despite the negative connotations attached to it. Specifically, many people interpret Ebonics disapprovingly due to a corrupt form of English (Ramirez, Wiley, Klerk, Lee, & Wright, 2005, p. 41). This is the reason why both school teachers and ...

Introduction

The achievement gap in formal schooling between African American children and other groups is stark. This has proven consistent over time (Coleman, et al, 1966), across jurisdictions (Clotfelter, Ladd & Vigdor, 2009; Bailey & Dziko, 2008), and throughout the K-12 system (The National Center for Education Statistics, 2014). Improving these issues is an obvious direction forward. Yet, the obstacles are numerous and multifaceted (Sanacore, 2004). Relative to the public domain, the school system is often targeted for a lack of understanding in relation to educating young African Americans of low socio-economic status. The curriculum is long been criticized for being de-contextualized to ...

Claude Steele’s discusses about how African-American students can underachieve as a result of stereotypes leveled against them. Steele notes that many Americans view the disadvantages of being black as the same disadvantages of social, economic and opportunity. Steele defines the stereotype threat as “the threat of being viewed through a lens of a negative stereotype.” (Perry et. al, 2003). Steele agrees with the fact that everyone can be a victim of stereotype threat that can hamper his/her progress. In a bid to test whether the stereotype was a cause of under-achievement among black students, they (Steel and colleagues) designed a difficult English literature exam ...

In his 1996 State of the Union speech, President Bill Clinton stated, “If it means teenagers will stop killing each other over designer jackets, then our public schools should be able to require their students to wear school uniforms” (). The topic of whether or not school uniforms is a good idea in high schools remains hotly debated. Therefore, arguments against wearing school uniforms will also be presented.

1. Parental Views

Some parents are happy having a school uniform so they do not have to argue about what their children can or cannot wear to school. Some parents even think schools that insist on ...

Chapter One

Despite the fact that in 1996, Supreme Court Justice Scalia called single-sex education in public schools “functionally dead,” Single-sex education has become an increasingly popular model in schools since the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 was passed. This federal legislation promoted innovative programs for states to implement that included single-sex classrooms and schools (U.S. Department of Education, 2006). Within any educational setting there were many factors that impacted student achievement that related to boys’ and girls’ physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs. A single-sex environment provided boys and girls with a setting that promoted specific gender related ...

Abstract

There are multiple aspects that can straightforwardly manipulate and undercut educational or scholastic performance of students. One most intricate reason of the occurrence of achievement gap is the problem with money and the lack of resources that are conducive to learning. This is defined as the difference between the levels of affluence or way of living of the wealthy and the underprivileged members of the society especially the student learners. Involvement of families particularly the parents is connected to improvement of students’ performance. Also, the school and the teachers must be vigilant and patient in providing comprehensive instructional materials ...

The Role of the Teacher in Fostering a Positive Impact through Warm Demanding versus the Academic Performance of Students in Public School Setting: A Correlational Study

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Introduction 3

Statement of the Problem 5 Purpose of the Study 7 Research Questions 8 Hypotheses 9 Definition of Key Terms 10 Brief Review of the Literature 11 Summary 19 Research Method 21 Operational Definition of Variables 9 Measurement 10 Summary 19

References 12

Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography 13 Introduction One of the ...

The Role of the Teacher in Fostering a Positive Impact through Warm Demanding versus the Academic Performance of Students in Public School Setting: A Correlational Study

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Introduction 1

Statement of the Problem 1 Purpose of the Study 2 Research Questions 3 Hypotheses 4 Definition of Key Terms 5 Brief Review of the Literature 5 Summary 7 Research Method 7 Operational Definition of Variables 9 Measurement 10 Summary 11

References 12

Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography 13 Introduction One of the ...

Concept Paper

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Chapter 1: Introduction 1

Statement of the Problem 2 Purpose of the Study 4 Research Questions 4 Coding and Theoretical Framework 5 Definition of Key Terms 7 Chapter 2: Literature Review 8 Summary 12

References 14

Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography 24 Introduction One of the goals of an educational institution is the development of “warm demanding,” an educational environment in which the educational, professional exhibits a warm; but demanding presence in the classroom (Bondy et al., 2007). Current research suggests that there is a distinct overlap ...

Concept Paper

Graduate Faculty of the School of Education Requirements for the Degree of Belinda J. Haye Prescott Valley, Arizona

Introduction 1

Statement of the Problem 1 Purpose of the Study 2 Research Questions 3 Hypotheses 4 Definition of Key Terms 5 Brief Review of the Literature 5 Summary 7 Research Method 7 Operational Definition of Variables 9 Measurement 10 Summary 11

References 12

Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography 13 Introduction One of the goals of educational institution is the development of “warm demanding,” an educational environment in which the educational, ...

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African-Americans 45,003,665 (14.1% of the U.S. population), according to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2013 Fertility rate: 2.0 births per woman (PRB 2012).

Life expectancy: 74.4 years (Reinberg 2014)

Literacy: the average African-American twelfth-grade student reads at the same level as the average white eighth grade student (Thompson 2013). Crime: African Americans are now about one million of the 2.3 million people in prison in the United States, and they are incarcerated at about six times as high a rate as white people (NAACP 2013). While there are many different theories that surround the performance gap that exists between African ...

There are a number of benefits to implementing a year-round school calendar, particularly through high school. For younger children, the importance of having a year-round calendar comes in their retention of knowledge. A three-month summer break is devastating for most children in terms of recall; teachers must spend most of the beginning of the next year reviewing the information that students were supposed to have learned previously. This wastes time, and puts students whose families did not review any academic concepts with them over the summer at a distinct disadvantage (Scholastic.com). The more this gap widens between children who have reviewed material and ...

Ladson Billings (2006) observes that achievement gap is one of the hot topics in American education system that lead to disparity between White and foreign students. The education debt continues to accumulate in economic, sociopolitical, and historical component. Ladson Billings (2006) compares the education debt to the national debt that contrasts to the national budget deficit. The education research focuses on the impoverished in America that represent an increasing number in the nation. The education researchers pursue inquiry from the foreign students while they rarely provide the solution to the problems. The prevalence of the achievement gap appears in ...

Summary and Analysis of “Stakes is High”: Educating New Century Students.

The face of the nation is changing. How people communicate, where they get their information, and how people learn is completely different than it was only several decades ago. The up and coming generations grew up under these changes and as a result do not have the reference point of “how things were” to draw on. This is the central theme of Gloria Ladson-Billings journal article “Stakes is High”: Educating New Century Students. Focusing on black students in America, she points out where things currently are in American public schools, the challenges minority students face to get a good, and ...

As time goes on, and the American education system progresses, there has been a substantial widening in achievement gaps between rich and poor students. This widening exists for a variety of reasons, not the least of which includes greater access to higher quality education services among the rich, including private schools and tutoring. While the problems between race distinctions (black and white students having a large achievement gap) have more or less leveled off, these have been replaced by larger differences between rich and poor (Tavernise, 2012). This is not a fair practice at all, as rich students benefit from advantages that poor ...

Abstract

In the last decade, the general issue affecting the learning environment is the alarming rate of failure in mathematics amongst African-Americans and low-income students. This issue is of concern to both educators and researchers who view the subject as an avenue of achieving a very high economic status. The rationale behind the project is that there have been continuous decline in the performances of AYP (Adequate Yearly Performance) tests.

It was found that African-American preferred a social learning environment to achieve academic success. The literature review on preferred learning style amongst the risk groups was guided by questions such as: Do ...