Essays on Education Policy

How to Use Policy to Change Public School’s Funding and Resources Allocation

Ph.D. in Education-Leadership, Change, Policy in Education

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the funding disparities deprive many minorities and low-income families of the opportunity for education success. The research endeavors to explore different ways policy can be used to equally allocate educational resources and use them to the advantage of the less fortunate sections of the society. As one of its important goals, this prospectus paper informs the research as to how to weigh the options available to the school managements and the education policy makers. The paper provides a purpose to the proposed study by dwelling upon ...

Both the readings have a similar purpose and that is to explain what scientific research is and what its components are. Both of them are in the position to believe that science is not something that can be based on personal opinions; rather, it is based on evidence. Pring’s main argument is that the ontological dualism between quantitative and qualitative research are false (60). On the other hand, Chalmers strongly argues that in scientific research, the senses should be used objectively rather than subjectively (5). Both the scholars focus on scientific observation and how it should be done ...

The establishment of the modern national education system in Malaysia is one of the major effects of the post-colonial development within the nation (Zohar, 2004). During the British colonial rule in Malaysia, education system could be considered socially and academically narrow since it did not confine multicultural dynamics of the Malaysian society as well as the demographics of the nation. After the colonial period in the 1950s, the education system reform was implemented on the nation and segregated linguistic ethnic streams which comprise their population. The period of the end of the colonial rule in Malaysia also marks the ...

Art-related disciplines are critical to educating citizens and students of every age. Nevertheless, the arts have declined significantly in schools and public participation. According to a recent study by Rabkin and Hedberg (2011), fewer eighteen-year-olds in a 2008 survey reported receiving arts instruction in their childhood than a similar age group surveyed in 1982. The research suggested that the provision of arts education dropped from 65% in 1982 to about 50% in 2008 (Rabkin & Hedberg, 2011). Moreover, it included survey data gathered in 2002 and 1992 with each successive period indicating a severe decline in Americans’ access to arts ...

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Introduction

The chapter contains details of the information regarding special education and challenges associated with it. The chapter is divided into four sections to facilitate the users of the study. The theoretical framework comprises of theories and definitions of key terms mentioned in the study. Another section contains the material extracted from past studies that provide clear evidence on the arguments. A conceptual framework is also included that represents the selected approaches from past studies and elaboration of the definition. The summary is also provided at the end of this chapter to provide a concise view ...

3. Education policy is one of the crucial principles that govern and enhances education systems. The goals of education policy include freedom, efficiency, as well as equity. Education policy has undergone tremendous changes (Rushefsky 311). Attending private elementary schools reveal various comparison issues with public schools. Student achievement is one of the factors that creates some difference between public school and private school. Students in private schools tend to have higher academic achievements compared to public schools. This is attributed to various components, which include smaller student enrollment, student-teacher ratio, as well as the percentage of minority students. Also, ...

For a country to run smoothly the issues emanating from the congress, parties and state authorities should go hand in hand in making sure the constitution is followed to the later. This paper addresses issues to do with congressional ethics, third party candidates and their impact on the overall governing rule.it will also look at the role of Federal and State authority in the education sector.

Congressional Ethics

Roy Moore, Alabama’s idealistic chief justice, is a member of Congress who faced elimination from the bench, for being indicted on six counts of violating judicial ethics. Moore’s order monitored a ...

Since it earliest days, the United States has always been a nation of multiple cultures. Interestingly, for all the many positives that multiculturalism has provided the nation, for most of the its history, multiculturalism has been a reality that has been hidden or kept secret. Nowhere, has this been more evident than in the nation’s educational system and how the goal of education policies has chosen to educate it youth. Indeed, rather than discussing or informing students about the multicultural aspects of the nation’s history; the educational system focused mainly on certain and specific aspects of the ...

National Public Policy is basically an idea created in an attempt to resolve a problem as recognized by the government. Through public policies, the government, though activities defined by the constitution, address the needs of its citizens. The policies are based on law in general, although there are people apart from law makers who have a say in public policies. In my essay I will focus on the education policy and how the process is playing out.

Education Policy

Common Core  The “Common Core State Standards Initiative” is an initiative outlining irrefutable benchmarks in Mathematics and English at different grade levels ...

Introduction

Education is a central aspect of every government in Britain. It forms a fundamental aspect of the political promises of all parties. In the period of 1995 to 2006, the UK governments spent 5.2% to 5.9% of the gross domestic product on education. This often involves funding of project and the introduction of new projects to improve education in the UK. Child education is deemed important because it defines the fundamental structures of the future of the country. It is therefore an important part of educational policy since it involves funding for young Britons who are often catered for ...

Need Identification

The following paper addresses the issues faced by non-English speaking students. There are a plethora of needs that these students possess that should ideally be addressed in order to solve this issue effectivelyThere are a number of needs that can be addressed to solve this issue. The first need that should be addressed is the importance of the student to feel as if they belong at the school. The first need is for the students to feel a sense of belonging in the school If the students do not understand their respective environment or the rules of engagement for ...

Introduction

American education has been reported as average when compared to other leading countries. Finland has a top ranked education system. More than half a million 15-year-olds around the world took the Program for International Student Assessment in 2012. The test is administered every three years and focuses largely on math, but includes minor sections in science and reading. It is often used as a snapshot of the global state of education. The results, published today, ...

The US at one time was considered as the education leader of the world. In fact, the nation was regarded as a pioneer in making higher education for the masses. Even today, if education expenditure is to be considered, America out-spends most other nations that constitute the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Statistics presented by the OECD in 2013 show that America spent over $10000 per student at the elementary and high school levels. With the additional costs of vocational training or college education for each student, the total amount went up to $15000 per student. In comparison, ...

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Introduction

I am from Saudi Arabia, one of the richest countries in the world but very poor in education. On realizing its low potential in education, the Saudi Arabian government in collaboration with the ministry of education developed an education policy. The main objective of the proposed education policy was to promote education to all in order for the country to meet its economic, religious and social needs, and eliminate high literacy rates present among Saudi adults (Alkhazim, 2013). In addition, the Saudi King developed a program that sponsored ...

Introduction

The current perception about the importance of grades is quite baffling. The academic fraternity has placed so much importance on high grades and putting so much focus on grades, most of the students in various institutions are missing the purpose of education. Good education is often quoted as a major prerequisite to a good job and consequently a good life. Education is not considered decent enough until one has gone to college and graduated. With such an understanding of college education importance, many students torture themselves with books hoping to get good grades to get into college (Pope, 14). The students ...

Application of Visual Art Standards and Obstacles Facing Visual Arts Teachers in Independent Schools

Much of the research available on the topic of changing standards in education is clear on one point: people do not like to change. As a result, teachers—who are, of course, people—also dislike changing the ways that they teach in the classroom. As the researchers investigated further the literature on teacher change, the sentiment that was found to be expressed repeatedly is the sentiment that teachers do not change; that change hurts and that is why people do not change, and that teachers are recalcitrant (e.g., Duffy & Roehler, 1986; Fullan, 1991). The literature suggests that teachers resist doing ...

Response to Wolfers’s and Webley’s Articles

An online petition about forgiving student loan debt for all Americans has since received/raised nearly 300,000 signatures. The people who came up with this idea and those who approve of it believe that student loan debt forgiveness will have an immediate simulative effect on America’s economy. While many people signed to endorse the policy of forgiving student loan debt, some people have a different opinion about it. For example, journalist Kayla Webley and economist Justin Wolfers are among the few who have made their voice herd on this matter. Although both Webley and Wolfers think student loan forgiveness ...

Dropping Out or Pushed Out: The Impact of High School Dropout Rate Relative to High Stakes Testing Policy in Wayne County, State of Michigan

Dissertation Prospectus Dropping Out or Pushed Out: The Impact of High School Dropout Rate Relative to High Stakes Testing Policy in Wayne County, State of Michigan <Insert Chair Name>

Dissertation Prospectus

Introduction The high school dropout rates in the USA are high such that only 70% of students in public high schools graduate Green, & Foster, 2003). High dropout problem is what school administrators, parents and policy makers have had to deal with for ...

The no child left behind (NCLB) act is a requirement in the United States of America began to function in 2002 and was pass unanimously by both republican and democrats (Burke & Heritage, 2012). It is very essential that every child in the society especially the ones’ from the destitute family entitle to not only education but proper and high-quality education. Since its’ inception, the act has brought an enormous and tremendous changes that has shaped the students in all the learning institutions across the nation. Every state has to ensure that the NCLB is implemented and enforced (Minnici & Bartley, 2007). ...

Introduction

Recent years have seen increased focus by the government and other stakeholders on the outcomes of education. The government in conjunction with education policy makers has initiated a vast range of reforms that are meant to increase the outcomes of education. Some of these reforms are related to curricula, instruction design among other factors. However, there is one important lesson that has been observed within the education circles and this is that teachers have a very huge effect on a student’s education outcome. Effective teachers have an enrichment effect on the lives of students not only on their careers but also ...

Dropping Out or Pushed Out: The Impact of High School Dropout Rate Relative To High Stakes Testing Policy In The State Of Michigan

Introduction

The demand for advanced standards as well as better accountability within the US educational system has caused a nationwide raise in high stakes testing. To answer this increasing demand, in the year 2002, the act ‘No Child Left Behind’ was introduced to assure that all school children in US will get the chance as well as the resources to attain educational achievement. This act made state educational accomplishment standards and state evaluations mandatory (Cavendish, 2013). It also ...

The education system in California State, just like other states depends on policies enacted by the state. Today, many citizens and interested parties feel that the education system in this state does not meet the social or economic expectations. Normally, education policies define quality of education and influence directly or indirectly the lives of students, educators, employers, or parents. California State should consider revising its education policy in order to meet the expectations of the educators, students, parents, and other interested parties. Some of areas which require policy include allocation of learning resources to the students. Imperatively, the state ...

Introduction

It is clear that gender equality gives businesses the chance to employ from a broader pool of talent, get bigger insights into customer’s consumers’ needs, and make better the quality and security of supply. Is a lot of this business taking it seriously? Do they think it is even an issue? For a lot of clear reasons, equality among sexes is extremely imperative for the world to purpose well. Even though many consider men as the stronger sex, a lot of women do not receive this definition. It is true that most men in the world are superior and stronger than women. ...

Introduction

In the history of California, it has been considered one of the most linguistically diverse places in the world. However, according to some researchers as well as statistics from different database, California is fast losing its rich heritage of the indigenous languages (Hinton, p. 83). Out of the at least 98 native languages initially spoken in the boundaries that have now been covered within the California State, research findings have established that 45 of these languages have no fluent speakers left in the present century. Additionally, these researches have also determined that 17 of these languages have only one ...

The education policy of the United States expects it to tackle virtually all problems facing the society. Schools being the factories where the minds of the young populations they hold, have to be equipped with the correct legal and moral backing by the larger society. The social economic and cultural standing of a country rests mainly on the school system employed by the country in question. The economic aspect is given a specific attention since a nation that knows how to create wealth for them is in a better position to avoid poverty in a changing and globally competitive world. Policy in education ...

Analysis of education policy in the USA

Analysis of education policy in the USA Promoting diversity is one of most important issues in education worldwide. Complexity of elaborating on promotion of diversity in education lies in the fact that various types of diversity are singled out with respect to different criteria, namely language, cultural, epistemological and social diversity (Tchibozo, 2012, 3).Furthermore, supporting diversity requires comprehensive alignment of such strategic actions as establishing benchmark criteria and institutions for diversity, continuously improving institutional climate with regard to the needs of the students with different backgrounds and experiences, emphasizing diversity in institutional leadership, coordinating diversity-related projects, led ...

Cheating Using Technology

Introduction In today’s world, the level of success of a person is measured by how educated they are. A lot of learners undergo extensive pressure to achieve in their academic endeavors. Education is thus an essential ingredient in a person’s life. The grades surpass the education in necessity even in the employment sector. This pressure is especially experienced by learners in high school and colleges. As expected, most students are overwhelmed and thus turn to cheating to achieve or maintain a decent grade. This is a trend quite common amongst the less motivated and academically capable learners. Today, the ...

John A. MacDonald was the first prime minister of Canada. His policies were focused in growing the country politically, economically and physically. His wish for a bigger nation that was independent economically was not easy considering the other bigger and stronger nations that surrounded Canada. Furthermore, Canada was under the leadership of Britain which made it quite challenging for any leader to make and implement any laws. However, this did not hinder MacDonald from achieving his dream of better Canada. In his national policies, he still considered Britain to be its great supporter and in fact engaged the nation to ...

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The decisions that led to Michael Jordan becoming a Basketball player and Abraham Lincoln the great leader he is known as today are very unique to them, and certainly all the decisions that we make in our daily lives depend on reasons interlinked with our own personalities. Why we choose one alternative and let go of the other depends on what motivates us, motivation is the drive one feels to achieve a certain goal and this variety from person to person differentiates their personalities and the pathways that they choose to walk on.

Motivation

Motivation can be of two types, intrinsic or ...

This term paper has presented a proposal for the performing ART class. In this paper, the performance chosen by the student has been elaborated. Penn State’s Center is a staple of the university and the community. The Center was founded in the year 1985. In each season, the presentations of Cary Photographic Artists (CPA) are conducted including a gamut of performing art genres. The focus of presentations is on touring Broadway, jazz, classics, chamber music, and others. The purpose of those presentations is to engage students, staff members, and the faculty in dance, theatre, and music. The Center for the ...

Question 1

The United State government has over the years pushing for policies to influence the flows between the government institution and the larger society. Among these policies, the main policies include nuclear power policy, education policy and national security and defense policy (Thomas, 2010). The central state government policy is focused on safety and environmental rules, and formulating national energy goal. Since 1990s the US government has been encouraging the advancement of nuclear capacity in the country. Obama administration has continued committing to nuclear power as a part of the country’s long-term energy plan. In support of nuclear advancement, ...

More than often, language has been considered as the most obvious form of human communication. This is because, the use of either oral, written or non-verbal - language in each and every society remain as the most refined and fundamental form of communication among individuals. In most cases, the use of language is wide as it fulfills a wide range of functions that are of high critical importance to both individual and social life (Tollefson 3). As a result, in all human ventures there exists a correlation between language as a tool used to negotiate, to articulate and create meaning of individual perception ...

Essay Structure

Introduction

An essay is a structured piece of writing containing the ideas or findings of an individual on an issue. Before writing an essay, one requires to make a draft of the main ideas to include in the essay. This makes the essay easier to write since it will follow a certain order. An essay must have a key idea that the write would like the reader to understand. The key ideas should be in a clear manner that the reader will be able to follow. It should focus on only those points that are relevant to the reader’s information. An essay should ...