' Standardized test preparation also takes time away from creative activities that can really engage students with learning, and may even better reinforce skills needed in business, like critical thinking, writing, and working with others. Often teachers know better than administrators or managerial professionals what is needed in their classroom. One of the problems with education is that although schools superficially seem to be structured on a hierarchy similar to a corporation with a board of directors, not all managerial principles apply to schools. Schools are not factories and students are not end products. A teacher may know better what a classroom needs than a principal, a principal may know better the challenges of his or her school than someone comparing the school's results to a very different institution in another county. Finally, slashing costs is not the ultimate goal of the Board of Directors, as it is in a corporation beholden to shareholders. According to Cuban, we have been expecting both too much and too little of our schools. We expect to engineer the future of our children changing the curriculum and using schools to provide the solution to economic problems, or making schools and teachers competitive with one another through 'voucher' systems and merit pay. We think that by increasing the days students spend in school we can quickly remedy long-standing problems like American students' failure to compete with their peers on math and science tests internationally. We think schools can improve a faltering economy, and widespread socioeconomic injustice. But we still do not address the unique...
The principles of education are based on individualization, and good teachers treat every classroom as a unique environment. Businesses are based upon standardization, and adhering to regimented procedures. In business there is a clear goal -- to make a profit, unlike schools. Schools have different goals with different students. For some students, preparing to enter college is the goal, for others it is a vocational career, and for some of the very poorest children, simply getting regular meals and medical care, so they can feel secure enough for a few hours to acquire basic skills is the most realistic goal.
Roanoke County School System Faculty and Staff's Perceptions Regarding the Use of Web-Based Professional Development Educational Thesis Implications for Improvement of Practice Introduction (could be longer. Include mandatory teacher ongoing certification standards) Ongoing staff development has long been a vital part of the educational environment. It is the means by which the faculty and staff of a school system are kept current in educational trends, technologies and philosophies. In a diverse society, social
The goals at which this process is aimed can concentrate on creating benefits primarily for one party or on creating benefits for both parties.' (van der Pluijm and Melissen, 2007, p.1) Multiple-sided city diplomacy is a "diplomatic process in which more than two parties are involved, representing various cities." (van der Pluijm and Melissen, 2007, p.1) van der Pluijm and Melissen state that associations of municipalities "such as United Cities
Veterans & Retirees; Is Government Keeping its Promise This study aimed at exploring the experiences and perceptions of Veterans belonging to Lousiana and Mississippi about three variables; the accessibility of organization; the accessibility of benefits and availability and adequacy of the facilities being provided by government through VA. The respondents were also asked to suggest whether there is a need for improvement and what should VA do to provide benefits and
Annotated Bibliography OutlineIntroductionFunding for resources that support curriculum development is influenced politically and socially. Those in power can control the amount of funding given to schools and districts, which directly impacts the curriculum within the district.Political influence on school funding, social factors affecting curriculum, economic implications of funding decisions, and equity and social justice aspects in curriculum development are all part of the spectrum of this issue. The literature on
As in most other places around the world, the demands of family - caring for children, keeping house, obtaining and preparing food for meals - fall predominantly on women. In the case of Cuba this situation is made worse by the distortions of the communistic economy: People's motivation to work waned as there was little to work for. Money came to have little meaning in the legal economy - but
So who is an American and what an America can or cannot do are questions which are critical to the issue of legalizing immigrants. Does being an American mean you cannot show allegiance to any other country? The images of people raising and waving Mexican flag had enraged many but it need not have. It should be accepted that people who come from different countries would forever hold in their
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