Everyone Benefits… The rising tide lifts all ships”, coined Senator Claiborne Pell, who was instrumental in the argument and negotiation process for the Pell Grant (Feinberg & Katz, 2014). The positive impact of The Pell Grant has been shared by institutions, who have benefitted from increased enrollment, and low-income families alike. According to Singell, Wadell, and Curs (2004) the Federal Government implemented the Pell Grant Program in 1972, and since its inception, it has been the single largest provider of need-based aid in the United States (p. 2).
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According to me, it will be easier to coordinate if there will be a small number of schools, as there will be a lower student-teacher ratio. This approach to schooling- the mini school or shop front school has been tried in a number of communities across the states. The intimacy and small scale of school should be imitated widely since these things alone make possible the human contact capable of curing the diseases we have been naming with such frequency for last ten years. Spatial variety and ambiance can reinforce a gradient of public-to-private space. People want opportunities for both.
There have been counterarguments such as groups believe their right to self-determination in the area of education is limited. The case of Parents v. Seattle demonstrates the previous statement. Students were subjected to a student assignment plan that used race to determine where the child would go to school. The Court ruled again that this was not fair for the students. According to the authors, a number of educators and academics responded negatively to the ruling of the Seattle case because they felt it harmed the tradition of the integration movement and approach to educational equality.
It seems that governments in the United States are having difficulties meeting the needs of the people with the current resources allotted to them. Government has the task of disturbing revenues to programs that act in the public interest. At times, programs, such as education, are underfunded. Schools then confronted with the challenge of funding beneficial with insufficient revenue and finding alternative methods of funding. More often, we are seeing schools asking students to bare the financial burden in order to participate.
Although the NCLB Act implemented in 2001 has shown great efforts for trying to ensure the equality for all students, it does not successfully provide effective achievement for minorities, underprivileged kids, or students with disabilities across the nation. Implementers of the NCLB Act should create a more personalized version to accommodate children with certain disabilities in addition to the regular version of the act. The NCLB Act that was created in 2001 ensures that regular children capable of learning like the average student get the appropriate service to react to the government’s state academic assessments, but those who require special accommodations although have been successful enough to improve test scores, still are not meeting
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide an overview to the Board of Education regarding the pros and cons of establishing the first charter school (commonly referred to as “school choice”) in our school district. Its proponents argue parents should have the right to use tax dollars for charters to achieve higher standards and better student outcomes. First, “What is a charter school?” Charter schools “charters” are independent public schools established under charter granted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (“BOE”). And, secondly, “How are character school operated”?
Families were appalled that they were denied the opportunity to transfer their children to a different elementary school in the district, even with the clear statistics that they were not getting the same quality of education as other students were receiving. Fortunately, the final court decision read that the school
In a recent article published in the Los Angeles Times, a local pro-bono law firm with the support of Irell & Manella LLP has filed a class action lawsuit against Compton Unified School District (CUSD) on behalf of students and teachers claiming CUSD is not providing a free and appropriate public education to students who are or have experienced “complex trauma” and violence. This lawsuit will define whether “complex trauma” meets the federal requirements as a disability and could afford protections under several federal laws, such as the Rehabilitation Act, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). If the court does agree with the plaintiffs, this will put the onus on CUSD to deliver
Where children are being denied the opportunity of having an equal education. “Families claimed that extreme racial and class segregation in schools enabled and sustained by state-enforced school district boundary lines denied them the equal educational opportunity guaranteed by Connecticut’s constitutions” (Eaton, 2007; 35-36). However, why are districts doing this to children? Especially when they tend to have good academic achievements.
Schools servicing low income students are being shortchanged districts disproportionately distribute funds. According to a report from the U.S. Department of Education, “The analysis of new data on 2008-09 school level expenditures show that many high-poverty schools receive less than their fair share of state and local funding, leaving students in high-poverty schools with fewer resources than schools attended by their wealthier peers.” Providing more resources and a better education for students in wealthier areas not only increases the achievement gap, but it increases the social status gap in America. While the nation acknowledges that inequality is an issue, proper action is not being taken. Until this issue is seriously addressed and action is taken, and poorer schools are provided the necessary tools to succeed, the public school system in America will not have the opportunity to produced skilled
It becomes the blueprint for the student’s education for the current school year.” I think looking at the IEP in this light is so incredibly important. If teachers and parents understand that it is both the “blueprint” and an accountability tool, the IEP will be more effective and meaningful. Every student deserves to have the best possible education, and the IEP helps to ensure that this happens among students with disabilities.
A major issue in this counties school system is the issue with busing students, with the biggest one being to change the schools from race assignment or income based. With the change being implemented the schools have become more segregated. North Carolina as a whole stopped using race based assignment plans in the late 1900s after a series of court cases struck down the practices in various settings around the country (Kemp, 2015).In 2000 Wake tried a new assignment policy that was based on income and achievement. This would make it so that no school would consist of more than 40 percent of the students receiving free or reduce lunch, nor more than 25 percent of students performing below grade level, the policy was voted to be ceased in 2010. Wake county school board is seeking to replace a policy which based on race, to a socioeconomic in regards to student placement.
Many years ago we had what was called night school and every school district identified one school to conduct night school. The beauty of night school was that it was run by the school district therefore, it was certified and the kids received credit for class they attended. I’m not talking about Adult Learning Program; this is for the children attending high school. Security would still have to be provided for the same reasons that was previously mention. The kids would be responsible for their own transportation, which cuts down on costs.
Despite the contrasting environment, private school students are no different than public school students. In an online manifesto, If You Send Your Kid to Private school you are bad, Allison Benedikt, an executive editor states, “But many others go private for religious reasons, or because their kids have behavioral or learning issues, or simply because the public school in their district is not so hot”. This proves that private schools are not filled with angels, but rather kids who have behavioral issues and need that extra help. In senior writer and editor John S Kiernan’s, online article, Private Schools vs. Public Schools - Experts Weigh In, Patrick J. Wolf, Ph.D, proclaims, “Private schools also are becoming more diverse, as their enrollments increasingly include minority and low-income students”. Similar to a public school, private schooling have their low, medium and upper class students.
