Persuasive Topic: The controversial closure of National Teachers Academy in favor of a new South Loop high school. Chicago Public Schools Position Chicago Public Schools formally recommended that the National Teacher Academy(NTA) grade school at 55 W. Cermak Road be closed and converted to a new neighborhood high school serving all or parts of the South Loop, Bronzeville, Bridgeport, Chinatown and other Near South Side neighborhoods. The South Loop is one of few growing neighborhoods in Chicago as the city faces widespread population loss.
As the people of the Unites States we deserve to have our rights and we deserve to be held accountable and be able to use our rights. Horizon High School is a school of fun and a very high educational standard. This is not just any high school this is Horizon. As students of Horizon High School we must be enforced and controlled but to an extent where it is justifiable. Rules at Horizon High School have been enforced and have for years.
Due to this as students apply, they are put on a waitlist with the uncertainty of whether they will be enrolled or not. Once students are enrolled into a charter school they are held to an academic standard in attempt to protect the school’s numbers. If a student consistently gets bad grades or acts out, they will be expelled and replaced with another student from the waitlist who will stay on
A child is struggling to learn at his/ school. He is more of a visual learner, like learning with pictures and shapes in front of him. His school, however, does not have the power and funding to do such things for him, which leaves him struggling and get bad grades. Now, why does he have to struggle in a school system which can’t even support his learning style?
There is much controversy among the world of education as to whether charter schools are benefiting or hurting students education. Many believe that charter schools are just an attempt to privatize the education system, but it's just not that simple. In our society today the public school system has gotten to a point where the students with a more privileged background get the highest test scores, while students of less privileged backgrounds result in the lowest test scores. Charter schools are a chance for the children who have been abandoned by the public school system due to their socioeconomic background, another chance to get a high education and proceed from high school into a college career. Studies show that low performing children's
One of the schools I am highly interested in working is Horizon Science Academy in Dayton Downtown. Horizon school is a public charter school serving 224 students from Kindergarten through eighth grades managing by Concept Schools. Concept Schools is knowing as a nonprofit charter management organization which provides a high-quality, STEM and college-preparatory education for every student, as well as offering exceptional programs and comprehensive services to be successful in education. HSA opened a new elementary school in 2011 in Dayton Downtown, 121 S Monmouth St, Dayton, OH 45403.
“Evaluation of all types of schools, charter and others, could be improved both by accounting for the difficulty of educating particular groups of students before interpreting test scores and by focusing on student gains over time, not their level of achievement in any particular year” (EPI). Everyone wants to know how charter schools are doing. There is a mass of research about how charter school students perform on tests, however the results can be questioned. The Charter School Achievement Consensus Panel states “It is impossible to observe the same students simultaneously in both charter schools and the schools they would have attended had charter schools not have been available” (Charter Achievement). There are three main reasons for the lack of evidence on the relationships between lotteries and equity.
Charter Schools are publicly funded independent private schools established by teachers, parents, or community groups, under the terms of a charter with a local or national authority. Charter Schools are public schools of choice, meaning that families chose them for their kids. Also teachers who work at a charter school usually fall under more flexible certification requirements than other public school teachers. Charter schools are often similar to magnet schools they often offer special programs such as Math, Engineering, and Environmental science. Also if The Charter school you are trying to enroll in gets too popular they will sometimes use a lottery system which will fill in the vacancies.
Introduction With a recent increase in presidential power and a new presidential cabinet, concerns have began to arise regarding state rights and independence. One of these concerns is school choice in the form of school vouchers. The use of school vouchers has been a state decision, and Texas has always been a school voucher free state. Not only the national government favors private-school voucher legislation (with Betsy DeVos as the new United States Secretary of Education); so does Texas. Texas’ Lieutenant Governor, Dan Patrick, urges the private-school voucher bill (SB 3) to pass the Texas House (as it has already passed the Senate).
After school, from 3 to 6 p.m, is a critical period of time in a child’s life. After school programs help keep kids safe and inspire them to learn during that period of time. After school programs are organized programs that youth can participate in outside of a traditional school day. Enrolling children in after school programs would provide them with benefits that unenrolled children would not receive, such as reduce risky behavior and promote physical health. After school programs provide a safe environment for children, while positively impacting their academics, safety, and their future.
Public school funding Increasing school funding is very important in today’s future American students. Education should be one of the top priorities in the United States to make sure every student has the same opportunity to get the same great education. Increasing public school funding be beneficial for outdated textbooks, lack of technology, and increases more resources for students. These resources would be crucial of generating students of America. These students are the workers, leaders, and inspirations of future America.
Recently, the Common Core State Standards were developed and kids were going to be tested more than ever. However, all of this education reform has been a failure because our testing scores have not improved, the testing makes children suffer, and it doesn’t improve how teachers teach. Education reforms has had little effect on our testing scores. The average score for a 17 year old student doing a reading test in the beginning of school is 285 and over 40
Home schooling is a trending concept that is popular mostly in US and around the world. Home schooling preferred often by the parents that have environmental concerns, religious beliefs, lack of confidence to the education quality of the public and private schools and inadequacy of curriculum. They believe that they can give better education to their children at home. According to Jamie Martin (Homeschooling 101: What Is Homeschooling, 2012), home schooling began to grow in the 1970s, when popular writers and researchers such as John Holt and Dorothy and Raymond Moore wrote about the educational reforms and they alleged that home schooling is a valid educational alternative.
Many parents believe that homeschooling is the best option for their children. For those people who don’t know what exactly homeschooling is, “A home school is a school in which parents teach their children an academic curriculum at home instead of sending them out to a public or private school. Home schooling is legal throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand, North America, Hong Kong, and South Africa. Home schooling is most popular in Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Home schooling is legally accepted in all 50 states of the U.S., but each state has its own laws that a family must adhere to.
Henry Ford once said, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress. Working together is success” (Brainy Quote). From here, the concept of inclusive education, including students with and without learning disabilities as peers in the same classroom, originated. The aim of this type of education is to get students with learning disabilities involved in the society. Teachers and fellow students will also provide help for students with disabilities; in this way, students with learning disabilities will be motivated to study as they feel that they are a part of a group instead of being isolated in special places.
