Her excerpt was published in 2014. During the 2000s, up until today, there has been many debates and issues regarding the education system. Years before her excerpt was released, an act called No Child Left Behind No Child Left Behind was passed in 2001. This act provided poor children educational assistance and ensured that every child would have an access to education. However, schools would be held accountable for students who are not achieving the expected level of academic success.
It’s a nightmare to close the academic gaps between students. I believe NCLB was unfair and unjust. The No Child Left Behind Act is unfair to everyone in the school system especially students with learning or physical disability and gifted. These students are the ones who are affected the most after the act was passed in 2001.
The Act was nurtured on the belief that the education system is the pod that hatches the success of the nation's economy, breaking from class distinctions and having no workforce shortages on the job due to skills gaps. The HEA's responsibility for disbursing funding and help plays the role of an intangible leveler, such that people of any economic status can now have the capability to study more advanced educational courses. No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2001 was an ESEA reauthorization that was designed to raise learning levels and reduce achievement gaps by stipulating conditions that schools should as fulfilling, annual standardized testing requirements with the risk of result being restructuring or loss of funding for schools that would fail to meet the grading. The NCLB was created in response to education quality and persistent achievement gap issues, with the purpose of raising academic standards, increasing accountability, and putting every student, despite their background, in a position to receive a high-quality
See the Service, represented through endeavors such as advocacy work, personifies selflessness and dedication. Similarly, social justice advocacy and the recognition of individual dignity are integral to fostering positive community change. This section investigates these essential values, explores how they manifest in practice, and shapes the professional identity of social
No Child Left Behind The No Child Left Behind act (NCLB) was signed into law by former President W. George Bush on January 8th, 2002 (Diorio, 2015). Through the years, there has been a great deal of both positive and negative criticism about the act. NCBL was created to increase the quality of education for all students and to reduce achievement gaps in American schools” (Diorio, 2015).
For example, social workers who work in policy change can lobby for laws that benefit those who are under the poverty line. A skill that is needed by social workers working with communities is to understand the culture of that community. It is imperative for a social worker not to intrude on a community, but instead embrace their culture and help to further the goals that they have as a
What are some of the roles that social workers have that are hidden within dominate discourse? How can you as a social worker challenge the assumptions that are placed on them? As social workers we have roles and identity which are interrelated due to the privilege position we occupy as professionals and middle working class professionals. These roles are political in order to carry out our professional roles effectively.
Introduction After completing the value inventory for policy advocacy survey, the results indicated that I agreed with the social work profession 92 percent on the statements presented. For example, the social work profession and me holds the same view regarding transgender and gender non-conforming individuals using restrooms based on their gender identity, congress adapting a minimum wage based on the cost of living, federal funding supporting research in stem cell usage to prevent disease, supporting paid time off for new parents, early childhood education being universally available, funding domestic violence program for both the perpetrator and the victim and promoting syringe exchange programs to stop the spread of HIV and so on. The
Analysis of and reflection on my learning from the experiences of observing a child under the age of 5 in their day care environment, making use of literature on observation in social work and the development of reflective practice This reflection is based on Gibbs’ (1998) reflective cycle. Refection is an important process in social work as it provides a foundation for future accomplishment. The work of Donald Schon explains reflection in action, reflecting on the behaviors as it happens and reflection on action, making reflection after an event as explained by Goud and Taylor (1996). This was developed in social work due to ongoing enquires into child abuse.
Social Work 640 and My Practice My Ability to Work with Military Families and Children I believe that working with military families is more difficult than working with the military member or veteran, alone. I feel that I can identify with my clients’ veteran status and shared experiences (identification and countertransference); however, as I spent a large portion of time away from my family, I would probably feel guilt stemming from my own experiences of leaving behind my family if I were to work with military spouses and children. Also, another phenomena germane to military families that would be difficult for me to reconcile, is the heightened impact that military issues cause for military children.
As a profession that leads with honest principles, social workers must commit to an ongoing leadership role of influencing the policies that affect many of the communities that we serve. As active listeners with highly emotional intelligence, social workers are needed to work in Washington D.C. to influence legislators because we hold the ability to take a micro-level perspective and apply it to a macro-level scale. Accompanying this, social work values of empathy and compassion are highly
The social work role in mental health is that of the social context and social consequences of mental illness. The purpose of social work practice is to promote recovery, restore individual family and community wellbeing in order to enhance the development of each individual’s power and control over their lives. This will also promote advance on the principals of social justice. The social work practice begins with the individual and then extends to family, social networks, community and the broader society (Australian Association of Social Workers, 2008). Individuals with mental health illness’ seek professional help during difficult times, discrimination and stigma, freedom from abuse, support to recover, getting their own homes and jobs
The research utilises a qualitative approach, combining media / visual research methods. The paper is set out to: Understand and explore the representation of social work in Albanian media and news reports Inform and elaborate an understanding of current discourse about social work’s role and need in the country. Contribute to further research on the value, purpose, need and future of social work. Purposive sampling was used (Williman, 2006, Mathewes and Ross, 2010) for the selection of the news and media outlets for the research, as well as to form a small focus group to read and discuss the selected news outlets and their representation of the social work.
As social work professionals, we have a commitment to advocate for our clients. Because of our advocacy commitment, we also should be committed to social justice. Change cannot happen overnight; however, it also cannot happen if people are not willing to speak up about the things they are passionate about. Additionally, social workers must ensure that they are empowering their clients. As social workers, we should be committed to using a person first approach.
Karl Marx, states ‘The oppressed are allowed once every few weeks to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them’ (Goodreads, nd). From a Marxist perspective, social work starts from it being a vital share of the state apparatus and this strengthens the welfares of the ruling class. Marxists see social work as carrying out two key functions known as ‘Legitimation’ and ‘Accumulation’ (p. 19, Cunningham & Cunningham, 2008). Legitimation meaning that social work provides an ideological role that serves to keep their clients safe. Marxists claim that social work also achieves an ‘accumulation’ purpose as it discharges some of its ‘welfare’ purposes as it serves to increase profits, the issues are collated and enhanced due to e.g. circumstance.
