“It is my belief that all young people have the ability to achieve at high levels, and it is our responsibility to ensure that they do… This includes having high expectations for students to succeed academically, socially, in their college and career pursuits, and in life” –Antwan Wilson Superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District Community To Be Served For every seven students that earn a diploma from the Oakland Unified School District, three of their peers will never make it to graduation day. In a school district that educates more than 37,000 students, a graduation rate of 67% means that more than 12,000 will drop out before graduating from high school. A disproportionate number of these students are minorities and students
Students with a fixed mind-set care how they will be judged smart or not. The reject opportunities that will help them learn if they might fail and when they make
Instead of taking what seems to be the easy way out, poor students are taking advantage school so they can use it for their benefit in the long run. Although there is barriers that can prevent a student from succeeding, they manage to persevere and stop at nothing to reach their
The Game of School: Why We All Play It, How It Hurts Kids, and What It Will Take to Change It by Robert L. Fried is a great tool for identifying challenges in school systems and planning school reform. This book explains in great depth the problems faced by students and educators in schools today and ends with a call to action for solving these problems. Some major concepts that arise frequently throughout the book are time being wasted, students feeling powerless and the prioritization of test scores over authentic learning. Time is wasted by everyone in school and is wasted in various ways, for example students are given busy work and teachers rush through a curriculum while students learn nothing. Students, while they are the most important stakeholders, feel as though they have no control over their education.
This leads to students experiencing more time with delinquent peers and can lead to the onset of delinquency. This also leads to high drop out rates. When students fall behind in their work they start to see it as unimportant which leads to dropping out of school. When a student drops out the rate of delinquency is ten times higher than a juvenile who is still in school.
Something must be done to avoid some of the stress that all of this causes for students. No wonder more and more students are turning to academic performance enhancing drugs to keep their heads above water. They simply cannot afford to
This is a benefit that would significantly help the students. Without it students may be struggling with a topic and the teachers are not even aware. By looking at the scores and talking with the previous teachers they can determine what might be the best way to teach the students. This leads to the next benefit, teachers can begin a new year knowing how much each student already knows. Knowing where each student lies is beneficial because the teacher is then able to focus
So many times a student gets bored of school or isn’t motivated to go to school and do their homework. Also students are very shy and don’t like asking questions about what they are learning if they
Half way through the book, the author besides pulling the reader’s attention to the story, also aimed for the question for his work. In 10th grade I came across to such a captivating work of literature by Steinbeck. After reading one of Steinbeck’s books, Of Mice and Men, I anxiously began to wonder what exactly influenced his work. Steinbeck’s work besides applying his characters to an specific time of history, in a very creative way he also displayed a realistic exposure of ordinary problems. Similar to most writers, Steinbeck also had multiple reasons for his writing.
The right path for students The article “In praise of the F word” by Mary Sherry suggests failure is the biggest motivation for students. However, “Sixty-six percent of all U.S. fourth graders scored below proficient on the 2013 National Assessment of Education Progress (…) meaning that they are not reading at grade level” stated the United States education department. Therefor failing students is not the only way to motivate them. Other effective ways are, students can form study groups, students can attend after school workshops, and Parents can talk to the principle.
The resilience and perseverance they show when playing video games or looking for the perfect outfit is unavailable to them when it comes to schoolwork. They think that learning should be like
School is a huge learning process where students learn and are challenged academically and socially. Ultimately, the stress, work, and dampened self-esteems are all key factors in preparing a student for the real world and helping them work towards being a better
The parents pressure kids too they are always threatening kids that they will get grounded if they do not pass or make above a 70 and so that makes the kids want to excel so that they don't get their phone taken up which will
The diversity of student backgrounds, abilities and learning styles makes each person unique in the way he or she reacts to information. The intersection of diverse student backgrounds and active learning needs a comfortable, positive environment in which to take root. Dr. King continues by explaining, “Education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals.” From back then to today’s society, kids are failing because they lack those morals that they need to succeed.
Ysseldyk et al, 2009c) and improved self-regard (Talebi et al, 2009). Misery, dejection, and tension are likewise unequivocally connected with poor school performance for instance; students who are discouraged regularly skip classes, return home, or start mishandling alcohol or drugs (O 'Malley and Johnston, 2002; Perkins, 2002; Wechsler et al.,
