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Name at least 3 problems of education.
1. Mis-management of resources by the school boards. That's why there's low pay for teachers, large class sizes, no technology, and run-down buildings and equipment. Our local school district is now $8mill. in debt and is looking to trim $6.3 million annually from it's budget. How? School closures, larger class sizes, cutting the "gifted and talented" program, eliminating all school librarians, cutting music departments.....? WTF? Now does anyone have any questions as to why my kids are in a private school?
Solution: A MAJOR federal and state government focus on Education. Not just a couple of commercials. We're talking CASH...to completely renovate facilities and provide ongoing resources. Does this have to mean additional taxes? Not necessarily. A major study would have to be done to see where funds could be diverted from.
2. Not enough parent participation. Unfortunately, you can't force parents to get involved. In my area, it's the Mexican parents who are most involved. They are always the first ones to sign up for parent/teacher conferences and are the main ones visibible up at the schools. Parental involvement makes a big difference - the kids appreciate and recognize when their parents are involved, the teachers and administrators recognize and work harder with those kids when they know the parents are tracking and monitoring.
Solution: Programs that encourage parent participation and show parents how participation positively affects their children's progress
3. Not enough stress on Excellence. From Pre-K and K, there needs to be a major emphasis on the foundations of achievement...phonics, reading, math. In California, high schools are just worried about making sure that those kids can pass the required state graduation exam...that's just average...we need more than that.
Solution: Complete curriculum overhaul.
Is education fair to all of its students?
Nope....
Is education color blind? Should it be? How?
Education in the inner-city is much different than education in other communities...it's just a plain fact of the matter. I can even look at test scores locally and see a complete geographical difference.
Are you in favor of public single race schools with same race teachers? Why or why not? Advantages? Disadvantages?
No, I'm not in favor of single race schools. That's a blast from the past. We've been there (slave days) and done that. That does nothing but create a blatant racial divide and children need diversity in order to progress and be productive once their finished with school.
Are you in favor of public single gender schools being taught by that respective gender? Why or why not? What are the advantages? Disadvantages?
Now, this may be a bit different than the race issue. There are private all-girls and all-boys schools and it seems to have some strong advantages. However, there must be some type of interaction between these single-gender schooled children to encourage diversity.
For at risk students or students who are disadvantaged in terms of class and inferior school settings, what should be done to help these students?
Improved facilities, resources, teachers and programs that focus on Excellence.
As members or prospective members of BGLOs, our focus is service. How can we help our own more PROACTIVELY? What are you doing right now or have done in the past?
We can implement programs that focus not only on children, but include the parents at the core focus of the programs. So, if it's a mentoring program for chidren, also provide a mentor for the parents to foster long-term success.
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