Ruth Mitchell has a must-read op-ed in today’s Washington Post on teaching, learning, and standards. It’s overly anecdotal in places (despite plenty of data to support her point) but overall a compelling argument for standards and the tough love of No Child Left Behind for struggling schools.
Jay Mathews writes on teaching about the Brown v. Board anniversary and the 1954 Bolling v. Sharpe case which desegregated public schools in Washington, D.C. His piece is historical, but as Mitchell shows, in many ways we’re still a nation with dual school systems.
Key Mitchell grafs:
The public is largely unaware of the problem. Those who follow education, write editorials and commentaries and make policy were themselves successful students who were in the highest tracks at their high schools, and their children are also successful students enjoying the best and most experienced teachers, because they’re in the AP and International Baccalaureate (IB) classes. Legislators and policymakers tend to come from a social class in which people not only have benefited from good teachers but also have fond memories of a particular teacher or teachers who turned them on to the pleasures of poetry or the intricacies of DNA.
Students in the schools we visit are not turned on. Black, brown, speaking broken or accented English, with cultural values clashing with those of the white middle class, they are seen as needing elementary instruction in secondary school; as capable only of drawing and coloring; as in need of discipline rather than encouragement. They are asked to make acrostics in middle school social studies; to write eight sentences in high school English class; and to fill out endless worksheets in math class.
Teachers say they have to teach the students where they are, which means at sixth-grade level in high school if they can’t read well. Their attitude may be compassionate, but it is misguided.
Well said. Except it’s not obvious the public is unaware of the problem. The continuing support for No Child Left Behind despite the mobilization and P.R. campaign against it is one indicator. Majority support for vouchers among African-Americans is an ominous sign too.
A beginning bio on NY Institute of Technology, CA College of the Arts, and Drake
New York Institute of Technology
New York Institute of Technology is a exclusive academicly centered university of higher learning. Founded in 1950, the college now holds over 10,000 students at its multiple campus centers. The NYIT is fully accredited by the an accrediting organization recognized by the USDOE. Specific program accreditations include: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science, The ACFEI, and a number of others. The institute offers prospectives freshmen academically-oriented programs leading to A.S., B.A., and M.A. programs.
California Arts College
Created to promote portfolio review, the CCA offers a comprehensive approach to collaborative courses, training prospectives in a wide range of disciplines in fine arts, business, advertising, and Literature Studies.
With an university population of approximately 1,600, the organization provides state of the art resources and organizations in a close-knit, collaborative close-knit environment. Students learn from a learned faculty of credentialed teachers in defined programs, with an node of 29 per class. Faculty advisors, established in assisting applicants in focusing their college experience, are part of a rounded fist-year study.
Drake State University
Drake State University was originally started through a stratigic combination of community national efforts. A multi-centered, multinational focus is an important area of many degree programs at Drake State University. Established to promote professional enrichment and achievement, central to the mission of Drake is its one of a kind means to accommodate a great many of styles of assessment through credential evaluation, independent study and online structure. Throughout its systems the student will explore a learning structure which is alive with state-of-the art curriculums, academic outreach and personal enrichment programs. DSU encourages the value of one to one relationships that are frequently built amongst the students and faculty. As a result, a good number of students create the best combination whch enables them to realize the dream of a Drake degree to propel them toward their academic priorities.
Drake is operated by a credentialed board of Founders, each of whom holds a unique subject of expertise which helps establish the educational charter and expanding of the organization. In a historically competitive work market, Drake has evolved to enable the success of a growing number of students across many areas of expertise. Its graduates have experienced subsequent attainment in the workforce, strengthening its reputation in industry.
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