Read about ONE current issue in US Education, and write two paragraphs about it.
Paragraph 1: Describe the issue (tell me why it is an issue and some background of it) or tell me two factors that contribute to it
Paragraph 2: Tell me two proposals that people have made to fix or address the issue.
Here are some websites that can help you:
-a list of issues that the National Education Association considers important:
http://www.nea.org/home/18526.htm
-10 Major Challenges Facing Public Schools: http://www.publicschoolreview.com/blog/10-major-challenges-facing-public-schools
-Discrimination
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicholas-ferroni/teaching-education-discrimination_b_1826113.html
-Textbooks
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/01/down-with-textbooks/283507/
-Bullying:
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/01/down-with-textbooks/283507/
http://www.publicschoolreview.com/blog/public-schools-and-bullying-the-issues-and-the-solutions
-Poverty:
http://teaching.monster.com/benefits/articles/3049-how-one-school-is-fighting-poverty
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/opinion/nocera-addressing-poverty-in-schools.html?_r=1
-Funding inequality:
http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/more-40-low-income-schools-dont-get-fair-share-state-and-local-funds-department-education-research-finds
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb05/vol62/num05/-The-Funding-Gap.aspx
Paragraph 1: Describe the issue (tell me why it is an issue and some background of it) or tell me two factors that contribute to it
Paragraph 2: Tell me two proposals that people have made to fix or address the issue.
Here are some websites that can help you:
-a list of issues that the National Education Association considers important:
http://www.nea.org/home/18526.htm
-10 Major Challenges Facing Public Schools: http://www.publicschoolreview.com/blog/10-major-challenges-facing-public-schools
-Discrimination
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicholas-ferroni/teaching-education-discrimination_b_1826113.html
-Textbooks
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/01/down-with-textbooks/283507/
-Bullying:
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/01/down-with-textbooks/283507/
http://www.publicschoolreview.com/blog/public-schools-and-bullying-the-issues-and-the-solutions
-Poverty:
http://teaching.monster.com/benefits/articles/3049-how-one-school-is-fighting-poverty
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/opinion/nocera-addressing-poverty-in-schools.html?_r=1
-Funding inequality:
http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/more-40-low-income-schools-dont-get-fair-share-state-and-local-funds-department-education-research-finds
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb05/vol62/num05/-The-Funding-Gap.aspx