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Choosing Democracy: A Practical Guide to Multicultural Education
Unlike most other texts for Multicultural Education on the market, this one provides practical and useful teaching strategies and class-tested lesson plans, as well as a foundation for understanding the context of multicultural education. Choosing Democracy was the first text of its kind to show teachers how to construct a curriculum that is truly democratic, while at the same time meeting the requirements of today’s standard’s based educational environ… More >>
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The Science Education Belief In America
Political leaders, tech executives, and academics often claim that the U.S. is falling behind in math and science education. They cite poor test results, declining international rankings, and decreasing enrollment in the hard sciences. They urge us to improve our education system and to graduate more engineers and scientists to keep pace with countries such as India and China.
Yet a new report by the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, tells a different story. The report disproves many confident pronouncements about the alleged weaknesses and failures of the U.S. education system. This data will certainly be examined by both sides in the debate over highly skilled workers and immigration. The argument by Microsoft, Google, Intel, and others is that there are not enough tech workers in the U.S.
The authors of the report, the Urban Institute’s Hal Salzman and Georgetown University professor Lindsay Lowell, show that math, science, and reading test scores at the primary and secondary level have increased over the past two decades, and U.S. students are now close to the top of international rankings. Perhaps just as surprising, the report finds that our education system actually produces more science and engineering graduates than the market demands.
These findings go against what has been the dominant position about our education system and our science and engineering workforce. Consider reports on national competitiveness that policymakers often turn to, such reports as the 2005 “Rising Above the Gathering Storm” by the National Academy of Sciences. This report says the U.S. is in dire straits because of poor math and science preparation.
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What are the Price Considerations of Online Degrees
With over 600,000 students enrolled in online colleges, online degrees are gaining more and more recognition. And why shouldn’t they? In most instances, those that are earning online degrees are extremely motivated working adults. These working adults are seen as having that extra oomph as they have to efficiently manage their time to keep up with the demands of both work and school and in some cases, a family. When Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electrics, was asked about people who earned online degrees (Business Week, January 14, 2008), he stated, “…they’re hungry to break open new possibilities in their careers…. People working all day and studying online all night have the kind of ‘grr’ most companies could use.” Do you have the “grr?” If so, make sure to ask these questions to make sure the online college is right for you.
Is the online college accredited and if so, by which accrediting agency?
Diploma mills, as defined by Wikipedia, are organizations that award degrees with little to no study and are not recognized by accrediting agencies. Employers or colleagues do not respect degrees from diploma mills so make sure the online colleges you look into are accredited. The ed.gov site is a great resource for a list of accrediting agencies.
If you have college units, can you transfer your units over?
Most accredited online colleges will allow you to transfer any credit you have earned at another college towards an online degree depending on the degree requirements. To make sure, if there is a specific online college you are interested, call a counselor to see if the credits you have earned can be transferred. This can shorten the amount of time it will take you to complete your online degree.
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Want to Homeschool High School for Your Child?
With public schools becoming more dangerous and private schools being too expensive, many parents have opted to homeschool high school for their children. The benefits are actually quite wonderful and it allows you to bond with your teenager is many ways.
This allows you, as the parent, to make sure your teenager is getting the best education possible so that they can do well in college or in their future career. Homeschool high school allows the student to focus on their studies without all the peer pressure and problems that are associated with public high school.
Here are just a few of the benefits you and your son or daughter can enjoy using homeschool high school:
- No overcrowded classrooms. You are your child will be working together on a one-on-one basis and you will be able to provide all the attention and help your son or daughter may need. Public schools are getting more and more overloaded each day and the teachers just cannot spend the quality time with each student that they may need to succeed.
- Your child will never struggle through a lesson because you are there to realize that he or she needs to do some extra work in that area. You are able to immediately recognize trouble, and to go back over the lesson with your child.
- Homeschool high school is much, much safer than public schools. You know for a fact that your child’s life is not in danger when they are learning. Unfortunately, you just can’t say the same things about public schools anymore.
- No teacher in the world, no matter how good, can want the kind of success for your child that you do. As a parent, you can ensure that your child is successful, and you will work harder than anyone else to do so.
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How Accredited Distance Learning Can Make All the Difference
Many schools have suffered from budget cuts over recent years and this has resulted in parents across the country turning to distance education to meet their child’s needs. Even though classrooms have become overcrowded in recent years due to these cuts and the number of unqualified teachers has been increased, distance learning schools have not suffered the same. Instead, distance learning schools have none of these same drawbacks, but instead allow students to focus on their education rather than getting distracted by a lot of other unruly students.
Even though they should be of great benefit to parents and students, distance learning schools are still something which should be well-researched to avoid getting into any problems later on. There are a lot of distance learning schools which have sprung up over recent years, which has resulted in there also becoming a significant number of schools out there which are not accredited. This means that parents may be surprised at the end of the school year when a child has not received the education which they have paid good money for.
This means that one of the most important things to look for when you are choosing a distance learning school is to make sure that they have been accredited by an official institution. This is because even though pretty much anyone can start their own distance learning school, it takes much hard work and proven success to become accredited.
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