While philosophers have long extolled the virtues of reading great works, Great Books programs as an initiative to improve American education go back to the early 1900s. The first Great Books course was introduced at...
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The “achievement gap” in education refers to the differences in academic performances between groups of students. Most often, the groups in question are defined by race/ethnicity, income, and gender. Means to assess...
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Have you ever driven through an inner city neighborhood? If so, the images left on your mind were probably those of dilapidated houses, trash-littered sidewalks, and gang-filled bus stops. In all likelihood, those...
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As has been mentioned numerous times before, the American education system has undergone major changes in the past fifty years as the principles of teacher-directed education have gradually given way to student-...
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While riding a wave of political bipartisan support in early 2002, President George W. Bush signed legislation that sought to massively remedy the woeful shape of America’s educational outcomes. Popularly known as No...
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It doesn’t take a genius to realize that there are differences between the male and female sexes. Ask anyone who has spent the tiniest amount of time with a group of children, and they will undoubtedly agree that boys...
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In 1972, a small, seemingly harmless paragraph was included in a piece of legislation known as the “Education Amendments of 1972.” This paragraph simply prohibited education opportunity discrimination based on a...
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In today’s society, it’s no big secret that the public education industry receives millions of dollars each year to help advance the proper academic instruction of America’s children. These millions of education...
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What kind of picture does the word “apprenticeship” conjure up in your mind? For some the concept of apprenticeship might be viewed as an undignified and outdated way to escape the college grind, while for others it...
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What is education? For many in today’s society, the answer to that question would probably consist of various school-related descriptions that apply to people between the ages of 5 and 22. However, if people put more...
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The era since World War II has seen dramatic changes in a variety of areas for American society. Many of those changes make a profound and deep impact on the nation’s future, but probably none so much as the changes...
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Imagine that it is your first year of college. You’re eager to learn, enthusiastic about your new friends, and devoted to your new professor. Everything is moving along beautifully, until one day your beloved...
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Picture this: You and a friend are walking by a school parking lot one day, when you notice a beautiful, new, expensive vehicle parked there. As you are admiring it, you look around and notice that the lot is full of...
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Every weekday morning for approximately nine months of the year, thousands of American adults get up and spend their day standing in front of a room full of children. Apart from teaching children the basic skills of...
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The subject of teachers' unions often incites two very different responses when raised in conversation. Many in the public are quick to grumble and throw all of the blame for the nation’s education problems at the...
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Choices. All of us make many of them each day without even thinking about it. However, some choices need much more deliberation due to the nature of the situation and the impact on those involved. One of these...
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The foundational pillars of American education had already begun to crack by the mid-1800s, but they did not come crashing down until the rise of the Progressives at the turn of the 20th century, arguably led by the...
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Whole-language. Phonics. Student-centered. Teacher-centered. Holistic. Direct Instruction. These are just a few ideas in the long list of philosophies concerning how children learn. Though sifting through the many...
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Dickson A. Mungazi, author of The Evolution of...
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Continuing along the timeline of education in America from Colonial Education, the early and mid...