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1.) I learned the importance of knowing the background of my future field to understand more about what needs to change in the system.
2.) I definitely learned more about how funding can affect a students education and I never knew that before this class.
3.) The teacher advocate paper taught me about how to advocate for children's needs that are lacking in the system such as mental health.

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1) I never thought about the history of our education deeply until we went over the Historical and Philosophical Foundations chapter.

2) If I were to tell about this class I would say this class tells the backbone our education system was built upon. It tells how the past helped, changed and or still has a impact in out schools today. In addition it challenges us the think deeply about the foundation of our education.

3) “Education is the Foundation upon which we build our future” -Christine Gregoire

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1. I learned a lot in this course. I appreciated the Teamwork and the class participation. The class discussions were fun. One thing that shocked me was realizing that funding for America has a long way to go, if we truly want equitable education, we need to disperse the Nation's wealth into our schools.
2. This class helped me be a Child's, Teacher's and education advocate.
3. The Becoming a Teacher Advocate paper helped me learn a ton of information about the NCLB and the ESSA acts.

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1. I learned about how the funding is given to schools and the way it affects students in different states.
2. I also learned how to look at the way that the students meet the needs for schools in a way that aligns with the purpose for schools.
3. I also learned the way that U.S. education system is built throughout the government and state levels and whose job it is to do what.

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1. i learned how to educate myself as a teacher to know how to culturally reach my each of my students, rather than just teaching to the majority.
2. I liked learning about the different philosophies that teaching was built on and how we can see this philosophies still in today's education system.
3. I also learned through my teacher advocate paper how different countries' education systems operate and ways to make our system better to help our students become more prepared for society.

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1. I learned how to properly write an paper in APA format
2. If I was to explain what I learned in this class I would say that it opened my eyes to every part of the education system in our country and state. I was unaware of the effect every single part of our government has on education in America until this class.
3. The becoming a teachers advocate paper taught me how much standardized testing is really hurting our students and teachers.

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1. I learned the importance of understanding the history of the education system
2. I learned how writing a formal essay is less difficult than i imagined it to be
3. I learned that there used to be many different types of education before the US came to a “general public school system”

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1. I really enjoyed learning about the different philosophies and how they are incorporated in the classroom. I can definitely use the different philosophies in my future classroom!
2. I loved our lectures on the different Educational Pioneers. I specifically enjoyed learning more about Jane Addams and Maria Montessori. I will be using both of their ideas in my future classroom.
3. I enjoyed this class overall and have learned so much!!

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1. I learned how much goes on behind the scenes for teachers. I didn't realize how much of what a teacher can do is dependent on the government
2. I found the philosophy of education part of the class interesting. The varying ways that someone can approach teaching through things like progressivism or critical theory.
3. I thought it was interesting how from the beginning of the United States the idea of having public education was important to the founders such as Thomas Jefferson

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1.) I learned how important the school system is and how greatly it affects individuals for a lifetime. What humans encounter during their school years can have an huge impact on how their life turns out moving forward.
2.) I learned about all the different philosophies of teaching. It amazed me how many different opinions and methods of teaching there were.
3.) I learned to do deep intensive research rather than just looking on the surface at instances. Being able to deeply relate and read into information was a huge achievement for me to learn.

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1. The first thing I learned that I thought was valuable was how schools actually function. Obviously we know about the teachers and the staff but, you never hear about schooling on the federal or state level. There are so many more people involved than you think.
2. The second thing I learned was how much funding affects students. I wrote my paper on this and learned so much about the logistics of how schools are funded.
3. The last thing I learned was how to properly write and format an APA paper. This was the longest paper I wrote and I learned a lot about writing and formatting ting.

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1.) One thing I felt was important was doing research on a topic we felt was important to us. The BTA paper helped me with my writing and gave me more knowledge on a subject I felt was inspiring to me.
2.) Being able to learn the history of the educational system it gives us knowledge of where we came from and where we could be headed especially for students now and future teachers.
3.) I felt like this class not only gave me knowledge of the history but gave me knowledge of different teaching strategies to help me in the future.

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1. I learned how important a student's environment is around them, either in schools or at home and how it effects the student.
2. The teacher advocacy paper in general taught me how many issues there still are in the school system and how many changes can still be made to create equity for each student.
3. "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." – Malcolm X

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1) Prior to this class I had no knowledge of the background of the history behind the American education system and through the semester I learned about those topics.
2) I loved the activities that we did with our learning group and getting to know my partners.
3) I learned how to write in APA format
4) I enjoyed this class and everything that we learned throughout the course.

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2. I learned a lot about the philosophy of education, my favorite one being progressivism because it focuses on the child rather than the subject matter and I think that is really important.

3. I also got more insight of the barriers and obstacles students go through while trying to achieve school and be successful and where the teacher steps in and plays a big role

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1.) During this course, from the becoming a teacher advocate paper, I have learned that there are many issues in the teaching field some that correlate with each other and some that are completely independent on their own. Even though teaching isn't my field of study I still appreciate all the information I have gathered because it makes me more appreciate the amount of good teachers I have gotten through my educational career because there are a lot of struggles that I could have run into growing up.
2.) This course has taught me the importance of the foundation our educational system is built upon. Yes somethings have changed and are improving but a lot of things remain the same that are vital such as the theories and philosophies we use to incorporate learning that is equitable to everyone.
3.) "education in the United States is Big Business" - Textbook pg. 223

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1) I learned more about teaching than I ever expected to know.
2) I learned how schools are funded and how much of an effect it has on the local level
3) "Education should equip us with the power to think effectively and objectively. To think is one of the hardest things in the world, and to think objectively is still harder. Yet this is the job of education." - Martin Luther King Jr.

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1. I really enjoyed learning about philosophy and the different ways that philosophies can be integrated into teaching.
2. I became a much better writer throughout this course and learned a lot on how to conduct good research and how to formally format papers.
3. This course taught be the difference between equity and equality and how important equity is in schools.

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1. I never realized how in depth the history of US education is. I found the history unit to be the most interesting.
2. I learned about the funding of schools across America. I found it to be very interesting to see how tax money is distributed among schools.
3. I realized that the school system is incredibly detailed and is very important to society as a whole.

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1) I learned about the historical foundations of schooling.
2)I learned how to write in APA format during the Becoming A Teacher Advocate Paper.
3) I enjoyed learning about the educational pioneers and their contributions to education.