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I never really thought about where all the funding for each school comes from and how each school uses it differently. Throughout this class I learned how and where the funding comes from.

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Learning about the philosophy of schools and getting to choose which one you agree with the most was very important to me because now I know which philosophy I will lean more towards when teaching. -Katie Weadon

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This picture was very important to me during this course. -Katie Weadon

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During these weeks in this class, I have learned a lot. One thing that stood out to me was when I was writing the advocacy paper. It helped learned more about what I am going to do with my degree.
-grace ruesch

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1. when we discussed the proposed payment program for teachers in NC. this is important because currently teachers are severely underpaid, and this new plan is an improvement from the current system.
2. learning about the purpose of schooling and why schools exist the way they do
3. knowing what equity is and how we can achieve that in classroom to best address the needs of all students

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1.) I thought learning about equity vs. equality as it relates to education was very interesting and important. I think the equity unit was also just one of my favorites. It’s interesting to see how many aspects of education are attached to equity, I found myself wanting to reference it in most sections of my BTA paper even if it wasn’t directly related.

2.) I also enjoyed the philosophical unit, I thought that was really important as in a lot of my music education classes we’ve talked about the importance of building your personal philosophy as a teacher. And it is nice to have even more philosophies and viewpoints to add to my “teacher toolkit” as I work to mesh them into my own philosophy.

3.) I also really enjoyed our discussion of the Leandro case, that was probably the most actively involved I have been in class since the beginning of the semester and it also ties back in to the topic of equity in education.

Crystal Barbour

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This picture shows the flow of the school district which is something I didn't know before this class. - Allyson Harkey

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What was most important to me was learning about the education system, collaborating with my learning team, and figuring out how funding for schools is distributed across boards. - Myesha Mosley

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1) Something important: Learning the level of State Board of Education, Superintendent, etc.
2) I did not know that the Leandro case was still ongoing.
3) Learning the different acts that changed our schools to what they are now was very interesting.

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1. learning about the current cases and past cases for education was one of the most eye opening things about this class for me.
2. funding for schools was also very interesting to learn about and what the money goes towards for students.
3. the philosophies unit was my favorite of the entire class. I found it interesting to hear others point of views and opinions on it. it showed me even more that others have different opinions on schooling and it will always be the way.

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I think learning how to be become an advocate was very important. I am a future teaching and I think learning how to advocate for your students is going to be very useful in my career. - Katie Weadon

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This picture shows that progressivism focuses more on the students' needs then the teacher.
- Grace Ruesch

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Personally, I think being able to learn more about the finances within school districts and the state. As I came from an area that had a very diverse funding for schools. Such as my school got brand new things every 5 years meanwhile the school right across the county border gets new things every 20+ years.

The picture for me shows the classroom, that its important for the future and the students. Although it was never shown, I feel like it supports how I feel about education and its importance and who we are working towards.

- Abigail Buffinton

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Another thing that was also interesting to me was the philosphies of education. I knew some of the general concepts but I never realized how important they were to our education today. When I was researching this I became aware of how involved they are in schools today.

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1. The first one would have to be the purpose of schooling, I have never realized how many different ways people will look at what education means for them and others.
2. The second would have to be financing and how complex it is. It is crazy to look at all the different ways that our schools are funded and just what it's coming from
3. lastly I would say Equity since it is such a key aspect of education in schools and is applied in each section that we talked about in this class.
- Morgan Caruso

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- Completing the BTA paper was very beneficial to my success in this course. It allowed me to dive deep into problems and issues in regard to our education system.
- I enjoyed that I was able to step out of my comfort zone as a nursing major and learn about how education has an impact on why schools are the way they are.
- Learning about equity was very beneficial to me since a lot of people don't know the differences between equality and equity and this really changed my perspective on how I view education.

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From EDUC3200, the thing that was most shocking and important to me was learning about the banned books. This really stuck my interest because yes some books do need to be banned but others are good with helping students critical thinking and learning life experiences through text.

As for recommending this class to others I would certainly mention there was a good amount of writing, but then follow up with writing of your own interest. I love how this class focused on opinions and ideas to help the school system and not just learning word for word from the textbook.

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education” –Martin Luther King

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1. Getting to know more about what how schools funding works and how its distributed.
2. Getting to work with my learning teams and hearing their point of view of the philosophy's unit was my favorite to learn about. Getting to hear everyone's opinion was probably the best part about this unit.
3. getting to learn the purposes of schools and why they exist and why they do the things that they do.

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I have enjoyed learning about the Leandro case. It has shown me how they pull the money for the all the different schools.
-grace ruesch

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1.)I included the image of yin and yang to illustrate how I feel towards my philosophy of education.  I find that like many things in life, my philosophy is not isolated in one school of thought but includes elements of multiple to achieve overall balance.
2.) Learning about the financing of each states' education systems was very eye opening.  I did not realize that most states rely on local government funding the most.  By analyzing where other states succeed can lead to facilitating better education in our own state.
3.) Learning about the Leandro state court case was very interesting, in that it allowed me to see how North Carolina is currently treating education.

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I never really thought about school governance, and the distribution of power in the school governance system. I feel that this was my "ah HA" moment in educ - 3200