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It was interesting to me to read about the laws regarding prayer in public schools for both the teachers and students. - Kayla Lee

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I enjoyed learning about the different educational pioneers and discussing with my learning team who we thought was the most influential. In our opinion, it was Maria Montessori. - Kayla Lee

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I wrote my teacher advocate paper on students having an equal opportunity to have access to technology and the benefits of technology in the classroom. It was interesting to research why technology is important and how much current funding is going towards technology in schools. - Kayla Lee

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Learning about equity in the classroom was one of the most interesting thing to learn because of the meaning behind it. Every single classroom no matter the grade we plan to teach, has to obtain this in their classroom in order to be successful and from this class, I have learned the importance of that.
-Taylor Avery

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I was very interested in learning about the educational pioneers and I became very interested in John Dewey. I enjoyed learning about him the most because I believe teaching should be focused around the student and their needs, and that was exactly what John Dewey stood for.
-Taylor Avery

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Financing education was important to me because of the effect it has on all school districts and the quality of education students will get because it determines materials and resources.
-Taylor Avery

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The topic of my teacher advocate paper was one that is near to my heart. The funding of our schools is so crucial, yet so debated. It seems like every time I turn on the news, school funding is being discussed. I feel that the federal government should step up to the plate and fund a minimum of 51%. Writing this paper validated the reform that I've thought needed to take place for years.
-Savannah Everhart

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I found it very interesting to read about the history of education and the influence that events have had on classrooms. We discussed how the Egyptians, the Greeks, Islam, the Renaissance and more influenced learning. Reading about how the various people and time created a new purpose for education was intriguing as some were so different from what we see in classrooms today.
-Savannah Everhart

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This case is something that I have heard about often throughout much of my life because I was born in the 90's. It is a case that has went on for over twenty years and influences education today. The three decisions from this case are still working to be implemented, although they seem so simple when written out. When reading them, it seems cut and dry but the history of this case showcases that it is not simple. That is hard to wrap my head around sometimes.
-Savannah Everhart

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I really enjoyed learning about all of the educational pioneers. Montessori was the one that stood out to me, and I remember the most of.  In this area, there was, more attention to early childhood education. I feel like I want my classroom to resemble a Montessori style. I agree with spontaneous learning, activates, practical, sensory, and formal skills. Learning through play assists children with sensory, physical, and intellectual development.  -Brittany Null

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The laws changing overtime with prayer in school when early on, education was based on prayer. -Brittany Null

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Equality VS equity-

Equity- Gives people access to the same opportunities. -Brittany Null

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Learned how the North Carolina budget mainly comes from the state, almost 50%.
-Jake Heath

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Seeing how the laws have changed over the years about what students can do when it comes too praying in school.
-Jake Heath

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I wrote my teaching advocate paper about how we should get rid of State testing. It was really eye-opening to see that others were having some of the same struggles that I was having as well.
-Jake Heath

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The teacher advocate paper is something that I will always remember doing. I loved the layout of the paper. I did not feel overwhelmed when writing the paper. I felt like I could reflect on each part of the paper. I will use this strategy in my teaching career. -Kayla Clonts

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The development stages that Piaget put into stages is the most accurate developmental growth that I have learned about. I have two children, and I think of Piaget's developmental growths often. -Kayla Clonts

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I loved learning about the history of education in general. How far education has come throughout the years, but how it has stayed the same all together. -Kayla Clonts

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My topic for my paper was advocating for a national curriculum. I have learned vital information about the disadvantages and advantages of a state-based curriculum by writing this paper. I was particularly interested in how economics plays a role in the curriculum.
-Catylyn Craven

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I've always been interested in educational pioneers and theorists. For this reason, I feel like that module was the most exciting and essential to me.  There were a few pioneers that I hadn't learned about before. Therefore, I was interested in learning about them and their thoughts/opinions. Some of these pioneers include Froebel and Freire.
I also enjoyed the learning team assignment we had about the educational pioneers. My group decided that Maria Montessori was the most influential pioneer (in our opinion, of course)!
-Catylyn Craven

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The history and development of American Education were fascinating to learn in a deeper context. I enjoyed learning about the different historical turning points in education. For example, the end of segregation in schools and women attending higher education. But, most importantly, the creation of public schools.
-Catylyn Craven

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Equity has been a subject that has stuck with me since it was presented by Dr. Harris.  Knowing the difference between equality and equity is important.  After learning about Equity, I was able to talk with a teacher at the school I currently work at about her Equity Club.  The students and teachers are doing everything they can to have equity for all students.
- Jillian Waddell

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I was able to advocate for an increase in teacher pay.  Having the money to pay teachers better salaries would increase the success of students by retaining veteran teachers and lessening the workload of teachers.  Having knowledgeable teachers in schools creates a better learning environment.
- Jillian Waddell

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Learning about the principles and concepts of education when it first began until now, was interesting.
- Jillian Waddell

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Equity vs. Equality
I enjoyed learning about the correlations between this two words and the disparities as a result. As educators, I think it is important to remember the difference and make sure that we are providing equitable standards and opportunities in the classroom.
- Caira Turner

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Leandro Case
"Sound Basic Education for All".... sounds like a fantasy and has proven to be elusive for most. Twenty five years after the ruling, North Carolina is still at the bottom of the rankings. The statics in the book show that children are not receiving the type of education that they are entitled too.
- Caira Turner

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I enjoyed learning more about the structure of the state school system. Specifically, the roles and responsibilities of the State Board of Education.
- Caira Turner

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I enjoyed learning about the historical foundations of education. Specifically, how ancient Greece has influenced our current education system. For example, I liked reading about the philosopher Aristotle and his views on education. I also enjoyed reading about Socrates and Plato during this module. (Lindsey Batchelor)

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I liked this module because there was a lot of good information. For example, I liked learning about the impact of educational theories. When we worked on the survey and got a score on what educational theory suited us. I found it interesting that my highest score fits in with the progressive theory. I found this essential to know when writing my philosophy of education portion of the BTA paper. (Lindsey Batchelor)

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I liked learning about equity in education for our Equity section in the BTA paper. Specifically, I enjoyed researching and answering our barriers, equity, and access worksheet. This worksheet helped me understand the common barriers we see in education. It also helped me understand how multicultural education and compensatory education can play a key role in creating access for students. I think this worksheet gave me more incentive to research and understand this module. (Lindsey Batchelor)

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The topic for my teacher advocate paper was providing multicultural training to current teachers and future teachers in college. During my research I found that many teachers do not feel prepared to work with students from different cultures. So, it is important that they are provided with the training they need to feel confident to work with all students, so they are provided with the best education from well trained teachers. (Michaela Dixon)

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I found it interesting to find out what percentage of the schooling buget comes from the federal, local and state. I learned that 45.5% comes from the state, 44.5% comes from local and only 10% from federal. This is an important topic because all students need to be provided with the different materials they need to be successful in school and it has a lot to do with finance. (Michaela Dixon)

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I enjoyed learning about Jane Addams. She was a pioneer of multicultural, international peace, and women’s education. She stood for equal education and rights for all people that come from different backgrounds. She wanted public schools to feature a multicultural curriculum and prepare students to deal with changes in an intelligent and socially responsible way. (Michaela Dixon)

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I feel like equality and equity is one of the most important aspects of the educational system because students should be able to feel equal compared to their peers no matter if they have a disability or not.
- Carly Whelan

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The amount of funding that schools get is very shocking to me, especially in North Carolina. I am from Connecticut, and after coming to NC it has shown me the importance of funding for schools, that is most of the time not given.
- Carly Whelan

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It was very interesting to me to learn about prayer in public schools and how it impacts the teachers/students/ and the community.
- Carly Whelan

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I loved learning about the different philosophies of education. It is interesting to see various perspectives on what people before and now think about what education should be. During this module, I learned that my personal educational philosophy is Perrenialism and Essentialism. They tied for first place when we took the philosophic inventory. -Jasmine McNair

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Differentiation of curriculum based on student's interest

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Differentiation of curriculum based on student's interest

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The topic for my teacher advocate paper was differentiating curriculum based on student's interests. Although this was something that I had thought about in the past, writing a paper gave me lots of evidence to support it's benefits. I learned that this differentiated curriculum has been seen multiple times throughout history.   An example of this differentiated curriculum can be seen in Ancient Egypt. “After completing scribal schools, a small number of promising young males were selected to attend advanced schools to prepare for their future professions as priests, government officials and physicians'' (Ornstein, Levine, Gutek, Vocke, 2017, p.54).
- Flynn Reed

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The change of education throughout history 

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What I think was one of the most interesting parts about this course, was while reading about the change of education throughout time. It was so interesting to see how different civilizations and society differed on their beliefs of the purpose of education. There are many different ideals on the purpose of education that go beyond "having students learn." This was something I throughly enjoyed exploring during this class.
-Flynn Reed

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Another topic that really inspired my future teaching that we learned about throughout this class is multicultural education. Multicultural education is an instructional approach to create an equitable classroom environment with students from different ethnic and racial backgrounds. (Ornstein, Levine, Gutek, Vocke, 2017, p.360) This idea of multicultural education and achieving it is so important in making sure teachers are providing a healthy classroom environment for their students. This is something I will strive to achieve at all times within my classroom.
-Flynn Reed

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I enjoyed learning about Progressivism. It was interesting to learn more about this kind of philosophy of US education. My favorite part about it was the idea of focusing on the whole child rather than on the content or the teacher. Programs can be taught with full intentions on having it be lead solely by the students for the students. - Britney Wagner

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The topic for my teacher advocate paper was reintroducing trade programs in high school. The main point I was trying to get across in the paper was that students were getting put at disadvantages when it came to success after high school and incidents where college was not in the picture. During my research, I found a survey that was conducted at a high school in California that showed almost 71% of survey takers had poor understandings of trades and what they could do with them. -Britney Wagner

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I really enjoyed learning about the different educational pioneers. One of my favorites was that of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.  Rousseau emphasized the crucial importance of stages of human development. In Emile, he identified five developmental stages: infancy, childhood, boyhood, adolescence, and youth. Each stage is sequential, exhibiting its own conditions for readiness to learn and leading to the next stage. - Britney Wagner

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I was able to increase my knowledge on the Evolution of Education throughout history. It gave me details on how education was improved throughout the centuries.
-Madison Fentress

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The funding issues between NC and Nebraska (My home state). Really didn't surprise me when I saw how low NC was ranked. The NC state government should really give more into the education department.
-Madison Fentress

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Progressivism was a interesting topic to learn about in this course. The student centered concept has always been apart of my teaching strategy as a new teacher.
-Madison Fentress

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This course taught me about the Every Student Succeeds Act which was created to replace the law of "No Child Left Behind" in 2015. This act was created with the purpose of making sure U.S. public schools provide quality education for all children.
-Jakiah Vereen

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In this course I learned what philosophies and theories molded the educational system and standards in America's past and saw how they have changed throughout history.
-Jakiah Vereen

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In this course, I learned that a number of instructional innovations have influenced education over the years. First, differentiated instruction, second, social and emotional learning, third, direct instruction, fourth, twenty-first century skills, and lastly, technology enhanced instruction.
-Brayden Patterson

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In this course, I learned that low-income minority groups generally are low in educational achievement, but little or independent relationship exists between race or ethnicity and achievement after taking account of social class.
-Brayden Patterson

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Equality vs. equity is a very important concept to understand and believe in as an educator. As a teacher one should be able to recognize when equity needs to be practiced to ensure the success for all students.
-Jakiah Vereen

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This course taught me about funding in public schools and how much money comes from where. The federal government doesn't fund nearly as much as they should. School funding should be increased in every state, for every public school.
-Brayden Patterson

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It is important to me that every child should receive an equal opportunity compared to their peers whether they take advantage of it or not. Jaydon McGhee

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I focused on sexual education being taught in public schools for my reform. I feel this will help certain communities by decreasing rates of teenage pregnancy and increasing rates of graduation. Jaydon McGhee

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I feel teachers are most important because they are helping mold our next generation. Some can often be looked at as a third parent. I believe teacher should be provided with a higher salary due to their contribution to a child's development. Jaydon McGhee

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I've never taken a class in education, as this isn't my major. However, taking this class allowed me to understand the history of our education system. I enjoyed learning about the historical and philosophical foundations from the preliterate society, ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, and the Middle Ages. In addition the reformation of education and the impact that educational reformers like Martin Luther and pioneers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maria Montessori, Herbert Spencer, and Johann Amos Comenius allowed me to see the development of the system that we know today. Lastly, writing the Advocate Paper really made me think about what I feel is most important to education.

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