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The UN Goal I have chosen for my Civics Engagement Project is number 4, being Quality Education. I chose this goal as I believe education is arguably the most important thing in one's life, as it decides in many regards how successful you'll be in life. Alongside this, global education is struggling in a lot of areas, so it's a goal with a long and worthwhile journey ahead of itself. As you can see in the graph, America is in the yellow, which means that there are still challenges to overcome. For my service, I did Operation Snowball, which is an event designed around building bonds and that offers an educational and retrospective experience.

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The second piece of informed action I did for my CEP was registering to vote. My registration to vote contributes to the UN Goal of quality education, as I will vote for people who wish to fund and improve education in America.

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The first piece of informed action I did for my CEP was the political ideology test in my Social Science Survey class. This contributes to my UN goal of Quality Education as the political views inhibited in my test reflect a desire to improve the education system.

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The last piece of informed action I chose for my CEP was the slideshow presentation I did for my project. During second hour on April 26th, my class presented our slides to upcoming Juniors, showing our slides and our UN Goals and explaining what we did. Through this, we have hopefully motivated the upcoming Senior class to work their hardest on their CEP and get a head start, ultimately working towards the UN Goal of quality education.

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I worked at operation snowball and helped out with the concessions stand for school of rock club.

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“Better economic conditions attract higher-quality teachers, who are more capable of improving student performance than the less-qualified, underpaid teachers in non-union school districts.”

“Do Teachers’ Unions Improve Education in the United States?” Infobase.com, 2024, icof.infobase.com/articles/QXJ0aWNsZVRleHQ6MTYwMTI=?q=Quality%20education. Accessed 9 May 2024.

Highlights the idea of creating better economic conditions for students and teachers alike so we can have better educators. With better educators will lead to more steps towards achieving the UN Goal of Quality Education.

“Digital literacy provides flexibility for an individual to access education information using ICT. The modern technology era needs correct digital literacy.”

Marmoah, Sri, et al. “The Quality Management of Education in Elementary Schools in Improving Teachers’ Digital Literacy in the Era of Online Learning.” Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, vol. 14, no. 1, 2024, pp. 32–40, eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1420964. Accessed 9 May 2024.

This quote highlights the importance of teaching digital literacy in the modern day, as it holds crucial value both as a tool for education.

“Opposition also has grown among teachers and education scholars, who argue that the initiative’s reliance on standardized testing to drive school improvement is worse than useless, since low-achieving schools and disadvantaged students often lack the resources to succeed”

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Education". CQ Researcher, 19 Jun 2014. Thousand Oaks, California:

CQ Press, 2014. 9 May 2024, doi:               https://doi.org/10.4135/cqr_ht_education_2014

I chose this quote as it highlights some of the flaws the United States education system has towards disadvantaged students. Kids in more well off areas are going to have far more preparation for them than those who don’t have access to those same resources. Deprioritizing standardized testing would help bring quality education in that matter.

“President Trump’s proposed budget would significantly cut federal support for public schools to favor programs that encourage parents to pursue alternatives”

Karaim, Reed. “Education Policy.” Sagepub.com, 2024, cqpress.sagepub.com/cqresearcher/report/cqr_ht_education_2017. Accessed 9 May 2024.

This quote shows how some of the steps America has taken for education are backwards. Rather than cutting funding, we need to increase funding and disperse it more evenly across the nation than currently.

“Education is a right. Incarcerated and detained youth deserve the ability to imagine better futures through schooling contexts. Without rigorous educational opportunities in the justice system, how can we ever right the wrongs of the school-to-prison pipeline”

Pytash, Kristine. “Education for WHOM? Literacy for All in the School-To-Prison Pipeline.” Gale Power Search , International Literacy Association, Apr. 2004, go.gale.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T003&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&retrievalId=8691e64b-4b0c-4467-b958-f6bb398091d0&hitCount=340684&searchType=BasicSearchForm¤tPosition=13&docId=GALE%7CA792519857&docType=Article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=ZXBK-MOD1&prodId=GPS&pageNum=1&contentSet=GALE%7CA792519857&searchId=R3&userGroupName=james_bchs&inPS=true. Accessed 9 May 2024.

I chose this article as it highlights the importance of youth education even for those who are incarcerated. Without proper education, kids in jail are more likely to reoffend or go further off the deep end, opposed to if given a stable to reliable shot at education and life.

“The concept of inclusive education and the way it is considered within the educational policy frameworks of European countries have changed and are still changing. Inclusive education is increasingly being understood as a systemic approach to education for all learners of any age; the goal is to provide all learners with meaningful, high-quality educational opportunities in their local community, alongside their friends and peers.”

Watkins, Amanda. “Inclusive Education and European Educational Policy.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education, 26 Oct. 2017, https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.153.

This is a strong quote in support of the UN Goal of Quality Education, as it discusses

European countries changing their policies and frameworks in order to create higher

quality education, through a more inclusive and meaningful systsem.