Education by Alana Sagaysay https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc en-us 2024-04-10 23:21:12 UTC 2024-04-19 18:01:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Explosion in Rates of Chronically Absent Students (2024) jtp26021 https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2950145739 Following the Covid-19 Pandemic, many individuals have found the necessity of the classroom to have dwindled. The capability to learn online with programs like zoom has lead to many anxious students opting to stay home rather than face their classrooms. Chronically absent is defined by students missing around 10% of the school year or around 18 days for any reason. During the 2016-2017 school year, nationwide, 13% of students were chronically absent. As of the 2022-2023 school year, nationwide, 26% of students were chronically absent. The trust in and daily attendance of schools has clearly been severed in many families across America.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/29/us/chronic-absences.html]]> 2024-04-10 23:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2950145739 President Biden making attempts to forgive student loans ajs2601_1 https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2950149405 This article is about President Biden’s second attempt to implement larger school student loans in forgiveness. It talks about the different details of his plan and its potential impact on addressing the issue of high school debt in America. The article highlights how the President’s goal is to provide relief to the students borrowing money and having high burdens of their student loans. Specifically those with higher levels of debt and lower class backgrounds. The article also mentions how the specifics of the plan are still being worked out but emphasizes the importance of finding a solution to the current student loan crisis. It talks about how the previous attempts at helping or finding forgiveness for student loans faced challenges but President Biden continues to be committed to solving this issue. The main idea is to prioritize those borrowers who are most in need of financial forgiveness and that could potentially have a positive impact on their financial status. This article really addresses and tries to shed light on the ongoing commitment and efforts to help the strident loan problem and tries to offer hope to those who are struggling in student loan debt. 

]]> 2024-04-10 23:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2950149405 The SAT Goes Fully Digital (2024) jtp26021 https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2950154153 After 98 years of pencil to paper examination, the SAT has switched to a fully digital format. After testing, the College Board reported that the digital test was simultaneously rigorous yet also less intimidating. Additionally, according to Jasper Carayol, director of communications for College Board, students with A.D.H.D., dyslexia, and those learning English found the test more engaging and easier to focus on. This switch isn’t without controversy. The brief time period and shortened reading passages have been criticized with many believing the longer passages and time are essential to building academic stamina. Since the 2019-2020 school year, many colleges have dropped standardized testing requirements and as such, the rate of students who took a standardized test dropped 31% since the 2019-2020 school year. Despite this, the College Board insists that standardized testing is an essential part of the high school experience. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/08/us/sat-online-digital-test-college.html]]> 2024-04-10 23:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2950154153 Phones Not for School? ajs2601_1 https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2952951420 Johnathan Haidt had written an article called, “Can We Save Our Children From Smartphones?” On April 6th 2024. This was an article answering the question if they can save kids from their phones, also thinking if “modern technology is running our children? He suggested that k-12 should be phone free. Saying that “this was be critical for classroom management, teaching and learning years ago, but administrators, principals and unions failed to listen.” If this motion goes through this impacts the whole world for kids. Who knows if this would be a good impact of a negative one but the affect on them would be very significant.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-we-save-our-children-from-smartphones-03eaf449?mod=article_inline]]> 2024-04-12 18:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2952951420 Affirmative action: US Supreme Court overturns race-based college admissions jtp26021 https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2952956628 As of June 29, 2023, the US Supreme Court has overturned Affirmative action. In other words, colleges and universities can no longer take race into account when evaluating applications. This ruling covered to cases around Harvard and UNC admissions. The Supreme Court sided with a group named the Students for Fair Admissions (SFA), founded by Edward Blum. The argument was predicated upon Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The SFA claimed that Harvard’s race-conscious admissions policies were in violation of the Title VI’s barring of discrimination based upon race. President Biden voiced his disagreements and disapproval of the ruling.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65886212]]> 2024-04-12 18:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2952956628 At the Edge of a Cliff, Some Colleges Are Teaming Up to Survive ajs2601_1 https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2955474405 The passage  focuses on students like Dylan Smith and Ryan Boyd, who attend small liberal arts colleges like Adrian College. Staff, such as Rick Ostrander and Jeffrey Docking, who are encouraging course sharing initiatives. The article describes the concept of course sharing, where small colleges collaborate to offer a wider range of courses and programs, like in career focused fields, supply chain management and computer science. Students at smaller institutions can access courses taught by instructors from partner universities, including institutions like Michigan and Harvard. The examples in the article primarily come from small liberal arts colleges like Adrian College, Westmont College, and Eureka College, and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Course sharing is seen as a response to  challenges facing higher education,  declining enrollment at small colleges, changing student preferences towards career-focused majors, and financial pressures. By offering a broader choice of courses, colleges hope to attract more students, advance their educational offerings, and remain competitive in the higher education landscape.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/education/learning/college-course-sharing.html

]]> 2024-04-15 17:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2955474405 Title IX 1972 ajs2601_1 https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2960765991 This article is about the creation and development of Title IX which was the clause of the 1972 Federal Education Amendments, signed into law on June 23, 1972, which stated that "no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." In 2002, following the death of its coauthor, U.S. Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink, Title IX was officially renamed the Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act. Overall this act allowed women to have the oppurtunity to have the same chance as men in work, education, etc.]]> 2024-04-18 18:48:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2960765991 No Child Left Behind 2002 ajs2601_1 https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2960767298 The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) was in effect from 2002–2015. It updated the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The law applied to all K–12 public schools in the United States.

Before NCLB, many schools didn’t focus on the progress of disadvantaged students. For example, kids who got  services were often shut out of general education. They were also left out of state tests.

The goal of NCLB was to provide more education opportunities for students. It focused on four key groups:

Students in poverty
Students of color
Students receiving special education services
Those who speak and understand limited or no English
]]> 2024-04-18 18:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2960767298 Old Deluder Satan Act 1647 ajs2601_1 https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2961414674 A Massachusetts law that required towns of a specfic size to establish and maintain schools. Ensured that children could read the Bible and understand the basic principles of Christianity to prevent the influence of Satan.


]]> 2024-04-19 05:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2961414674 No Child Left Behind 2002 ajs2601_1 https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2961424273 NCLB was a federal education law aimed at improving student performance and closing achievement gaps. It mandated standardized testing and established consequences for schools that did not meet performance benchmarks.]]> 2024-04-19 05:20:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2961424273 Brown v Board of Education 1952 ajs2601_1 https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2961432796 This courtcase was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. The decision partially overruled the Court's 1896 decision Plessy v. Ferguson, which had held that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that had come to be known as "separate but equal". The Court's unanimous decision in Brown, and its related cases, paved the way for integration and was a major victory of the civil rights movement, and a model for many future impact litigation cases.]]> 2024-04-19 05:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2961432796 1896 Plessy vs Ferguson ajs2601_1 https://padlet.com/ajs2601_1/2ccthbscau8nfmpc/wish/2962239023 Article told me about the Plessy v Ferguson case which was a pivitol and education changing court case. Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal". Brian Duignan is a senior editor at Encyclopædia Britannica. His subject areas include philosophy, law, social science, politics, political theory, and religion.

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