https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m Made with wonder en-us 2022-02-14 15:37:37 UTC 2022-04-21 14:45:16 UTC hello@padlet.com tirzahhowery https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2058047519 My topic for this semester is K-12 education reform. Children that go through the public education system lose their spark for life and interest in the world. This is unacceptable if we want the human race to continue.]]> 2022-02-21 04:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2058047519 tirzahhowery https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2065348850 2. The Real Experts of Education Reform, Oliver Sicat.
3. Sicat describes the schools he has set up in Boston, Chicago, and LA which empower teachers to make decisions that best suit their students. In the school in LA students run their own curriculum and learn in the way that is best for them using outside resources and whatever they can find. This lack of standardization and focus on attention to each student allows students to perform significantly better and retain their passion for learning.
4. Sicat demonstrates social cohesion by proving that small groups of dedicated people make the best progress. The repeated graphs and data make a strong appeal through logos.
5. The standardization of learning is killing people's passion for the world and for discovery.
6. TEDx Talks. "The real experts of education reform | Oliver Sicat | TEDxOrangeCoast." Youtube, talk written and performed by Oliver Sicat, 23 Oct. 2014, youtube.com/watch?v=NqCGzmaMx70]]> 2022-02-24 21:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2065348850 tirzahhowery https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2065368563 2. Why Education Reform Keeps Failing Students, PBS October 17, 2017.
3. While advertising his book, Addicted to Reform, John Merrow discusses with Jeffrey Brown the reasons that American education reform has failed in the past. He believes that reforms have been focused on better test scores and graduation rates rather than actually giving kids knowledge that they will enjoy and use.
4. Merrow appeals through pathos by describing situations that most Americans have been in, including struggling through college and watching children fall in school. He uses agency by giving the audience the information they need to appeal to local or federal governments about the issue.
5. Until the focus of education is changed, nothing about the success of students will change. We need to focus on students, not the numbers those students produce.
6. PBS NewsHour. "Why education reform keeps failing students." Youtube, 17 Oct. 2017, youtube.com/watch?v=lOfioQR6WTI. ]]> 2022-02-24 21:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2065368563 tirzahhowery https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2065368729 2022-02-24 21:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2065368729 tirzahhowery https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2065388369 2. A new path to education reform: The next chapter on 21st century skills, Jan 13, 2021.
3. A panel discusses the pros and cons of "factory-style" education and of a theoretical new path that could lead to more engagement in schools. This style would include active, communicative, and community-focused learning for students. With a focus on problem-solving and enjoyment, the hope is for students to be actively engaged and invested in their learning.
4. The panel uses stereotypes to generalize the group of "students" for easier discussion. The focus on using COVID-19 as a springboard for wide reforms is an appeal through Kairos.
5. The politics of change will be difficult, but if focus can be placed in the right area, it could be change for the better.
6. Kraft, Matthew A., et al. “A New Path to Education Reform: The next Chapter on 21st Century Skills.” Brookings, The Brookings Institution, 22 Jan. 2021, https://www.brookings.edu/events/a-new-path-to-education-reform-the-next-chapter-on-21st-century-skills/. ]]> 2022-02-24 22:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2065388369 tirzahhowery https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2065388486 2022-02-24 22:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2065388486 tirzahhowery https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2068874190 2. Getting Education Reform Right, Valerie Strauss
3. Strauss writes that charter schools take funding away from public schools that would be more effective if students hadn't left. She argues that often charter schools will have strict requirements for admittance, making some students just stuck with the lesser public school.
4. In this perspective, students are a commodity that determines how much funding, and therefore how effective a school is. Strauss uses pathos to try to steer people away from charter schools by making them angry at the supposed injustice.
5. It is entirely possible and easy to have a completely different opinion on charter schools specifically. If they are keeping people from entering, how is that affecting certain groups?
6.  Strauss, Valerie. "Getting Education Reform Right." Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022, https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/06/getting-education-reform-right/.]]> 2022-02-28 05:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2068874190 tirzahhowery https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2068884156 2. Johnson County teachers push back against avalanche of K-12 education reform bills, Tim Carpenter
3. A collection of quotes and context about teachers fighting against more strict bills in consideration in Kansas. If teachers were supported properly, they say, they would be able to give kids what they need. More laws and stricter policies will only cripple education.
4. The teachers discuss their identity as educators and how they want to affect students. They use pathos by discussing their frustrations with the trajectory of reforms.
5. Teachers themselves must be considered in reforms. They are the path to students, and while not every teacher is going to be incredible, we can support them to be good.
6. Carpenter, Tim. "Johnson County teachers push back against avalanche of K-12 education reform bills." Kansas Reflector, 27 Feb. 2022, https://kansasreflector.com/2022/02/27/johnson-county-teachers-push-back-against-avalanche-of-k-12-education-reform-bills/.]]> 2022-02-28 05:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2068884156 tirzahhowery https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2068898674 2. If America’s education system is outdated, how can we evolve?, Derrell Bradford.
3. Bradford calls for change in our education, as it struggles to keep up with technology and culture, but specifically states that though different people have wildly differing reasons for wanting reform, they are all working toward the same goal.
4. Bradford's ideas include social cohesion among different groups, working  together to achieve the same goal despite their differences. He uses logos by going through the timeline of education reform.
5. I agree with Bradford, everyone wants kids to be educated and enriched during school, so everyone has a lot in common when it comes to education reform.
6. Big Think. "If America's education system is outdated, how can we evolve?" Youtube, 11 Sep. 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3btnmg30eks.]]> 2022-02-28 05:38:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2068898674 tirzahhowery https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2068933743 2. Joe Rogan & Larry Sharpe Discuss Education Reform, Joe Rogan, Larry Sharpe.
3. Sharpe believes that by getting rid of 11th and 12th grade, and replacing it with prep schools/trade schools/work that kids can make mistakes in their careers early on and still get to where they want to be in life, as opposed to making those mistakes at 26. He also believes that getting rid of federal involvement will fix a lot of problems, including funding. Federal government contributes relatively little funding, and a significant percentage of the funding goes to administrators "checking boxes" for the federal government. He believes that self-governing and local schools will be the solution to the problem.
4. Sharpe talks a lot about funding, and the commodities that are needed to keep schools running. He uses logos by talking about statistics and information he has gotten from lots of teachers.
5. Small government, as in many things, seems to be a good step for public education.
6. JRE Clips. "Joe Rogan & Larry Sharpe Discuss Education Reform." Youtube, 5 Sep. 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C-rpwumX7U.]]> 2022-02-28 06:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2068933743 tirzahhowery https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2069571880 2. Public Education Reform, Donald Nielsen.
3. Nielsen has a lot of things we could be doing to improve education, including empowering parents and teachers and modifying funding laws. It's a lot of what I've seen before, but never so concisely.
4. Nielsen wants to make teachers a commodity and have them paid as such: teachers with a higher demand like math and science will get paid more. He uses ethos by using professional-sounding words to sound like he knows what he's talking about.
5. The problem is more complicated than he makes it out to be, but this solution could be a start.
6. Nielsen, Donald. "Public Education Reform." Discovery Institute. https://www.discovery.org/education/public-education/.]]> 2022-02-28 14:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2069571880 tirzahhowery https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2069592674 2. Education Reform: The New Orleans School Experiment, Sprouts.
3. The video outlines the way that New Orleans reformed education after hurricane Katrina. The public school system was corrupt, so charter schools were set up to be disconnected from the corruption. It worked.
4. When schools were given agency, they began performing much better. The video uses pathos by showing kids underperforming and drawing cute pictures of people and places.
5. Charter schools have worked in the past and they could be a big part of the answer.
6. Sprouts. "Education Reform: The New Orleans School Experiment." Youtube, 14 March, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW0y7Dj1_0Y.]]> 2022-02-28 14:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2069592674 tirzahhowery https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2069632780 2. A Meta-Analysis of the Literature on the Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement, Julian Betts, et al.
3. This report uses statistics to show that a lot of charter schools are actually better or on the same level as public schools. It gives the facts without using inflammatory language.
4. The report looks at the effect of agency on charter schools. It uses logos by reviewing lots of data from charter schools and public schools.
5. Despite lots of people and articles saying that charter schools are dangerous and wrong, the statistics show otherwise. Interesting to look into what the motive is for keeping public schools.
6. Julian Betts, et al. "A Meta-Analysis of the Literature on the Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement." Center for Reinventing Public Education, Aug. 2014, https://crpe.org/a-meta-analysis-of-the-literature-on-the-effect-of-charter-schools-on-student-achievement/.]]> 2022-02-28 14:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tirzahhowery/x0cuz7rqihb0gi0m/wish/2069632780