My Exploration of Legal and Ethical Principles for Curriculum & Instruction by Jessica Davis https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk Jessica Davis - EDG 6305 en-us 2018-06-07 01:12:34 UTC 2023-05-24 17:39:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png Future in Education jessfreefallin https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/265999382 Upon completion of a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction I plan to be a curriculum coach. I want to help struggling teachers find their voice and become confident in front of their students.]]> 2018-06-07 01:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/265999382 Understanding the Gaps: Who Are We Leaving Behind - And How Far? jessfreefallin https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266000874 (Exploration Option 2)

The National Education Association has several articles concerning learning gaps, and what schools are doing to combat this issue.

In past years, there have been gaps in minorities, ELL students, students with disabilities, and students who are at-risk or homeless.

NEA notes that it is mandatory educators take on this gap challenge immediately. First, all students deserve the opportunity to learn, but second, minority populations are growing rapidly in the US.

More funding and resources are needed in these struggling areas before NEA sees any real progress. ]]> 2018-06-07 01:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266000874 Thousands Expected For Saturday Rally in Houston For More Public Education Funding jessfreefallin https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266005108 (Exploration Option 2)

School funding has been a hot topic this past school year. Several states held walk-outs where teachers marched to the capital and demanded pay raises and additional resources for their students.

The American Federation of Teachers issued a press release May 16th announcing a "Speak Out and Stand Together" Rally for more educational funding in Texas. ]]> 2018-06-07 02:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266005108 Offering Choices to Students jessfreefallin https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266009348 (Exploration Option 3)

In an effort to help create a comfortable classroom climate students need to have a choice. When students have a say in how they learn they become invested in the decisions they make. Students will want to make the correct choice more often than the incorrect choice.

This PDF guides teachers on how to make their student successful in their choices.]]> 2018-06-07 02:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266009348 What Kids Should Know By The Time They Are Done With School jessfreefallin https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266010434 (Exploration Option 3)

This article is written by several different experts in education. Many agree that students learn discipline in school but is that all students need to know before entering the "real world?"

Of course not.

Some experts argue that teachers need more flexibility and freedom to teach and to allow students to be in control of their path.]]> 2018-06-07 02:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266010434 Legal and Ethical Issue jessfreefallin https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266150861 An issue that needs to be addressed in classrooms across the country is the growing achievement gap between students. I want to be apart of a school that works to teach all students no matter their struggles.]]> 2018-06-07 16:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266150861 Strategies for Closing Achievement Gaps jessfreefallin https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266160472 The National Education Association has listed several ways for schools to prioritize and attack achievement gaps in schools.

This source breaks down different directions an administrator can take to target achievement gaps.]]> 2018-06-07 17:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266160472 Behaviors of Teachers and Their Students in Schools With and Without an Achievement Gap: An Observational Study jessfreefallin https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266172148 This academic article compares teachers and students interaction in a classroom with and without achievement gaps.

The article did not find many differences between the two in its study. Though it did find that students with achievement gaps were more often off task despite the teacher being more involved than a teacher in a room with no achievement gaps.

The study also found that students at-risk need more smaller group interaction, which is difficult in an at-risk school. Schools in the inner cities usually have high population and large class sizes. ]]> 2018-06-07 18:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266172148 References jessfreefallin https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266184452 Backgrounder. 2017. Understanding the gaps: Who are we leaving behind - and how far? National Education Association.

Bluestein, J. 2012. Guidelines to offering choices. Education World.

Capo, Z. 2018.

Thousands expected for Saturday rally in Houston for more public education funding. American Federation of Teachers.

Glatter, H., Deruy, E., & Wong, A. 2016.

What kids should know by the time they're done with school. The Atlantic.

National Education Association. 2017.

Strategies for closing the achievement gaps.

Ratcliff, N., Carroll, K., Jones, C., & Costner, R. 2017. Behaviors of teachers and their students in schools with and without an achievement gap: An observational study. ERIC.

]]> 2018-06-07 19:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266184452 Summary of Achievement Gaps jessfreefallin https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266190302 (Step 5 - Module 1)]]> 2018-06-07 20:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jessfreefallin/xuylrn7usvgk/wish/266190302