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Quote~ "Prejudices, it is well-known are the most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow there firm as weeds among stones."
ReplyDeleteQuestion~ With so many different ethnicities is/how it possible to cover teaching your students about all the different cultures?
Fact~ Catholic schools have a total membership of about 2.3 million, compared with an estimated 1.84 million students in other religious schools.
Question: Why doe the definition of the word "basic" take on so many meanings?
ReplyDeleteQuote: Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.--W. E. B. DuBois
Fact: The total enrollment of elementary and secondary public schools projection of 51.2 million by 2015.
Katherine Brown
ReplyDeleteQuote: "The ability to secure an independent livelihood and honorable employ suited to her education and capacities is the only true foundation of the social elevation of woman."
Catharine Beecher
??: What was the big issue that is different in private schools than in public schools and is still to this day?
fact: Religion has and always will be a battle in schools; to have or not to have?
Billy Jones,
ReplyDeleteQuestion? Why is it important for teachers to know American history?
Fact:In the 1600's, some girls received elementary instrucation, but formal colonial education was intended mainly for boys, particulary those of the middle and upper classes.
Quote: "Education must not simply teach work--it must teach life" W.E.B. DU BOIS
Quote: "The common school is the greatest discovery ever made by man."
ReplyDeleteFact: The people who had been American Indians for 20000 years finally became American citizens in 1924 (but that didn't mean they controlled their own education.)
Question: When, and in what areas, do ALL teachers apply American History (of schools and the school system,) to their teaching?
Question: Why do you think the 4-R's (reading, 'riting, 'rithemetic, and religion) are the basis to all education?
ReplyDeleteQuote: Foolishness is bound up on the heart of the child; but the rod of correction shall drive it from him.
Fact: There are more than 280,000 private schools with a total enrollment of about 5.1 million, or about 10 percent of all children in the U.S. schools.
Quote- “The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see” Winston Chruchill
ReplyDeleteFact- Plessy v. Ferguson came up with the idea of “separate but equal”
Question- What is something as teachers we can do to help stop segregation that still occurs in schools today?
Quote: "Education must not simply teach work - it must teach life." -W.E.B. DU BOIS-
ReplyDeleteFact: Today, 25%, of Hispanic American students speak mostly Spanish at home. These students are likely to have parents who have less education than those who speak mostly English at home.
Question: From page 356 = Limited English proficiency seems to be a major problem in increasing educational attainment for several minority groups. What ideas do you have about how this problem should be addressed?
Quote: "Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it it requested by black people." Coretta Scott King
ReplyDeleteFact: In 1870, 57% of children between five and eighteen years old were enrolled in some form of school. By 1918, more than 75% of all U.S. children in that age range were enrolled.
Question: What are the benefits/disadvantages of private school vs. public school?
Lacy King
ReplyDeleteQuestion- What was the average salary of teachers in the late nineteenth century?
Quote- " If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what ever was and will never be"- Thomas Jefferson
Fact- In 1870, 57 percent of children between five and eighteen years old were enrolled in some form of schooling.
Quote: "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and what will never be."
ReplyDeleteFact: The idea of Kindergarten came to america from europe and translates from german to children's garden.
Question: Is the progressive school movement idea that children's development should be measured scientifically and not just by grades a good thing or a bad thing?
Ali Dalsing
Quote:"Segregation is wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people."-Coretta Scott King-
ReplyDeleteFact: Brown V. Board of education of Topeka: 1954, in which the Supreme Court ruled that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal and that laws requiring white and nonwhite students to go to different schools were illegal.
Question: Why do people feel uncomfortable around someone who is of a different race or back ground?
Question: What would our schools be like today if they had not separated church and state?
ReplyDeleteFact: Between 1948 and 1953, the number of schools offering special education services increased by 83 percent, and enrollments in kindergartens in public schools increased from 595,000 in 1939-40 to 1,474,000 in 1953-54.
Quote: "Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life." -W.E.B Du Bois
Britney Johnson
Quote: The farther backward you can look the farther forward you are likely to see.
ReplyDeleteFact: Understanding American Educational history will give you a sense of perspective.
Question: There was a question in the text that I found compelling, What should schools do about achievement gaps between poor and minority students and students from white or wealthier families? How can we use history to correct these issues?
"Education must not simply teach work - it must teach life." W.E.B. DU BOIS
ReplyDeleteIn 1870, 57% of children between five and eighteen years old were enrolled in some form of school. By 1918, more than 75% of all U.S. children in that age range were enrolled.
Does the 75% also include the African American children who were enrolled in school during 1918?
Quote-"The farther backward you can look the farther forward you are likely to see."-Winston Churchill
ReplyDeleteFact-As early as 1642, Massachusetts passed a law requiring parents to educate their children.
Question-If the students are not getting help from home on their homework are teachers supposed to take charge and help students out after or before school if the parents dont care about their child's education?
Quote: "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and will never be"
ReplyDeleteFact: The concept of kindergarten originated in Europe.
Question: What was the original name for the Tuskegee Institute?
Fact- Understanding American history will give you a sense of perspective.
ReplyDeleteQuote- "The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see." Winston churchill
Question-"What are some methods to addressind limited emglish proficiency?
Quote: "The Common School is the greatest discovery every made by man." -Horace Mann
ReplyDeleteFact: The first U.S. experiments of Kindergarten were made before the Civil War, but it was not until 1873 that a public school kindergarten was established in school kindergarten was established in St Louis, and the idea spread rapidly.
Question: What are some pro/cons of going to and working at a Private school versus a Public School?
Quote: "Education must not simply teach work---it must teach life." W.E.B Du Bois
ReplyDeleteFact: In 1912, the southern states, as a group, paid White teachers slightly more than $10 per White child in school but paid African American teachers less than $3 per African American child.
Question: When dealing with the seven themes of American Education, what issues do past, present, and future policymakers have to think about?
Quote: "Education must not simply teach work- it must teach life."
ReplyDeleteFact: Today, 25%, of Hispanic American students speak mostly Spanish at home. These students are likely to have parents who have less education than those who speak mostly English at home.
Question: How do you teach a child to be respectful of another person's choices, even though in their eyes, those choices are wrong?
Fact: The RAND report portrayed the middle school years as a time when kids feel unsafe, socially isolated, and academically challenged.
ReplyDeleteQuote: "The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see."- Winston Churchill
Question: What are the advantages and disadvantages of private education vs. public education?
Question:
ReplyDeleteWhat caused such a change in the history of education?
Fact:
Friedrich Froebel of Germany developed the first kindergarten in 1873.
Quote:
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and will never be." - Thomas Jefferson
Alicia Bell
ReplyDeleteQUOTE: "Farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see."
Question: To see how much education has changed I wonder how much more education will change?
Fact: Between 1890 and 2002, the number of students in public high school increased as a percentage of all students attending public school from 1.6% to 29%
Quote: The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: How has the past effect the future of education? Where do you see the process of education in 2020?
Fact: Universal Education is the idea that some sort of elementary education should be provided for free at public expense and under public control
q. "Foolishness is bound up on the heart of the child; but the rod of correction shall drive it from him."
ReplyDeleteF. In the ordinance of 1787, congress reaffirmed that religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of man kind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.
Q. How cna we make are schools better and in wich way?
Question:How can we stop resegregation when students are influenced so much by it in their home life?
ReplyDeleteQuote:The ladder was there, "from the gutter to the university," and for those stalwart enough to ascend it, the schools were a boon and a path out of poverty.
Fact:Resegregation of African American students has reached levels seen before 1970.