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What can schools, teachers, and other social agencies do to help parents and children avoid abuse?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "We need to permanently abandon the belief that race and poverty determine how much students can and will learn".
-Kati Haycock
Fact: Each year approximately 4,300 people ages 15-24 take their own lives.
Question: What are some challenges in teaching poor children in the classroom?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "We need to permanently abandon the belief that race and poverty determine how much students can and will learn."
Fact: The bad news: Each year approximately 750,000 american teenagers get pregnant and give birth to some 425,000 children - by far the highest teenage birthrate among the world's developed countries.
Question: Who are today's students in a Diverse Society?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "America is losing sight of its children. In decicions made every day we are placing tham at the bottom of the agenda with grave consequences for the furure of the nation."-Ernest Boyer
Fact: Physical and psychological bullying is often reported to be a contributing cause in adolescent suicide attempts.
Crystel Walsh
ReplyDeleteEDU 202 / 203 -- MWSU -- Spring 2010 -- Dr. Hendrix
Assignment: Chpt. 4; Due: Wednesday, February 3, 2010
1. Social problems affecting today’s students… what can be done about it? Can I as teacher really make a difference? Where is the boundary between teacher, friend, and social worker/advisor? (Txtbk. Chpt. 3)
2. “America’s future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what it is taught, hence we must watch what we teach it, how we live before it.” -Jane Addams, Co-Founder of Hull House and Nobel Peace Prize Winner (Txtbk. p. 101, Chpt. 3)
3. The poorest 40 percent (40%) of U.S. citizens receive 12 percent (12%) of the national income, whereas the wealthiest 20 percent (20%) receive 51 percent (51%). In 2006, the number of impoverished Americans was estimated to be 36.5 million, or 12.3 percent (12.3%) of the total U.S. population.
Question: How well equipped are schools to deal with ALL the social problems affecting today's youth?
ReplyDeleteQuote: 'We need to permanently abondon the belief that race and poverty determine how much students can and will learn.' - Kati Haycock
Fact: For every teenager who commits suiside, 100 more will try...
- i chose this fact because this statistic made my mouth drop in disbelief. You never really know how much someone is truly hurting....
Question: With the number of troubled children in our schools today, what programs have been put into to place to handle their issues?
ReplyDeleteFact: "In 31 percent of two-parent families, both the mother and the father worked all year, full time." pg. 101
Quote: "America is losing sight of its children. In decisions made every day we are placing them at the bottom of the agenda, with grave consequences for the future of the nation." Ernest Boyer, pg. 104
Question:
ReplyDeleteDoes socio-economic class REALLY effect students' achievement? Can a student who is poor not do well? Isn't that just another reason to do better?
Fact:
3 million incidents of child avuse or neglect was reported to child-service agencies in 2002.
Quote;
"I am often asked whether I approve of compulsory education and I usually reply that I do and that I wish we had it; we only have compulsory attendance." p110
Question: How do you handle a child in your class that has been abused?
ReplyDeleteQuote:"America is losing sight of its children. In decisions made every day we are placing them at the bottom of the agenda, with grave consequences for the future of the nation. -Ernest Boyer
Interesting Fact: Nearly five times as many children who live with single mothers live in poverty, compared to children living in married-couple households.
"America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what it is taught, hencw we must watch what we teach it, how we live before it." Jane Addams.
ReplyDeleteHow do you think your familial upbringing will affect your ability to teach students from different family situations?
The poorest 40 percent of U.S. citizens recieve 12 percent of the national income, whereas the wealthiest 20 percent receive 51 percent.
-What are the challenges in teaching different social classes?
ReplyDelete-"We need to permanently abandon the belief that race and poverty determine how much students can and will learn."-Kati Haycock pg 107
-Nearly five times as many children who live with single mothers live in poverty, compared to children living in married-couple households.
Question: How can we incorporate sex ed and substance abuse ed into every day classes? I think that this would be more useful than to take only one semester of it... just to graduate.
ReplyDeleteQuote: "We need to permanently abandon the belief that race and poverty determine how much students can and will learn." - Kati Haycock
Fact: Each year approximately 750,000 American teenagers get pregnant and give birth to some 425,000 children.
Fact: Approx 1.3 million children and youth in the U.S. are homeless at some point each year.
ReplyDeleteQuote: "America is losing sight of its children. In decisions made every day we are placing them at the bottom of the agenda, with grave consequences for the future of the nation." ERNEST BOYER
Question: Many children considered to be poor are also considered to have learning disabilities. At what point does a school district concentrate on meeting the needs of the children that could potentially be "left behind" versus meeting the needs of the children who will score proficient on the MAP test in order to get state funding?
Question: Statistics overwhelmingly show that people, for the most part, remain in the social class in which they were born for the remainder of their life. What does this say about our education system?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "I am often asked whether I approve of compulsory education, and I usually reply that I do and that I wish we had it; we only have compulsory attendance." John Bremer
Fact: Around 1.3 million children are homeless at some point during the year.
What are your thoughts on teaching sex education in school? Is it worthwhile?
ReplyDelete"I am often asked whether I approve of compulsory education, and I usually reply that I do and that I wish we had it; we only have compulsory attendance." -John Bremer, Former Superintendent of Philadelphia Public Schools
Poor families often pay more than one-half of their annual incomes in rent. (page 104)
Quote: "When they feel dismissed, I can provide encouragement. When their lives are chaotic and unpredictable I can offer safety and consistency." -Christa Compton
ReplyDeleteFact: About 1.3 million children and youth in the US are homeless at some point each year.
Question: Do you think suicide prevention plans should be mandatory? What grade level should it be introduced?
Quote- "Kids will be kids"
ReplyDeleteFact-"The U.S. Justice department estimates the number of gangs in the United States at 24,000 and the number of gang members at about 760,000."
Question- What do you think is the leading cause in school violence?
Question: How can you prepare to work effectively with a variety of parents and caregivers?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "We need to permanetly abandon the belief that race and poverty determine how much students can and will learn." - Kati Haycock p.107
Fact: Approximately 1.3 million children and youth in the United States are homeless at some point each year. p.105
-With all the social problems we are faced with today, what can teachers do to help out these troubled students?
ReplyDelete-"we need to permanently abandon the belief that race and poverty determine how much students can and will learn."
Kati Haycock, pg 107
-32 percent of children living in poverty have at least one parent working full time all year.
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ReplyDeleteQuestion: What kinds of programs are there that our schools can provide for abused, neglected, or impoverished children? (Before and after school hours)? How do you get involved in them?
ReplyDeleteFact: Only 67% of all children younger than 18 in the United States live with two married parents, 23% live with only their mothers, 5% live with only their fathers, and 5% live with neither parent.
Quote:"We need to permanently abandon the belief that race and poverty determine how much students can and will learn."
-Kati Haycock
Quote: "We need to permanently abandon the belief that race and poverty determine how much students can and will learn." -Kati Haycock
ReplyDeleteFact: Each year,750,000 american teenagers get pregnant and give birth to some 425,000 children.
Question: Do you feel that we, as a society do enough to prevent teen pregnancy?
Question:How can we help students succeed when they all have different home lives and different parental treatment?
ReplyDeleteQuote: “America is losing sight of its children. In decisions made every day we are placing them at the bottom of the agenda, with grave consequences for the future of the nation.”- Ernest Boyer p104
Fact: School systems and teachers are now pushing for pregnant students to stay in school and get a good education. p108
fact: "Five times as many child who live in a single mother household live in poverty, compared to chilren living in married-couple households." (textbook, 97)
ReplyDeletequote: We need to permanently abandon the belief that race and poverty determine how much students can and will learn."
-Kati Haycock
question: How can a teacher motivate a student to continue their learning who is having problems focusing because of home-life issues?
Chapter 4
ReplyDeleteQuestion
What social problems affect today's students?
Quote
"America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what it is taught, hence we must watch what we teach it, how we live before it."
Jane Addams
Fact
An increasing number of children are being raised by single parents.