1. What are schools like and how did they get that way?
School s is divided into districts and each district has their own standards and rule for how the school is run. Students must attend school a certain number and years and days per year. They are required to fill certain criteria of what they need to study and the number of years they are required to study each subject this criteria is set federal government and state districts. There are different types of schools including public, private and charter schools. The majority or 88% of the students attend public schools which are free of charge to attend as opposed to the 12% of students who attend private which require tuition to attend. The majority of the funding for the public schools is provided by the district and state taxing. The schools offer a variety of supplemental services such as lunch programs, health programs, humanities and social science requirements. These services provided are to help children function in the community and society.
2. Who are the students?
The students are made up of all demographics throughout the country from the highest to the lowest income ratios. The students are made up of all different races and backgrounds. They consist of not only American children whose first language is English but also 19% are immigrants and 10% are English language learners.
3. Who are the teachers?
The majority are experienced and have advanced degrees in there subject areas. This is to ensure a great understanding in their specific area so the student has the greatest possible understanding of the information provided. This is not the case in all demographic areas in high poverty areas teachers are not always highly qualified in their subject area. Most teachers seem to be young white females. Reasons for this might be that the mind set of American citizens is to make more money, considering the low pay of most teachers may be the reason for this statistic. The high rate of teachers changing and leaving the profession is a question of how the education system is run.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Public Schools 101
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6 comments:
wow it was interesting to me that it is mainly young white female in the school.why do u think that is? I understand that the student are made up of different race and background but i would like to know what are the student race and background? This was a very interesting reading.
This information is exactly what I needed. I do have a question though. What is the reason for the high level of teachers leaving this professional field?
Dear Earthling,
Your blog is quite informative and I greatly enjoyed it. On the other hand, I am confused regarding your schools and students. To begin, who determines the amount of days a student attends school? and what happens if these requirements are not met by the school and/or the students? Additionally, how are students whose first language is not English accommodated? Thank you for your cooperation in helping me better understand your educational system.
As a Martian, I am impressed with this information. However, one thing confuses me ; what's an 'immigrant'?
It is interesting to see that 10% of students are English learning students. I would expect to see a lower number then 10% since majority of America is English speaking. What other languages make up that 10% of students?
How often does a student have to attend school? And I don't understand why anyone would like to attend a private school that they would actually have to pay money for opposed to a public school that gives a free education. It also makes me sad that just because students come from a high poverty area that they are getting less than qualified educators to educate them. If teachers continue to keep quitting and leaving their professions due to an upset in their salery, why can't they recieve more money for such an important occupation?
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