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What Change Would You Introduce Into the Present Education System?

- by Jacob Sullivan
What Change Would You Introduce Into the Present Education System?

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As a graduate from college, I have received more than 15 years’ formal education in China, ranging from primary, secondary to higher education. On my way of intellectual growth, what impresses me most is a variety of pop quizzes, midterms, finals, and national exams. As our abilities are most measured by exams results in the present education situation, the exam form and effectiveness are of great concern to me. If I could make some change, I would suggest that the multiple-choice test should not be widely used at school.

First of all, the multiple-choice test makes it convenient for students to cheat. When students just need to answer by checking a few letters or drawing a few circles, students can copy their neighbors’ answer with much ease. Even if teachers separate them at much distance, students can still invent secret codes to pass the message. For example, some …

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Truancy - Your Parental Responsibility
Philosophy Of Education

Truancy – Your Parental Responsibility

- by Jacob Sullivan

As a parent it is your responsibility to ensure your children receive a full-time education between the ages of 5 and 16. This need not legally be at a school as educating the children at home is an option, however usually school will be the only realistic way of fulfilling the full-time education requirement due to work commitments, etcetera. Once enrolled at a school it is the parents’ responsibility to ensure their children regularly attend. Failure to do so may eventually lead to prosecution and sometimes even a custodial sentence. There are only two valid reasons for children missing school; illness and if the absence was pre-arranged. Any other reason will amount to truancy.

If a child has been missing school then it is usual for the school to contact the parents informing them of their child’s absence. If the truancy persists then the next step will usually be a …

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Special Education

10 Advantages to the Use of Digital Portfolios in a Classroom Setting

- by Jeanine Teague

10 Advantages to the Use of Digital Portfolios in a Classroom Setting

Digital student portfolios are a recent gift of in-class technology initiatives that both parents and teachers stand behind. They are a set collection of online learning artifacts that showcase individual student accomplishments as well as growth over a period of time. On the whole it is a very active, engaging, and effectual form of student assessment. It also provides other advantages as well. Here are 10 reasons why you should implement digital students portfolios.

They Celebrate All Learners

Often student accomplishment takes a backseat to ceremony. An art showcase for instance only shows certain pieces selected by the teacher. A blurb in a school newsletter will only focus on a few students accomplishments as they are big enough to merit. A digital student portfolio celebrates every student for their individual accomplishments.

Facilitate Better Feedback

Opening student accomplishment to a larger audience creates more opportunity for feedback. Generally, feedback mostly …

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The Disadvantages Of Public Schooling public school

- by Jacob Sullivan

national public school nagarbhaviThe idea of using Six Sigma in the public school technique may possibly not have received much publicity in the media, but it is anything that is gradually but absolutely catching up in educational institutions all across the nation. Most parents do not understand that college authorities do not want their opinion. Also usually, college authorities ignore parents’ ideas or complaints simply because they really believe they are the authorities and parents are just annoying amateurs. As a outcome, some teachers, principals, or administrators really feel insulted when parents make ideas or complaints. A lot of school officials believe parents ought to not have any real input in their children’s education. That is one cause why college authorities hold their committee meetings in secret.

The standardized tests also cover material that children discovered final year or the year before. Is reviewing this material helpful to the students? …

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Are Public Schools Antinorth carolina public schools benefits and employment policy manual

- by Jacob Sullivan

charlotte north carolina public schools calendarAs behavior difficulties maintain mounting in our public and private schools, teachers wonder what the consequences will be for our country. In urban schools, where space is usually a commodity, the commercial contractor can develop such revolutionary designs as underground gymnasiums and “half high” auditoriums, with play yards on prime of them. Rooms that do double-duty are also a important component of an urban school. Cafeterias that double as auditoriums are absolutely nothing new, but some schools have developed additional huge foyers that double as added space at lunch time, taking pressure off over-crowded cafeterias. When corridors are constructed additional wide, they can double as study or meeting locations with the addition of some tables, rising their usefulness.Are Public Schools Antinorth carolina public schools benefits and employment policy manual

The Society for Good quality Education also notes that students who develop powerful reading abilities early on are 95% particular to succeed in later studies. That does …

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