Category: American Education System

When looking at the American education system, the multitude of flaws in it can effortlessly be determined by examining the popular belief that if you dont go to college, you have no worth, a concept brought to light by Joshua Katz in his Toxic Culture of Education TED talk. The American education system does not…

Throughout time, there has been a decrease in students’ grades and test scores. Unsure why, a range of school reforms were studied and tested. This report will cover a few of the many reforms that were done and thought to be done, ranging from broad reforms like changing school standards, all the way to particular…

The average American nowadays will spend about 13 years of their lives in school while most have stress levels of 5.8 out of 10 scale due to school. While the average American in the 1920s spent about 8 years maybe more if they lived close to a high school but most didnt have to stress…

Elimination of Standardized Testing Before standardized testing, the only way to measure students growth and knowledge was through oral testing. In 1915, Frederick J. Kelly published a book containing the first standardized test as well as its instructions for anyone administering the test. Now standardized tests are given to students usually starting in kinder, or…

Egypt is well known for their beautiful architecture and mummies locked away in their sarcophagus waiting for the chance to prowl the earth. Well, thats what my perception of Egypt was when I was a little girl at least. Growing up in America I was drilled with the impression of Egypt being undernourished and unable…

Kyoko Mori, who was born in Japan in 1957, lived in an abused home with her father and stepmother after her mom passed away because of suicide. She later moved to the U.S. in 1977 and she went to a school in America. Japan turned out to be western undergraduates who have begun protesting in…

The history of education in Americas colonial and early republic was a nationwide transition to a common public school powered by multiple factors. One major factor was the need for a democracy to be self-autonomous and for the population to be educated to keep a stable government. Another ruling factor was that people want to…

Through liberty and justice for all!. Each school day, these words leave the mouths of thousands of children across America. They stand up tall, hand over their hearts, declaring that this nation – our nation – is a place that provides for them, where they have a voice. It is a place of equality that…

Nelson Mandela once said: People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. This quote shows the world that things can and should change. No one is just born racist, they were taught how…

For various reasons, I believe that middle school recess needs to be extended because it does not allow students enough time to take care of their basic needs. Some people may disagree because they feel that this will decrease instructional and learning time. However, I believe that a longer recess will allow students time to…