Problems With Education and The No Child Left Behind Act
What is the leading and major factor in student education as a whole?
Teachers or lack of resources
What are the big E’s?
Equity, Equality, and Education
In Mississippi, what grade do you think the schools are with at least 70% black?
D
What are two major barriers that block student progression and achievement?
Funding and location
Define Structural Violence
A form of violence in which social structures or institutions may harm individuals by denying them their basic needs.
In Mississippi, what grade do you think the schools are with at least 70% White?
B
What is the leading problem with the no child left behind Act?
Schools care more about their own reputation than about the educations of the children.
What’s the difference between equity and equality?
Equity provides an adequate amount of something in regards to the lack... Equality provides the same amount to all despite differences.
How many times do you believe that white students are more likely to be in Charlottesville’s gifted program over black students?
3 1/2 grades
What are a few dynamic steps that can lead to potential solutions to the problems that lay on grounds of education?
Greater parent and community engagement, formative assessments that measure student growth over time, and thoughtful after-school and summer learning opportunities
Define Critical Race Theory
The view that race, instead of being biologically grounded or natural, is socially constructed and that race functions as a means to maintain the interests of the white population that constructed it.
Since 2005, the academic gulf between white and black students in Charlottesville, Virginia have widened in nearly all subjects in school, how many grade levels do you believe black children who reside in Charlottesville are behind then their white counterpart?
3 times