Need For Change
- 1. Why We Need To Change? by: Denise Canchola
- 2. What is our Purpose? Doesn’t everyone deserve to learn?
- 3. Time for School? “ When the snow falls, test scores also drop” By Dave E. Marcotte and Benjamin Hansen
- 4. Fix schools with ideas, not money January 27, 2010 | Class Struggle @ The Washington Post
- 5. “But we know that our schools don’t just need more resources. They need more reform” President Obama
- 6. Education-How do we improve when we are so behind?
- 7. The number of Americans that actually graduate from High School?
- 8. Over a million of the students who enter ninth grade each fall fail to graduate with their peers four years later. ... Alliance for Excellent Education
- 9. High School Graduates - Make more money - Get better jobs - Go on to higher education - And have a better life Westwood College
- 10. Students drop out for many reasons, which include taking care of their families or even starting new ones.
- 11. “ Overall the households and demographics featuring the highest educational attainment in the United States are also among those with the highest household income and wealth ” Wikipedia
- 12. Study: Gap growing between rich and poor Study concludes that inequality threatens the ‘American Dream’ “ Wealthy households are not only widening the gap with the poor, but in countries such as the U.S., Canada and Germany they are also leaving middle-income earners further behind,” msnbc
- 13. Inequality in America Jun 15th 2006 From The Economist print edition The gap between rich and poor is bigger than in any other advanced country, but most people are unconcerned.…
- 15. Where Do We Stand Compared to our Neighbors?
- 16. “ 1 in 20 Americans Is Not Literate, a National Survey Suggests” Liz Bowie , Baltimore Sun
- 17. Source: National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Indicators, 2008 Graph of the Day: U.S. Falling Far Behind in Engineering Education
- 18. U.S. students behind in math, science, analysis says. updated 5:27 p.m. EDT, Tue August 25, 2009
- 19. We must step up in Math and Science to even compete .
- 20. We have the shortest school day, yet we wonder why we are not ahead of our neighbors.
- 21. “Japanese society places a heavy emphasis on the schools students attend; therefore, there is high competition to attend prestigious schools. As a result, most young students attend juku (cram school) in the afternoons, evenings, Saturdays, and holiday to prepare for the entrance exams.” eMintsNationalCenter
- 22. “ Extending time in school would in fact likely raise student achievement.” EDUCATION next
- 23. Maybe less testing more learning!
- 24. Do we have the education needed to compete in a global society?
- 25. “ Our nation’s security and economic competitiveness will be enhanced if our citizens have a broad global understanding.” Graham Spanier
- 26. The level of one’s education will have a significant impact on their quality of life.
- 27. “ If you go to college you get K-nowledge , which gives you greater P-otential which leads to more J-ob opportunities, which in turn, gives you more M-oney .” by Nick Anis
- 29. We must change in order to achieve!!!
- 30. Look Closely. Don’t They Deserve a Clear Future?