CHYS 2P15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Michelle Rhee, Charter School, Mount Meager
6 Mar 2013
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Term 2 response paper march 15 (main focus on questions 3 and 4) 3 different artifacts that relate to 3 different issues. Political process with the goal of improving public education. Even small improvements have resulted in large social returns (health, well-being, financial) Small change at school board level = significant change at social level. Meager scale measured reading scores across, no improvement in skills from 1971 to. Money has increased significantly although still no improvement. United states specifically, spending most money on education and there achievements are well below average. 4 billion reach for the top grants. Classroom demographics: student population since 1970 has increased by 8, number of teachers rose by 61, student teach ratio has dropped. It"s not the lack of teaching, not ratio, not grants, not money. We have yet to discover the real curriculum based reforms within the classroom. Education reformers have yet to discover transformative changes in curriculum or the way it was delivered.
