The First Reading

In the reading “A Public Education Primer” the author goes into certain area like where are the students, who are the students, who controls public education, how are they funded and the advancements in public education. Some facts that I read in this story is that 9 out of 10 students are in public schools, more Latins and African Americans attend urban school district, four out of ten public school students are color and that more than one third of public schools students are from low income families. Also other interesting notes are how more than 90% of funding for public schools come from state and local sources and that more than 60% of educational spending on a average goes towards instruction while only about 8% goes to administration. Also from the reading student scores have gone up in math in forth and eight grade since the 1990s but the scores stayed the same in science scores. Also whites and Asians have better test scores. The good news about this article is that more students are graduating high school by 43%. The other bit of good news is that almost half of all public school teachers have advance degrees and majority have more than 10 years experience. By what I see in the reading is that there are higher educated teachers than ever before. This reading was filled with a lot of useful information and I enjoyed reading it

Welcome to Earth

On planet earth we have educational facilities called schools. The way they are structured are from grades one to six, which are known as elementary school, seven to eighth, which are known as middle school, and nine to twelve known as high school. The content knowledge of the student in known by their grade level. Students are required to know certain subject areas such as Math, Reading, and Science. As shown by the PEP, Math, reading, and Science scores have risen from 1990 to 2005 in elementary and middle school, yet in high school scores have declined from 1990 to 2005. This decline is due to low moral from students, lack of resources and educational funding. By improving this, it will show an improvement on scores in the upcoming years.

Most of our students come from a Caucasian background. There are about 53% whites, 5% Asians, 15% African Americans, 24% Latino, and 6% American Indian. Due to the surrounding areas that we live in we want a positive and successful education for our students. As successful educators we find ways to connect language, music, cultural background and lifestyle of different students to make them feel comfortable not as an outsider. Our main goal is to push our students and motivate them to succeed in what ever they choose to do in life.

Our teachers often begin at or about the age of 22 and having received a bachelor?s degree. Many continue to pursue their own education as well as working to educate their students. 47% of our teachers have achieved a master?s degree or doctorate, and 58% of our teachers have been working in the field of education for over ten years. The majority of our high school educators are trained specifically in there are of content, ranging from 79% of Mathematics instructors to 84% of Social Science instructors. Although the Federal ?No Child Left Behind Act? does not require instructors to have a degree in their field of teaching, it does require them to, ?demonstrates subject matter competence.? A constant flow of new ideas about teaching is coming into our education system through an average of 14-21% of full time teachers with less than 3 years experience. These instructors, though lacking in experience,, more than compensate with a passion for teaching and a wealth of new and exciting ideas!