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Education in the Two Different Worlds. By: Patricia Chacon Tarun Mendoza. Democracy . ''Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth''. Politics. The people are the primary source of political power
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Education in the Two Different Worlds By: Patricia Chacon Tarun Mendoza
Democracy • ''Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth''
Politics • The people are the primary source of political power • The people elect who they want to represent them in office.
Education • Generally there is free public education • Equal opportunity • Generally free to choose educational options • no one left behind
Economy • Can have higher pays • Governmental aid in times of need • However, sometimes there is too much dependence
Society • Civil rights • Freedom of speech • The right to owned • Strive for a better life
Communism • ''To each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs''
Politics • Dictatorship • Communist Party is the only legal political entity • Government controls production
Education • Will most likely have public education • Education for the purpose of making people good communists • Focus mainly on educating youth
Economy • Sometimes there is equal pay no matter the occupation • Less poverty rates • More equality to everyone else
Society • Classless society • Property not privately owned • No civil liberties • No freedom of speech
Median household income in the USA Source: http://pewhispanic.org/files/factsheets/23.pdf
Poverty rates among Hispanic people. Poverty rates for Cubans are generally lower than for other Hispanics
Cubans in the USASource: http://pewhispanic.org/files/factsheets/23.pdf • Compared with the rest of the Hispanic population in the United States, Cubans: - have a higher level of education - higher median household income - higher rate of home ownership.
Resources • Timar Thomas. UC Davis School of Education. Retrieved from • http://education.ucdavis.edu/post/comparative-education-experience-cuba • Won, Iris. University of Michigan. Retrieved from http://sitemaker.umich.edu/won.356/home • Yale University. Retrieved from www.yale.edu/macmillan/lais/resources/MariaValentin.ppt • Lauren Clark. December 18, 1998. Education in Cuba. Retrieved from http://www.tulane.edu/~rouxbee/kids98/cuba4.html • February 22, 2012. California Department of Education. Retrieved from • http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/cohortrates/GradRates.aspx?cds=00000000000000&TheYear=2010-11&Agg=T&Topic=Dropouts&RC=State&SubGroup=Ethnic/Racial