Education

1. As you enter: Mark a tally mark to indicate if you agree or a disagree with the following statement: “My high school education was high quality.” Education • Today: • Guest Speaker-El Camino Counseling Services • Your experiences and 3 theories on education • Solutions • Classroom environment

2. Does the average college education prepare students to excel in the workplace? • Interviews • Creating a resume • Writing a cover letter • Requesting letters of reference • Negotiate a salary/raise

3. Does the average college education prepare students to excel in the workplace? Social Networking For a career

4. Your experiences Prepare to share your expertise: • CHOICE A: Functions of Schooling. • CHOICE B: Problems in education • CHOICE C: Racial inequality • CHOICE D International Perspective on Schooling. • CHOICE E: Self-fulfilling prophecy in Education • CHOICE F: Solutions Walk to your team 1. Introduce yourselves and write down their name 2. Ask them what they wrote about 3. After speaking with them write down one thing you found interesting or that stood out to you 4. Thank them and speak with the next person

5. Team 1 Annabel Henry Daniel Isamar Mary Anne Wendy Team 2 Cynthia Terena Sou la Joel Mayra Giovanna Team 3 Jessica N. Aaron Jermaine Jose R. Salesi Clara Team 4 Claudia Kimberly Fernando Isabel Jeanette Nitu Team 5 Clay Vanessa Tammra Felipa Hsing-Chien Team 6 Cindy Shiree Genesis Ceyhan Judith Team 7 Troy Frank Jessica T. Chabree Daniel Team 8 Ghaida Santiago Jilynn Jose G. Jason Team 9 Cesar Michael Shannon Maureen Edith

6. Your experiences Prepare to share your expertise: • CHOICE A: Functions of Schooling. • CHOICE B: Problems in education • CHOICE C: Racial inequality • CHOICE D International Perspective on Schooling. • CHOICE E: Self-fulfilling prophecy in Education • CHOICE F: Solutions In your team Talk to 1-2 team mates at a time (at least 3 total) who wrote about a different paper choice than you did 1. Introduce yourselves and write down their name 2. Ask them what they wrote about 3. After speaking with them write down one thing you found interesting or that stood out to you 4. Thank them and speak with the next person

7. Learn more about how to network for a career http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R71wV7G99G4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlmrLkwwAmA&feature=related

8. Functionalist View Role of education is to • Socialize members of society • Instruct-Train for occupations • Sort society into groups/statues (graduate, honors, student, college-bound) • Supervising

9. Conflict View Education is a mechanism that produces and reproduces inequality in society View: Trading Schools, Inequality in education

10. Problems in education Think about your high school experience • Low academic achievement • School dropouts • Crime and violence • Inadequate facilitates • Low quality teachers Which of these have you experienced? Was it a quality education? Do you feel you had access to the resources you needed?

11. Who is Jonathan Kozol? • Educational Sociologist • Author of: Savage Inequalities The Shame of The Nation Letters To A Young Teacher Illiterate America • Kozol has founded and is running a non-profit called Education Action

12. Symbolic Interactionst View Focuses on what arises from interaction process during the schooling experience (specifically teacher student interaction) Self-fulfilling prophecy “Spurters”

13. High School Profile Thomas Jefferson High School in South Los Angeles • The state average graduation rate for 2009-2010 was 83.3% • The graduation rate at Thomas Jefferson High School was 54%. • Of those who graduate, the percentage who attend college is also significantly lower than the state average

14. What is being done? • Charter Schools • Head Start • Career Technical Education / School to Work Programs • Privatization of schools

15. What are Charter Schools? • Public schools • State funded but free of some rules and regulations in exchange for accountability (producing certain results) which are set forth in each school's charter. • Some charter schools provide a curriculum that specializes in a certain field (arts, mathematics, college prep etc.) • Some charter schools are founded by teachers, or activists who feel restricted by traditional public schools Pros and Cons

16. What is Head Start? • Private, non-profit early childhood intervention organization • Provides education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families. • Aim to prepare low-income children for school by providing them with the language and academic skills other children may learn at home from their parents

17. What is Career Technical Education (also called School to Work)? A program that requires: 1) restructuring of secondary education 2) extensive involvement of businesses in preparation of youth for the work force

18. Elements of the program • School-to-work initiatives do not reflect a single model, but rather certain conditions. • participation of local employers • on-the job experience • result in certification of skills

19. Characteristics of most successful programs • Provide students with a strong foundation of career information • Help students develop an awareness of their own interests, goals, and abilities. • Integration academic and vocational learning

20. Obstacles • Attitude is a major barrier to the success of Student to Work efforts • Parents are often not receptive to work-based learning • Teachers may be reluctant to devote the time and effort required to learn and incorporate new ways of teaching • Parents and teachers may fear the curriculum would not have a strong enough academic basis

21. Privatization of schools Record numbers of Americans are turning to higher education to give them a stronger edge in the job market. One of the fastest growing—and most controversial—sectors of the higher-education industry is for-profit colleges and universities.

23. Other proposed solutions • Home schooling • Back to basics • Parent education • Busing and/or Vouchers • Merit-pay for teachers • Character education • Which makes the most sense? • Which makes the least sense? • Charter Schools • Head Start • Career Technical Education • Privatization of schools

24. Be a sociologist. Analyze the classroom setting. • Sociologists study human behavior • Use your observations of student and teacher behaviors in college • Determine behaviors that help and hurt the classroom environment and student learning Underline the top 3 in every category

25. Taylor Mali, Poet & Teacher Def Poetry Jam HBO

26. Next week: Drugs Read CH 3

27. Making College A Possible Reality • Inform parents of the college application process (includes bilingual assemblies and parent workshops that address important aspects of the college application process, such as how to apply for scholarships) • Organizing freshman field trips to local universities and community colleges • Creating cross-curricular lesson plans that promote knowledge of higher education institutions • Provide students with step by step guidance and resources regarding the college application process beginning with their freshman year

28. Solutions: Non-profit efforts Bill Gates, National Education Summit • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation • Their missions: Help ensure greater opportunity for all Americans • make sure high school students graduate ready for success and prepared to earn postsecondary degrees. • fund college and graduate school scholarships. • support researchof high-quality early learning programs

29. School-to-work programs can benefit all students, including college bound • Help students clarify their personal goalsand determine their purposes for going to college. • Broaden and inform students' choices for careers/jobs. • Help students develop self-confidence by giving them learning responsibilities andlinking them with the broader community outside school. • Boost students' earning power by giving them some work-based learning experience. • Offerhands-on learning opportunities to reinforce academic instruction.

30. The Future of Education President Obama’s plan (pre-election) to reform No Child Left Behind: • Change standardized testing. Improve the assessments used to track student progress to measure readiness for college. 2) Make college affordable to all Americans: Opportunity Tax Credit worth $4,000 in exchange for community service. It will cover two-thirds the cost of tuition at the average public college or university and make community college tuition completely free for most students. 3) Simplify the Application Process for Financial Aid: enabling families to apply for Financial Aid simply by checking a box on their tax form Eliminating the need for a separate application. View President Obama’s Plan http://www.barackobama.com/issues/education/

31. Future of Education: President’s Plan Early Childhood Education • Zero to Five Plan: help states move toward voluntary, universal pre-school. • Expand Early Head Start and Head Start: Obama and Biden will quadruple Early Head Start, increase Head Start funding and improve quality for both. • Affordable, High-Quality Child Care: Obama and Biden will also provide affordable and high-quality child care to ease the burden on working families.