Unit 6 Text 3.pptx

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Unit6Text3,RevolutionintheClassroom,TeachingPlan,BackgroundGlobalReadingTextAnalysis,Warming-upQuestions,WhatdoyouknowabouttheeducationsystemintheUnitedStates?

WhatdoyouknowabouttheeducationreformintheUnitedStates?

Background,TheAtlanticTheAtlanticisanAmericanmagazinefoundedin1857inBoston,Massachusetts,asTheAtlanticMonthly.Itwascreatedasaliteraryandculturalcommentarymagazine.Itquicklyachievedanationalreputation,whichithasheldformorethan150years.Itpublishedleadingwriterscommentaryonabolition,education,andothermajorissuesincontemporarypoliticalaffairs.,Background,Background,EducationintheUnitedStatesEducationintheUnitedStatesismainlyprovidedbythepublicsector,withcontrolandfundingcomingfromthreelevels:

local,state,andfederal,inthatorder.Childeducationiscompulsory.Publiceducationisuniversallyavailable.Schoolcurricula,funding,teaching,employment,andotherpoliciesaresetthroughlocallyelectedschoolboardswithjurisdictionoverschooldistrictswithmanydirectivesfromstatelegislatures.Schooldistrictsareusuallyseparatefromotherlocaljurisdictions,withindependentofficialsandbudgets.Educationalstandardsandstandardizedtestingdecisionsareusuallymadebystategovernments.,Background,EducationintheUnitedStatesTheagesforcompulsoryeducationvarybystate.Itbeginsfromagesfivetoeightandendsfromagesfourteentoeighteen.Inmostpublicandprivateschools,educationisdividedintothreelevels:

elementaryschool,middleschool（sometimescalledjuniorhighschool）,andhighschool（sometimesreferredtoassecondaryeducation）.Inalmostallschoolsattheselevels,childrenaredividedbyagegroupsintogrades,rangingfromkindergarten（followedbyfirstgrade）fortheyoungestchildreninelementaryschool,uptotwelfthgrade,thefinalyearofhighschool.Theexactagerangeofstudentsinthesegradelevelsvariesslightlyfromareatoarea.,Background,EducationintheUnitedStatesDuringhighschool,students（usuallyin11thgrade）maytakeoneormorestandardizedtestsdependingontheirpost-secondaryeducationpreferencesandtheirlocalgraduationrequirements.Intheory,thesetestsevaluatetheoveralllevelofknowledgeandlearningaptitudeofthestudents.TheSATandACTarethemostcommonstandardizedteststhatstudentstakewhenapplyingtocollege.AstudentmaytaketheSAT,ACT,orbothdependinguponthepost-secondaryinstitutionsthestudentplanstoapplytoforadmission.MostcompetitiveschoolsalsorequiretwoorthreeSATSubjectTests（formerlyknownasSATIIs）,whichareshorterexamsthatfocusstrictlyonaparticularsubjectmatter.,Background,EducationintheUnitedStatesSATTheSATisastandardizedtestforcollegeadmissionsintheUnitedStates.TheSATisowned,published,anddevelopedbytheCollegeBoard,anonprofitorganizationintheUnitedStates.Itwasformerlydeveloped,published,andscoredbytheEducationalTestingServicewhichstilladministerstheexam.Thetestisintendedtoassessastudentsreadinessforcollege.Itwasfirstintroducedin1926,anditsnameandscoringhavechangedseveraltimes.ItwasfirstcalledtheScholasticAptitudeTest,thentheScholasticAssessmentTest.SATconsistsofthreemajorsections:

CriticalReading,Mathematics,andWriting.,Background,EducationintheUnitedStatesSATTheSATisofferedseventimesayearintheUnitedStates;inOctober,November,December,January,March（orApril,alternating）,May,andJune.SATSubjectTestsare20multiple-choicestandardizedtestsgivenonindividualsubjects,usuallytakentoimproveastudentscredentialsforadmissiontocollegesintheUnitedStates.Studentstypicallychoosewhichteststotakedependinguponcollegeentrancerequirementsfortheschoolstowhichtheyareplanningtoapply.FordecadesmanycriticshaveaccuseddesignersoftheverbalSATofculturalbiastowardthewhiteandwealthy.Recentresearchhaslinkedhighfamilyincomestohighermeanscores.,Background,EducationintheUnitedStates,CharterSchoolIntheUnitedStates,charterschoolsareprimaryorsecondaryschoolsthatreceivepublicmoney（andlikeotherschools,mayalsoreceiveprivatedonations）.Theyaresubjecttosomeoftherules,regulations,andstatutesthatapplytootherpublicschools,butgenerallyhavemoreflexibilitythantraditionalpublicschools.Charterschoolsareexpectedtoproducecertainresults,setforthineachschoolscharter.Charterschoolsareattendedbychoice.Inexchangeforflexibility,charterschoolsreceivelessfundingthanpublicschoolsinthesamearea.Thecharter-schoolmovementwasbornin1990.CharterschoolshavespreadrapidlyintheUnitedStates,members,parents,teachers,andstudentstoallowfortheexpressionofdiverseteachingphilosophiesandculturalandsociallifestyles.,Background,EducationreformunderPresidentObama“IfwewantAmericatole