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Emily Parsons wrote a new post, Is Education Reform Just the Same Thing Over and Over Again?, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:26:24 -0400

“While we reform at a frenzied pace, we have rarely dug deeply enough into the underlying system of districts, schools, and teachers to start reshaping the educational landscape.” —Frederick M. Hess Education scholar Frederick M. Hess is the director of the Educational Policy at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, which is an American think […]

Emily Parsons wrote a new post, Research Proposal: Is there a conscious change from No Child Left Behind to Race to the Top?, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:28:00 -0400

Research Question: According to Fred Hess, education reform and reformers have been applying the same reform styles to improve the education system, meaning that they have been doing the same thing over and over again. How do President Bush’s bill No Child Left Behind and President Obama’s program Race to the Top either confirm or challenge […]

Emily Parsons wrote a new post, West Hartford Board of Education Looking for Support for Their Plans for "Unique Schools", on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:58:15 -0500

On March 6, 2013 the Connecticut State Board of Education met in the State Office Building in room 307 at 9:30 AM. This meeting began a little different than normally due to the unexpected passing away of one of the members of the board, Ellen Camhi. After the usual pledge of alliance there was a moment […]

Emily Parsons commented on the post, Why Should We Wait For Superman?, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:22:06 -0500

According to Ambar, in “Waiting for Superman”, people like Geoffrey Canada comment on there past and how it affected where they are today. Canada specifically says that he would not have succeeded if he attended the local public school. Similarly, in “The Lottery”, they play on this aspect to promote charter schools. However, they do […]

Emily Parsons commented on the post, Race to Nowhere, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:15:49 -0500

Sarah comments on the intense pressure from parents that kids receive to be perfect and achieve excellence. Immediately, I thought of the scene in “The Lottery” with Christian and his dad when his dad was quizzing him on his addition table. His dad was asking him an addition problem, I believe it was 2+3. Christian […]

Emily Parsons wrote a new post, The Lottery, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:14:49 -0500

“The Lottery” is a documentary that follows four different families with the focus on four children, Eric Jr., Greg Jr., Christian, and Ameenah. Through the lens of these children, the film tracks their hopes of being admitted into a local charter school Harlem Success Academy through luck of the lottery. The film presents the knowledge of these […]

Emily Parsons wrote a new post, Avoiding Plagiarism , on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:05:45 -0500

Example 1: Plagiarize the original text by copying portions of it word-for-word Diane Ravitch argues against using student test scores to decide if an individual teacher is effective. She reports that Sean Corcoran, an economist at New York University, found that that the average “margin of error” of a New York City teacher was plus […]

Emily Parsons wrote a new post, Women and Public Speaking in 19th Century, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:07:48 -0500

Were 19th-century women permitted to be public speakers? To answer the presented question I used my prior knowledge and skills from being a history major to approach the question. I used the Trinity College Library online resources and databases to search for sources that would be able to answer the question. I personally prefer JSTOR, so […]

Emily Parsons wrote a new post, What I Wish to Learn in EDUC 300, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:37:52 -0500

As a history major, I am very interested in the history of the education system of America. Therefore, this class seems to fit perfectly in what I am interested. I hope to learn how the education system got to where it is now. The main reason I want to learn this is because I want […]