Current Educational Issues for Exploration
General issues:
| · high stakes testing (retention vs. social promotion) | · school security |
| · standardized testing and pressure on teachers | · grading methods and procedures |
| · teen suicide and prevention efforts in schools | · child abuse and teacher obligations with relation |
| · effective discipline | · effective classroom management |
| · immersion programs for English speakers | · immersion programs for ELL students |
| · qualities of effective teacher education programs | · routes to alternative licensure |
| · Title IX | · budget cuts, school financing |
| · NCLB legislations and renewal/reform efforts | · charter schools |
| · late-start school for older students | · standardized curriculum |
| · UPASS | · use of Channel 1 in schools |
| · home schooling | · school voucher programs (school choice) |
| · teacher salaries | · professional development (in-service) efforts |
| · year-round schedules vs. traditional schedules | · integration of technology into classrooms |
| · use of social networking in classrooms (twitter, facebook, etc.) | · cell phones in schools |
| · role of federal agencies versus local state control | · school size (smaller high schools) |
| · scripted reading instruction | · Accelerated Reader and improved reading comprehension |
| · effectiveness of Read 180 for struggling readers | · text selection: classics vs. contemporary lit vs. young adult lit |
| · teaching poetry to adolescents | · use of adolescent literature in the classroom |
| · integration of media literacy into English classrooms | · teaching vocabulary |
| · teaching spelling as a discrete subject | · reading and writing workshops |
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