Saturday, April 18, 2009
Combination of both?
I think that both funding and teacher preparation contribute to American education. I believe that teacher preparation plays a key part because without properly educating our teachers who are currently teaching students, then the programs will be unsuccessful. In order to have proper teacher preparation we need the government to provide us with the funding to see these programs out. Adelle talked about what is expected of a teacher in the 21st century. A current expectation for teachers is that they use computer based technology which would not be possible without funding for the computes and the programs used on them. Megan mentioned in her presentation on funding that education needs to be funded so that students are given an equal opportunity to succeed. Without the funding, any additional programs that a school district offers would not be possible.
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It is so frustrating to think about how everything in education goes back to money. It is like that in almost all aspects of life, I know, but I wish there was a way to love and educate these children without funding and politics sucking the true meaning out of successful education.
ReplyDeleteI know the idea that money does help sucks but is true. I do not think you need a lot of money in getting the basics of education across. The only problem is we do need money if we want to educate our kids to be ready in this fast pace technology lifestyle we are one living in. A student can strive in early education without knowing high technology but once they enter into the work world they will have to have the basics in technology to survive. Also, talking about money it's not only needed in the classroom but also for teachers to advance in their learning. There are plenty of classes and programs I find that relate to my subject area but I do not have the money to pay to take them. So whether it involves advancing our teachers education or our classrooms sadly once again it goes back to the idea of green, and not green for Earth day April 22, but rather money.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it is the money that is the issue, but rather the lack of focus and guidance. You can throw money at anything, even children, but unless there is a clear, decisive, and effective plan of attack, failure is definite.
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