Improving High School Education
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There are many problems associated with high school education today. Some of the issues that are typically brought up by the public and education professionals, include problems of accountability, funding, safety, behavior, ethics, test scores, and mastery of the basics. There is a movement to make a major change in the public school system in this country by providing vouchers to parents so that they can choose private schools, if they wish, in order to best educate their children. There is also a movement to revitalize public education by making it more relevant and connecting it more closely to business (VanSciver, 1997). The focus in this paper is on ways to improve education at the high school level from the point of view of a recent graduate. The problems that high school students themselves see include some that the public sees, but some that are specific to students themselves. Students are often most aware of the shortage of good teaching. They are the ones most affected by the continued tenure of teachers with few skills for teaching and less interest. Students are often bored by lack of challenge and low expectations (Kulman, 1997). They may also be most aware of funding problems as those problems are manifested in lack of important materials, equipment, and books. Yet most students manage their high school years successfully, insofar as they graduate with basic skills that equip them for work o
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Approximate Word count = 1094
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page)
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