Saving Schools: Reforming the US Education System
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How did the US education system especially of schools fell below? What are the best ways of lifting the performance of American schools to a higher level?
Introduction
An overview of the past, present, and future of the public K-12 education of the US education system.
About this course
This course seeks to answer the question: how did a school system, once the envy of the world, stumble so that the performance in math, science, and reading of US students at age 15 fell below that of students in a majority of the world’s industrialized nations?
We start by identifying the personalities and historical forces of the progressives, racial desegregation, legalization, and collective bargaining that shaped and re-shaped US school politics and policy. We visit the places where new ideas and practices were spawned, and we look at some of their unanticipated consequences.
From there, we seek answers to a second question: What are the best ways of lifting the performance of American schools to a higher level? To explore these questions, we look at the ideas and proposals of those who want to save our schools be it by reforming the teaching profession, holding schools accountable, or giving families more school choices. In interviews with reform proponents and independent experts, we capture the intensity of the current debate. In the end, we do not find any silver bullets that can magically lift schools to a new level of performance, but we do pinpoint the pluses and minuses of many new approaches to education reform.
What you will learn from this course on US education system?
- The status of the US Education system compared to countries around the world;
- The way in which teachers are currently paid and alternative proposals for paying teachers;
- The finances and economics of education;
- The theories and implementation of alternative schools of choice (via vouchers or charter schools) in the US;
- The development and possible future for digital learning in the US
Syllabus
Introduction to the course: Reforming the US Education System
Week 1
Methodology
Week 2
The Challenge
Week 3
School Boards
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Legalization
Week 7
Collective Bargaining
Part 1 Concluding Thoughts: The Political and Social Forces that have Shaped the American School
Week 8
Teacher Recruitment and Retention
Week 9
Teacher Compensation
Week 10
Week 11
Class Size Reduction
Week 12
Equity and Adequacy in Expenditure
Part 2 Conclusion: Teacher Policy Reform
Week 13
The Federal Role
Week 14
School Accountability
Week 15
National Standards
Week 16
Student Accountability
Part 3 Conclusion: Linking School and Student Accountability
Week 17
School Choice Theory
Week 18
School Vouchers
Week 19
Charters
Week 20
Digital Learning
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Description
Introduction
An overview of the past, present, and future of the public K-12 education of the US education system.
About this course
This course seeks to answer the question: how did a school system, once the envy of the world, stumble so that the performance in math, science, and reading of US students at age 15 fell below that of students in a majority of the world’s industrialized nations?
We start by identifying the personalities and historical forces of the progressives, racial desegregation, legalization, and collective bargaining that shaped and re-shaped US school politics and policy. We visit the places where new ideas and practices were spawned, and we look at some of their unanticipated consequences.
From there, we seek answers to a second question: What are the best ways of lifting the performance of American schools to a higher level? To explore these questions, we look at the ideas and proposals of those who want to save our schools be it by reforming the teaching profession, holding schools accountable, or giving families more school choices. In interviews with reform proponents and independent experts, we capture the intensity of the current debate. In the end, we do not find any silver bullets that can magically lift schools to a new level of performance, but we do pinpoint the pluses and minuses of many new approaches to education reform.
What you will learn from this course on US education system?
- The status of the US Education system compared to countries around the world;
- The way in which teachers are currently paid and alternative proposals for paying teachers;
- The finances and economics of education;
- The theories and implementation of alternative schools of choice (via vouchers or charter schools) in the US;
- The development and possible future for digital learning in the US
Syllabus
Introduction to the course: Reforming the US Education System
Week 1
Methodology
Week 2
The Challenge
Week 3
School Boards
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Legalization
Week 7
Collective Bargaining
Part 1 Concluding Thoughts: The Political and Social Forces that have Shaped the American School
Week 8
Teacher Recruitment and Retention
Week 9
Teacher Compensation
Week 10
Week 11
Class Size Reduction
Week 12
Equity and Adequacy in Expenditure
Part 2 Conclusion: Teacher Policy Reform
Week 13
The Federal Role
Week 14
School Accountability
Week 15
National Standards
Week 16
Student Accountability
Part 3 Conclusion: Linking School and Student Accountability
Week 17
School Choice Theory
Week 18
School Vouchers
Week 19
Charters
Week 20
Digital Learning
Note: Your review matters
If you have already done this course, kindly drop your review in our reviews section. It would help others to get useful information and better insight into the course offered.
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Specification:
- EDX
- Harvard University
- Online Course
- Self-paced
- Beginner
- 1-3 Months
- Free Course (Affordable Certificate)
- English
- Digital learning Education System US Policies
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