Education Reform   Tags: education, pathfinder, reform  

"Headlines raise what seem to be unceasing alarms about plummeting test scores, illiterate high school graduates and wasted tax dollars…but a growing number of scholars and public school advocates have questioned whether the "crisis" really exists." CQ Researcher, July 26, 1996

• No Child Left Behind Act

• Charter Schools

• School Vouchers

• School Choice

• Educational Surveys

• Private Schools--United States

• Public Schools--United States

• Educational change;

• School management and organization

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• Has no child left behind been act good for education?
• Has the quality of public education really declined?
• Does public education need extensive reform?
• Would a longer school year improve public education?
• Is the American family no longer a factor in the education of its own children?
• Does the teaching profession need to be improved? How can this be done?
• Does data exist which proves that private schools outperform public schools?
• Does the fact that private schools have rights of refusal not available to public schools play a part in their achievements?
• What are the advantages/disadvantages of home schooling?
• Has privatization of schools been successful?
• Should students be paid for good grades?
• Should the school day or school year be lengthened?
  
• Why has the school voucher plan been rejected by voters?
• Do teachers' unions block or encourage meaninful education reform?
• Can innovative programs like Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone or Steve Perry's Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford CT be replicated in other cities?
• Would national educational standards of content and performance improve education?
• Can video games teach children?
  
• What innovations like alternative certification that Florida is using to attract teachers to meet its class-size amendment?
• Does early graduation/dual enrollment increase student success?
  

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