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Newark Regular School Board meeting on 2/24 The purpose of this report is to summarize the board meeting for the school event. The event was a memorable one.  During the meeting, the marking period was discussed, and students were charged to strive for more academic excellent. It was revealed that the school now has a total of 11,364 students from grades three through eight. All the students were recognized by the Board of Education and advised the students who are yet to be mentioned or receive any honor on any topics, should not stop demonstrating greatness in their studies because there is still more marking period. All the students that showed up for the meeting were appreciated.      During the board meeting, the Tiktok baps challenge was discussed. It was stated that our high school has one of the best TikTok challenge videos. Roger Cow Sarah Bay was congratulated for the effort and contribution of his team to have passed along quickly. During the meeting, Samu...
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The article, ‘A Nation at Risk’ tries to provide insight into the state of education in the United States between the 1980s and 2000 and the level of mediocrity within the education system. A large economic downturn was recorded in 1982. The then United States president, Ronald Reagan express concern over the low standards in the public school system and indicated that the nation was at risk. The low standards within the public system put the nation at risk. The repercussion of this is that the confidence placed in the education system by the public was destroyed as the states began experimenting with a “free market’ system for education. The issue signaled a shift from the fight against equity to excellence. Although the article explained that the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) reported that schools were not suffering but were only showing a steady and slow incline and many educators also disagreed with the president’s comments. The article also reflects the fear or ...
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  The article, ‘A Struggle for Educational Equality, 1950-1980’, reflects the existence of segregation, discrimination, and inequality in the United States schooling system between 1950 -1980. After the postwar, the school was expected to protect children from nuclear threats, inoculate them from disease, and prepare them for a technological future. However, their experience in the United States schooling system was very bad as they were exposed to severe inequalities. Severe inequalities marked the 1950s as the average schooling for Mexican Americans was 5.4 years. Also, 17 states in the United States enacted a law that segregate African – Americans. Over 72 percent of disabled children were not enrolled in school and scholarships, women athletics Teams, colleges, as well as Professional schools were not available due to the severe inequalities and segregation.   The continuous racial segregation resulted to protest and fight in Topeka, Kansas. The fight led to the surface ...
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  In the article published by Jeffery (2002), titled Civic Education and Changing Definitions of American Identity, 1900 – 1950. The author provides insight explanation on the role of civic education and political leaders in changing or redefining the American identity during the nineteenth century (1900 – 1950). The American identity has been challenged by the large influx or presence of millions of immigrants that entered the United States in the early century. To address or tackle these challenges (changing American identities), a group of people who advocate cultural or racial integration demanded that immigrants should shed or ignore their ethnic identities totally while the cultural pluralists stress that immigrants should maintain their ethnic roots. To redefine the American identity, the public school through civic education plays a key role in achieving it because the schools created programs or subjects for Americanize immigrant children, intending to blend their ethnic a...