For decades, education advocates have called for reform in our country's education system. Since the early 1980s, the challenge to rethink the model has been brewing, giving prominence to changes in the ecosystem of educational options.
(1) Museum President Terri Lee Freeman continues her discussion of quality education and our MLK50 theme, "Where Do We Go from Here?" in Part 2 of three videos.
As students head back to school for the 2017-2018 academic year, it's time to rethink how best t
o ensure quality education for all and to improve communities.
Museum President Terri Lee Freeman speaks on quality education and "Where Do We Go from Here?"
It's not just about quantity; it's about QUALITY! Read a New York Times story on how a longer school year has impacted some students, families and education systems across the country. Where do you stand on a longer school year?
What does a longer school day schedule mean for teachers and school budgets? Learn what schools with longer schedules are doing by reading the Center for American Progress' report on "Reimagining the School Day." How would you support longer school days for students in your local school system? Share what a longer school day & year would look like in your area in our 50 Weeks of Action Facebook Group.
Although academics are of utmost importance, the teacher said that conquering adversity and learning how to problem solve are also skills that you will need throughout your life.
In the Maroon Tiger, the Morehouse College Student Paper, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, "The function of education... is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically...Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education."
What do you think Dr. King meant when he said that? Is it surprising that he wrote this as a college student?
As you begin another school year, consider what are your goals in education?
Once you know those goals, go out and achieve them!
Click herefor a list of books for the first weeks of school for young children.
For ideas on how to change your school for the better, click below.
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Are you just joining us on the journey for peace and action? See what we have discussed in the previous weeks on the platforms of peace, justice, poverty, fair housing, better jobs and quality education. Click to review.
