Education Reform

1. Solutions

2. Address social injustice and poverty to ensure economic disparities does not affect a child's ability to learn before they start school

3. Address zoning should be abolished in order that parents should be able to have a choice in schools and not be allow for artificial segregation through school zoning

4. Included experienced educators in policy making to help with the creation of realistic policies which will advance education in our schools

5. Use common core standards to increase problem solving and analytical thinking in students

6. Student achievement should be assessed over the school year rather than tied to specific testing period and should not be tied to financial rewards

7. Professional development for teachers to help prepare them to teach effectively

8. Causes

9. Economic disparities

10. Disparity in education classism

11. Inexperienced policy makers

12. Lack of professional development for teachers

13. Standardized curriculum reduced analytical thinking

14. Student achievement linked to financial rewards