https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_unplugged#t-1192456
Bill gates is known as one of the richest men in the world and is a self-made genius. In this talk, he discusses what it takes to get rid of malaria and how to fix education in the United States. Gates says that in order to have a stronger education system, there needs to be better teachers. Through some studies, he concluded that students with better teachers increase their national testing scores by a whole 10 percentile points. At this rate, with all better teachers, the United States would become the most intelligent country in the world. But, none of it would be possible without good teachers. That is why Bill Gates believes in KIPP, a school that teaches students through constant movement, excitement, and energy. With all this going on, it is inevitable for a student to pay attention. KIPP is the future and all teachers should refocus their teaching style so they can benefit the student, and eventually, the world.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Monday, January 19, 2015
Monday Matters #19
http://sirkenrobinson.com/ken-robinson-do-schools-ignore-talents/
Sir Ken Robinson makes a powerful argument in this video that schools are too focused on testing and making sure students are learning all the materials in the books, when they really should be looking into making the students stronger in their true talents. Each person has different talents and some will never be able to figure them out because schools are not allowing them. They may be just thrown in a math class when they will never do anything math related again in their lives. He believes that students should be given a time during the day where they can focus on something they are talented in or interested in because that is what they will be doing later on in life, not just solving math problems and letting tests determine what they are good at and what they aren't good at.
Sir Ken Robinson makes a powerful argument in this video that schools are too focused on testing and making sure students are learning all the materials in the books, when they really should be looking into making the students stronger in their true talents. Each person has different talents and some will never be able to figure them out because schools are not allowing them. They may be just thrown in a math class when they will never do anything math related again in their lives. He believes that students should be given a time during the day where they can focus on something they are talented in or interested in because that is what they will be doing later on in life, not just solving math problems and letting tests determine what they are good at and what they aren't good at.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Monday Matters #18
http://dianeravitch.net/2015/01/07/jerry-brown-a-real-reform-governor/
In this article, Diane Ravitch is singing her praises about the new governor of California, Jerry Brown, who has recently taken over office from Arnold Schwarzenegger. Brown realizes that education is the most important thing for the future considering the next generation will be the ones running the state when everybody in control now has either grown too old, or is gone. Brown has increased the funding of education in California by 39% from four years go, to 65.7 billion this year. He has also created a system that puts more funds into schools that are more in need of financial stability than other schools. Jerry Brown is the next big step that education needs to get students ready to take on the responsibility of running the United States Of America when it comes time.
In this article, Diane Ravitch is singing her praises about the new governor of California, Jerry Brown, who has recently taken over office from Arnold Schwarzenegger. Brown realizes that education is the most important thing for the future considering the next generation will be the ones running the state when everybody in control now has either grown too old, or is gone. Brown has increased the funding of education in California by 39% from four years go, to 65.7 billion this year. He has also created a system that puts more funds into schools that are more in need of financial stability than other schools. Jerry Brown is the next big step that education needs to get students ready to take on the responsibility of running the United States Of America when it comes time.
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