Classes in School
The Goal of Education & the Goal of life: Earning money cannot be the purpose of true education. Acquiring good qualities is the only purpose of education. The goal of human life is not just eating, sleeping and enjoying. Even birds and animals do that. Man must realize his innate divinity. Only then he can get peace and fulfillment.
We teach pupils to think for them, to respect other people and to be open to new ideas as well as to succeed in their examinations.
It may be a less formal approach to work than you will find in other schools but it is undoubtedly effective and successful.
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Public school classes, Many social and economic manifestations of social class also have important implications for learning. Health differences are among them.
Lower-class children, on average, have poorer vision than middle-class children, partly because of prenatal conditions, partly because of how their eyes are trained as infants. Class School have poorer oral hygiene, more lead poisoning, more asthma, poorer nutrition, less adequate pediatric care, more exposure to smoke, and a host of other problems. As will be discussed in this book, each of these well-documented social class differences is likely to have a palpable effect on academic achievement, and, combined, the influence of all of these differences is probably huge.
Chapter 1: Social class, student achievement, and the black_white achievement gap
Class School- The legacy of the Coleman report
Some common misunderstandings about the gap
Genetic influences
Social class differences in childrearing
Cultural influences on achievement, and black underachievement
Health differences and school performance
Housing and student mobility
Social class differences between blacks and whites with similar incomes
Does culture or social class explain the black_white achievement gap?
Summer and after-school learning
Chapter 2: Schools that 'beat the demographic odds'
The success of some poor children doesn't mean that poverty doesn't matter
Dr. William Sanders and the Tennessee value-added assessment system
The Heritage Foundation's 'no excuses' schools
The Education Trust's 'high-flying' schools
'90/90/90' schools, and Boston's Mather School
Pentagon schools
Rafe Esquith, KIPP, and affirmative action programs like AVID
Chapter 3: Standardized testing and cognitive skills
Classes in School - Standardized tests' imperfect description of the gap
Defining proficiency
Alignment of tests, standards, and instruction
The inaccuracy of tests that hold schools accountable for closing the gap
Chapter 4: The social class gap in non-cognitive skills
Public school classes - The goals of education, including non-cognitive goals
The anti-social score gap
Affirmative action's evidence of leadership: Bowen-Bok and the 'four percenters'
Persistence in school, self-confidence, and adult earnings
Complementing school curricula with civil rights enforcement
Testing integrity, personality, and employability
Civic and democratic participation
Perry Preschool, Head Start, and Project STAR
Comparing school and social reform to improve cognitive and non-cognitive skills
Chapter 5: Reforms that could help narrow the gap
Classes in School, School integration, and Sen. Moynihan's call for making choices
Income inequality
Stable housing
School-community clinics
Early childhood education
After-school programs
Summer programs
The dangers of false expectations, and adequacy suits
Teacher morale
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