Obama Administration Education Reform

What’s the purpose of education

• In china • Pursuing a higher education

is mostly for____.• _______leads to inequality

in education.

Target for education policies

• Equal Access to Education • Preconditions for social equality. • A series of policies to achieve this

target, ranging from offering ____ compulsory education, _____ tuitions for university students in teacher educating programs, _____ facilities and teaching faculty and to increasing the State financial input in _____areas.

Target for education policies

• offering free compulsory education• waiving tuitions for university students

in teacher educating programs• sharing facilities and teaching faculty• increasing the State financial input in

rural areas.

To make our citizens live with

more dignity!~

• By Premier Wen

• At the NPC&CPPCC

• Sessions 2010

Plausible Solution

• Education seems to be the most plausible solution to the issue of “much dignity” in China.

Obama Administration Education Reform

The national system of formal education

• 19the century—American Revolution

• Thomas Jefferson

--gave a high priority to a “crusade against ignorance”

--suggested creating a system of free schools for all persons that would be publicly supported through taxes.

Silent Epidemic: Illiteracy in America

• Video –no transcript (after-class)

• Millions of Americans are too ashamed to get help for illiteracy

United States Declaration of Independence

• We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that they are among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Purpose of education in America

• Firstly, is to prepare students for college, or higher education

• Secondly ,is to cultivate a skilled and competent workforce

• Thirdly, is to teach cultural literacy, pass culture awareness to the next generation.

• The forth purpose would be to prepare children for citizenship, for participating in the social life.

Obama Administration Education Reform

• Obama Introduces First Part of US Education Reform Plan

• Obama Challenges States To Overhaul Schools• Head Start program test• Race to the Top“力争上游”计划 US States Will Compete for School

Reform Aid • Video / audio

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We should embrace the Reform

Reasons:

•Democracy

•Equal access to Education

•Creative minds & Innovations

•Economic growth & prosperity in the future

Oscar Wilde

• Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

• Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

—Oscar Wilde