... and try to suggest a different way of arriving at a culturally integrated society, everyone seems to have a different opinion on what will work. A Stanford University debate is a good illustration of this. In 1980, Stanford University came up with a program, later known as the "Stanford-style multicultural curriculum", which aimed at familiarizing students with traditions, philosophy, literature, and history of the West. The program consisted of 15 ... ...

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... program deviates greatly from these general guidelines, they must persuade their college dean and faculty program advisor that their course selection still reflects the principles of liberal education. At Stanford University students follow a plan of general education as well. All courses taken to fulfill general education requirements must be taken for a grade. Students take two quarters of English, ... . One course of English included is included in these requirements. Also, students take two courses in modern technology, a lab class, and a communications class. At the University of Ci...

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... the country's ten best college presidents. The first institution is Arizona State. Michael Crow, the president of Arizona State says his institution intends on becoming a "New American University." A university that is more accountable for educational attainment, educational outcomes, and competitiveness. Crow believes that lack of originality is part of the cause for crisis in higher education. Crow says ... it comes to changes, institutions have many options and must carefully deliberate all of its possible choices. As the authors said, "these choices must be reflected in the universi...

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... feel children do not need computers in school, that they can learn to use them at home, or in college, or even after they enter the work force. New York University's Neil Postman writes in his article "The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School" that "approximately 35 million people have already learned to use computers without the benefit of ... evidence that suggests computers,educational software, or the Internet prove to enhance student learning. "Better technology doesn't necessarily make kids better students; good teachers and smart curriculums do." According to Stanford...

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... schools were miserable." Most certainly the most convencing reason to home school is just the raw data on academic scores for the home schooled. The largest study so far by University of Maryland statistician Lawrence M. Rudner, examined some 20,000 home-schooled students from 50 states. These students scored higher on standardized tests than public and private school students in every ... average out of a perfect four. "Home schoolers bring certain skills "motivation, curiosity, the capacity to be responsible for their education "that high schools don't induce very well," said a Stanfo...

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... in places of higher learning they receive skills that are becoming more important in today's society. For example, in a college classroom setting regardless of it be a community college, or 4 year university, students are compelled to think for themselves. The professor may pose an argument, or a question and each student in the room is able to think and construct an answer based ... those in the preforming arts. Or, different prestigious schools could give out free tuition to those who get in, whose families make less than a certain amount of money. Just recently, Stanford University a...

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In "From Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work", an article by City University of New York professor Jean Anyon, she explores the caliber of public education by social class. She monitors five different elementary schools all with different economic backgrounds over an entire ... usually determined by household income. Children with wealthy parents, regardless if they attend a public or private school, are expected to grow up, do well in school and attend a four year university right out of high school. Children with working class parents are brought up to take over the jobs of thei...

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... and activities that did not appear on the test to the end of the school year, after testing is finished. Researchers such as Wayne Au, an assistant education professor at University of Washington, Bothell, analyzed 49 qualitative studies to see how high-stakes testing affected curriculum. A synthesis of 49 studies found a strong relationship between high-stakes testing and changes in curriculum ... teacher "facilitates" all this (Rochester). However, there is no time for this type of instruction when your school is a low performing, "School Improvement" school. According to Stanford Un...

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... self esteem and social understanding than a! traditional school environment would provide (Latham 87). Scientific research supports the fact that home schooled children are not socially deprived. One study, at the University of Florida was conducted in which eight to ten year old children, some of them home schooled, were taped on video while playing. Professional counselors, who were unaware of which ... study long term effects of home schooling on socialization, a different study was conducted with 53 adults of the first generation of home schooled children. The researcher, Gary J Kno...

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... by taking the option and going to school to educate himself. The family in New Jersey values education, it is shown by the mother who sends her son off to Stanford University to succeed in life. Even though the rest of the members are struggling through poverty, he needs to complete his education and be of assistance later on to his family ... ...

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... about home-schooled kids says that they are flourishing academically in every way possible. "This year, home-schooled kids swept the top three places on the National Spelling Bee, and Stanford accepted twenty-seven percent of its home-schooled applicants, nearly twice its average acceptance rate" (Lubienski 207). It comes as no surprise that the public school establishment wants to regulate ... are not set on children of the same age as themselves like schooled children are, nor are they set on artificial boundaries between people. Larry Sheers, a graduate student at the University of F...

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