Domestic and International Educational Inequity
Presentation Type
Oral and/or Visual Presentation
Presenter Major(s)
International Relations
Mentor Information
Polly Diven, divenp@gvsu.edu
Department
Political Science
Location
Kirkhof Center 2263
Start Date
13-4-2011 11:00 AM
End Date
13-4-2011 11:30 AM
Keywords
Social Science, World Perspective
Abstract
Research question: What are the primary factors affecting the quality of the U.S. secondary education system, and how have these factors caused the U.S. to fall behind the secondary education systems of other countries? My presentation will summarize the current challenges and flaws within the U.S. education system. Specifically, I will address how the U.S. domestic achievement gap (associated with socio-economic status and race), along with teaching methods, teachers' unions, testing formats, and curriculum contribute to the U.S. falling behind other countries in secondary education. Aside from utilizing articles and books to outline this problem, I will also refer to personal interviews conducted with individuals working to tackle this problem through America's public, private, and non-profit sectors.
Domestic and International Educational Inequity
Kirkhof Center 2263
Research question: What are the primary factors affecting the quality of the U.S. secondary education system, and how have these factors caused the U.S. to fall behind the secondary education systems of other countries? My presentation will summarize the current challenges and flaws within the U.S. education system. Specifically, I will address how the U.S. domestic achievement gap (associated with socio-economic status and race), along with teaching methods, teachers' unions, testing formats, and curriculum contribute to the U.S. falling behind other countries in secondary education. Aside from utilizing articles and books to outline this problem, I will also refer to personal interviews conducted with individuals working to tackle this problem through America's public, private, and non-profit sectors.