The
2015 NCES data report on the U.S.
Department of Education
threw light on the dropouts in 2012. The report read that about 2.7
of the ninth-graders of 2009 batch had dropped out by the time 2012
arrived; which means that the students could have been
eleventh-graders by that time. So, what other other than social
position, parent’s education, family income, could be the reason
for those dropouts? There are many challenges in the face of
education that bothers the confidence of most students
in the high schools.
They
act as the obstacles in
the way
of education completion. elements
that we need to focus on in order to move forward and offer better
opportunities to our students.
- Student-Centred Learning
Student-centered
learning
includes variety of cognitive learning that helps their
academic
growth. This learning can range from instructional
teachings,
educational projects,
field-work
learning
experiences and academic-approach
related strategies.
Each
of these
different
learning
help elevate the cognitive ability and touches every aspect of
student interests and goals.
But the disappointing part is that most high schools follow
structured schedules that cater to completing the course material
designed for a particular term. Touching the issues related to
religious groups and
cultural groups
will help students gain interest in their involvement in educational
activities and programs, besides studies.
Involving them in conversations
that
are related to them will help them in realizing the importance of
school education. Lisa
Nielsen
had come out with her now famous blog named- “Innovative
Educator”
blog which emphasizes on the student's voice, indication power to student learning more than student teaching.
- The use of Technology
While
most schools would agree that the use of technology in educational
programs add value to learning, but there is a vast difference
between what needs to be use and what is generally used by schools
that are not wealthy enough as their wealthier counterparts. Schools
must understand that the use of the right technology is more
important than introducing students to unknown technologies that do
not urge them to use
them
at all. Most
high schools even now use old technologies to prepare courses,
modules, presentations, quizzes, e-learning material, etc. Schools
need to evaluate whether they want to use
MOOCs
for structuring school course or continue to manually prepare them.
The term BYOD
suits
corporate culture more, so schools need to know whether they will
like their students to bring devices like iPads, gaming
systems,
etc.
- Pre-service Programs on Teaching
High
schools shape the future of students, and it becomes quite important
that every student, who sees their future as a teacher, should be
encouraged. Also, the better a school is appreciated, more are the
chances that experienced and highly skilled teachers will want to
join it. But the grave issue here remains that interference of the
policymakers and politicians is also shaping the image of high
schools in the USA. Mentioning that schools
are unsuccessful
in achieving their endeavors, only pushes good teaching professionals
to other educational institutes. Alongside,
pre-service
programs
are
not of high quality, because of which
graduates may
feel that they are not adequately
prepared for the teaching
profession.
In
2014 a
question was raised on K-12 schools,
which asked if
these programs,
if improvised, can
build a powerful
gathering
of learners.
- School Environment
In
2014, U.S.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and U.S. Attorney General Eric
Holder declared new guidelines
as educational disciplinary policies
to stop the school-to-prison
pipeline
and
purify school
environment.
Given that student
bullying happens
quite a lot in schools and increases chances of students
coming
in contact with
the juvenile criminal justice platforms,
these guidelines portray the zero
tolerance policies in schools,
which decreases such mishaps at the
high school level,
and helps students know their optimal selves.
Of
all the students in the high
schools across the U.S.,
approximately
22% of
students
live
in
poverty. By
the time they go from kindergarten
to
high schools, they would be knowing 1/8th
of the
vocabulary knowledge
their
richer
peers
will
have known by then.
The
lack
the decent informative
resources,
and the backward
communities
where poor
students live
cannot
afford their proper grooming.
As
serious as it sounds, these issues have been there and still are,
though the education ministry is taking disciplined measures to
reduce them.
No
association can be made big without co-operation, and it all starts
with us. Do you have anything to contribute to such high schools? Get
in touch with Email Data Group that puts you in touch with key
decision makers of high schools through its exclusive email list of high schools.
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