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Can Schools Change Analysis

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For this week the topics of our readings was Can Schools Change: Educational Reform and Change. The readings focused on how schools can change to improve education and what kind of changes can and should be made to improve our educational system in the future. These topics are something that many people think about because so many are concerned for the future of education.
A. Summary of Readings
Learning from Abroad This reading was interesting because it looked at the education systems of different countries and compared it to the education system of the United States. The focus was on countries that have better records at improving academic achievement than the United States. It also discussed seven patterns that likely contribute to …show more content…

I found an article titled “ Does Catholic High School Attendance Lead to Attendance at a More Selective College”? Now, yes I did not attend a Catholic High School but it still interested me to see what the study found. According to this article Catholic school students outperform their public school counterparts on vocabulary, math, and reading achievement tests. While the article does mention that there is not a ton of evidence on the impact of Catholic schools on high school graduation and college attendance, but what does show is all the positive effects Catholic schools have. One of the authors of the article said that their findings discovered that by attending Catholic high school, it raises the probability of attending college. The articles findings discovered that there is an advantage for Catholic high schools attendance at the top of the college quality distribution, but no advantage at the bottom half. This is because the colleges at the bottom have a more open enrollment policy where most students who apply get in; no matter what high school they …show more content…

However, there are quite a few discussions on bringing a new type of school to light. Two of the articles I found “ A School for the future- 2025: Practical Futures Thinking” and Online Versus Traditional Face-To-Face Learning In a Large Introductory Course discusses the different types of schooling that could happen but not for quite some time. The articles focus on two classroom options, the face-to –face that we have now, and the online course. The studies showed that there was no real difference between scores for the two different classroom types. While there were no significant differences there are some clear benefits to using online courses. One of those benefits is cost-effectiveness. The courses could also be easier to schedule and students might actually be satisfied with convince, flexibility and independent learning. While it might be nice to not have to leave my house to go to school I do not think I would be as motivated to go to school if I had the choice to go. I mean right now I have the choice to go to school or not but my grade also depends on my attendance in my classes. If attendance is not part of your grade how many students will log onto their online class instead of logging onto

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