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Obama Administration Education Reform
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What’s the purpose of education
• In china • Pursuing a higher education
is mostly for____.• _______leads to inequality
in education.
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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.
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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.
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To make our citizens live with
more dignity!~
• By Premier Wen
• At the NPC&CPPCC
• Sessions 2010
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Plausible Solution
• Education seems to be the most plausible solution to the issue of “much dignity” in China.
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Obama Administration Education Reform
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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.
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Silent Epidemic: Illiteracy in America
• Video –no transcript (after-class)
• Millions of Americans are too ashamed to get help for illiteracy
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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.
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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.
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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
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Oscar Wilde
• Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
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• 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