On planet earth we have educational facilities called schools. The way they are structured are from grades one to six, which are known as elementary school, seven to eighth, which are known as middle school, and nine to twelve known as high school. The content knowledge of the student in known by their grade level. Students are required to know certain subject areas such as Math, Reading, and Science. As shown by the PEP, Math, reading, and Science scores have risen from 1990 to 2005 in elementary and middle school, yet in high school scores have declined from 1990 to 2005. This decline is due to low moral from students, lack of resources and educational funding. By improving this, it will show an improvement on scores in the upcoming years.
Most of our students come from a Caucasian background. There are about 53% whites, 5% Asians, 15% African Americans, 24% Latino, and 6% American Indian. Due to the surrounding areas that we live in we want a positive and successful education for our students. As successful educators we find ways to connect language, music, cultural background and lifestyle of different students to make them feel comfortable not as an outsider. Our main goal is to push our students and motivate them to succeed in what ever they choose to do in life.
Our teachers often begin at or about the age of 22 and having received a bachelor’s degree. Many continue to pursue their own education as well as working to educate their students. 47% of our teachers have achieved a master’s degree or doctorate, and 58% of our teachers have been working in the field of education for over ten years. The majority of our high school educators are trained specifically in there are of content, ranging from 79% of Mathematics instructors to 84% of Social Science instructors. Although the Federal “No Child Left Behind Act” does not require instructors to have a degree in their field of teaching, it does require them to, “demonstrates subject matter competence.” A constant flow of new ideas about teaching is coming into our education system through an average of 14-21% of full time teachers with less than 3 years experience. These instructors, though lacking in experience,, more than compensate with a passion for teaching and a wealth of new and exciting ideas!
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Being a martian I do not think I understand the demographics of your student population. On my planet everyone is the same so when you say that the majority are caucasian and give the statitistics of minority students...does this have an effect within schools and why is that information relevent? I see that you also say that scores in younger grades have improved while in higher grades they have gone down. Do these scores determine whether or not students will move on to the next grade level or tell you anything else about their level of intelligence? It seems that the teachers in America are well educated and have a passion to teach, on my home planet we could use more teachers like the ones you described in the United States.
Your report says that high school students have low moral. Do you mean that they have lost their motivation? Why did that happen? I wonder if teachers are failing to engage their students. How is this issue being addressed? Also, I cannot believe you have problems getting funding for education! I know you are one of the most advanced nations in planet Earth, so your government probably has the money. I guess it is being spent in other things; it is a shame that education is not a priority for your leaders. I really hope this can be changed.
I read that you are including music in your public school's curriculum. In Mars we do not include that kind of suject in our education. We believe in learning important things, such as Math, Science, and technology. Maybe if you focused more in teaching what really matters, your high school students would not have such a poor performance in Math and Scien ce.
Moreover, I like the idea of integrating all students from different backgrounds in the classroom. In our planet there is a lot of discrimination against outsiders, those that come from other planets or that do not have 100% Martian blood. I think we should make a plan to stop segregation in our schools.
Thank you for your report on U. S. Public Education. I will review it with my fellow Martians.
The study of your planet is very interesting. on our planet everyone is the same and acts the same at any age. so when you give the statistics on students who are older doing worse this causes a problem. and to me why has this been allowed to go on for 15 years? Also when you say that you make an effort to make them feel comfortable not as an outsider, leads me to ask why was their a dispute between these cultures? the one thing i will say is that the teachers are very well equipped in handling their job and what comes with it.
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