|
|
MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENT/GRADUATE OUTLINE
MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENT/GRADUATE ALTERNATIVE OUTLINE Same as above but......
PARAGRAPH By the end of the sixth grade they will have finished eight grade math and reading. This will mean in seventh grade they will start taking a foreign language of his or her choosing if the school offers choices on which one to take. Math classes on the other hand will be High School level algebra. These classes are thrown down to this level so we can make major changes to the High School Student / Graduate which are vital for the 21st century educational system. I will say this new set standard is 100% fair and that all students can easily accomplish all these goals. Now if a school district wanted to go the alternative route to graduate an eight grader they can change the passing of eight grades worth of reading to the eight grade level and then students will have to go to school for one extra period of day to take a foreign language which they will now take for three years. The benefits of going the alternative route to graduate an eight grader is that you do not need to finish eight grades of reading at the end of sixth grade and they also get one extra year of the foreign language which is a good thing. The downside to this is that they do go that one extra period of class in the day, which may not be a good thing. For both versions of the Middle School graduate / student we will have a progress report on the student at the end of 6th grade and the 8th grade. I do want the student at proper reading and math levels no matter what version the school district uses. If they are too far behind we really need to keep the student behind to make sure they catch up with the other students. The foreign language classes that are like a staple of a high school student's life get moved down to the middle school arena. The main reason we do this is because when we move in to the high school level student / graduate under my plan we really have no time to teach the classes and the other main reason is that a foreign language class has to be taught imo at an earlier grade level for better results. These foreign language classes are taught at the high school level, but the middle school student cant transfer the classes for credit. They will be only able to continue where they left off. By the end of 8th grade I want to see all students have taken 2 full years of a foreign language. It does not matter to me how they take the 2 years; I just want 2 years. The maximum amount I would let students take by the end of 8th grade is 3 years of a foreign language. Sex Education and drug education creeps into middle school grade 6 which all inside the health class. I want to introduce sex education into the students’ lives. Talk about the reproductive system, ways to not get pregnant. I want to also want to talk about the costs of having a kid at this time because this is important sex education. Drug education will be taught as part of the D.A.R.E Plus program, the improved version of D.A.R.E. The one new class that the students take in grade eight is class I like to call career exploration class. I want this class included because I think it will help students decide what they want to be when they grow up, what classes will be involved in college for this job. Field trips to go like on the job can be apart of this class and also guest speakers as well. The major amount of college level classes I will allow you to take under my educational system is another reason why this class is a must. In eight grade you are going to declare what you major in high school is going to be for the ninth grade, weather it be something like Math, Economics, Auto Shop, Plumbing, etc... If a person was to declare Math as a major I will allow them in the summer as a summer school student to take Algebra 3. If they pass the class they would not have to take in the ninth grade if they so choose. If they fail the class this grade will not affect the overall GPA, but they will have to take the class again. 8th graders do have stringent controls on them. If they are not up to snuff on the reading levels and on the math they will be held back so they can get the attention they need and so they can move onto the ninth grade. My High school Student standards are the best the in the world and I do not want students who can't read or do math well to move on because I am 100% they would not succeed at all in the high school environment. Q&A Can you graduate a middle school student any other way?? Yes you can do this. Now I posted what I thought to me was the best 2 ways of doing this. You can start foreign language instruction in the first grade and continue it all the way up through the 8th grade, which can work, but for me I did not like it so much SOURCES Woodall, Martha "New method of algebra solves an old
problem" Philadelphia Inquirer (2006) n. pag. Online. Internet. May
18, 2006 Ticher, Stacy A."A boost for the middle of the learning
curve" Christian Science Monitor (2006) n. pag. Online.
Internet. April 20, 2006 Boldt, Megan "Pawlenty's math instruction goal might
not add up" St.
Paul Pioneer Press (2006) n. pag. Online. Internet, April 13, 2006 Stolarz, Christina "Students get 2nd chance" Detroit
News (2006) n. pag.
Online. Internet. February 9, 2006 Carroll, Doug "Average students challenged" Arizona
Republic (2006)
n. pag. Online. Internet. February 7, 2006 Teicher, Stacy A. "The mystery of teaching science
... solved!" Christian Science Monitor (2005) n.pag. Online. Internet.
December 1, 2005 "City schools show gains in math, less progress
in reading" CNN.com & AP (2005) n. pag. Online. Internet.
December 1, 2005 Rampey, Bobby D., Anthony D. Lutkus, and Gloria S. Dion "The
Nation's Report Card: Trial Urban District Assessment, 2005 Mathematics
Report Card" NCES (2005) n. pag. online. Internet. December
1, 2005 Lutkus, Anthony D., Bobby D. Rampey, and Patricia L.
Donahue "The Nation's Report Card: Trial Urban District Assessment,
2005 Reading Report Card" NCES (2005) n. pag. online. Internet.
December 1, 2005 Bonnie Caprara, Bonnie "Homework help makes grade" Detroit
News (2005) n. pag. Online. Internet. November 7, 2005 Jacobson, Linda "Idaho Studies Minimum GPA for
High School Admission" Education Week (2005) vol: 25 n:10
pag:21 . Online. Internet. November 2, 2005 Mathews, Jay "Traditional Social Focus Yielding
to Academics" Washington Post (2005) n. pag: A04 Online. Internet. October
4, 2005 Bell, Kaitlin "Senate panel hears from advocates
of assessment testing" Boston Globe (2005) n. pag. Online.
Internet. July 1, 2005 Cavanagh, Sean "Several States Making College-Prep
Courses The Default Curriculum" Education Week (2005) m.
pag. Online. Internet.
April 20, 2005 "Students pushed to avoid easy classes" Detroit
News & AP (2005) m. pag. Online. Internet. March 10, 2004 "Distance learning becoming part of school life" CNN.com & AP (2005)
n. pag. Online. Internet. March 3, 2005 Gammill, Andy "Language classes face cuts" Indy
Star (2005) n. pag. Online. Internet. March 2, 2005 Pinzur, Matthew I. "Bush tackles middle
schools" Miami Herald (2005) n. pag. Online. Internet. Januaru 11th,
2005 Archibald, George "Math, English standards edge
up" Washington Times (2005) n. pag. Online. Internet. January
5, 2005 Stotsky, Sandra "The State of State English Standards
2005" Thomas B. Fordam Foundation (2005) n. pag. Online.
Internet. January 5, 2005 Klein, David, Bastiaan J. Braams, Thomas Parker, William
Quirk, Wilfried Schmid, and W. Stephen Wilson"The State of State
Math Standards 2005"Thomas B. Fordam Foundation (2005)
n. pag. Online. Internet. January 5, 2005 "U.S. students yield mixed results in science, math" CNN.com & AP (2004)
n. pag. Online. Internet. December 14, 2004 Patrick Gonzales, Juan Carlos Guzman, Lisette Partelow,
Erin Pahlke, Leslie Jocelyn, David Kastberg, and Trevor Williams "Highlights
From the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
2003" NCES.ed.gov (2004) n. pag. Online. Internet. December
14, 2004 Troyer, Natalie"Campaign urges America to learn
foreign languages" Washington Times (2004) n. pag. Online. Internet.
December
8, 2004 "Waxman report: Abstinence courses flawed" CNN.com &
AP (2004) n. pag. Online. Internet. December 2, 2004 "Study: Math test adds up to easy challenge" CNN.com
& AP (2004) n. pag. Online. Internet. November 18, 2004 Loveless, Tom " The 2004 Brown Center Report
on American Education:
HOW WELL
ARE AMERICAN
STUDENTS
LEARNING?" Brookings Institution (2004) n. pag. Online. Internet
November 2004 MacDonald, Mary "Schools to push ABCs of money" Atlanta
Journal Constitution (2004) n. pag. online. Internet. October
15, 2004 Theil, Linda "Kids get choice in class" Detroit
News (2004) n. pag. Online. Internet. February 17, 2004 "Learn second languages early" CNN.com
& AP (2003)
n. pag. Online. Internet. July 21, 2003 |
