The Improving America’s Schools Act
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The Improving America’s Schools Act of 1993 was the largest contribution to the Kindergarten through grade 12 educational process by the federal government. This act was to ensure that all students in the United States would have the chance to develop the knowledge and skills necessary, which at one time was only offered to “top students.” Support was offered in an effort to make the national education goals a reality in every school, but especially for kids living in poverty. By using professional development, increasing the level of instruction and demanding accountability, and combining those concepts with high standards and federal money, teachers are able to help move all students towards a higher education.
The success or failure of this will make a world of difference. For the children it may mean the difference between finding doors open or closed to them as adults. For the nation it may affect economic prosperity, democracy and world leadership, or it might mean an overall decline in the US standard of living and influence around the world.
While all of these strategies have been “suggested” before, experts claim that they were perhaps not specific enough. This is one reason why organizations such as ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) have broken it down to 5 important educational areas, as resources have not focused enough on a good literacy program.
The traditional add-on type programs are not powerful enough to succeed. Leadership and support for world literacy will help all communities to prosper; therefore, all families and schools must do everything they can to enable their children to reach higher levels of literacy standards.
The five important steps that the ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) believe to be the most important include setting higher standards for all children and to ensure that learning is a priority by improving teaching methods. The next educational area that needs to be addressed is flexibility in the government, meaning they need to stimulate local initiatives and combine them with responsibility for student performance. They also believe that more government funding should be going to the areas that need it most, like the poorer schools and communities. Finally, communities, families and students need to work together in order to meet the higher education goals.
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