A New Education: Education Reform

Today there are many discussions about what is the best way to reform education. Trusted academic writers such as Alfie Kohn, Joel Westheimer, Andrea Schlesinger have many ideas on various ways to improve the education system in the United States. There are many opportunities to participate in American schools, but many citizens, including students, are casting doubt on today's education system; the following are four steps to consider that qualified educators can improve American education programs is.

Educational reform is a name that changes the goals of public education. Historically, reforms have taken different forms. Because the reformers' motives are different. However, since the 1980s, educational reform has focused on changing existing systems from input-oriented systems to output-oriented systems (ie, achievement of students). In the United States, educational reform recognizes and encourages public education as a major source of K - 12 education for young people in the United States. Education reformers want to introduce public education (in the form of input / output systems) to markets that create high risk from curriculum standards related to standardized tests. As a result of this input / output system, equality is conceptualized as an endpoint, which can usually be proved by gaps in achievement between different groups. The conceptualization of this kind of educational reform is based on competitive market logic

Educational reform is done at the local level at all stages of history, but the concept of modern educational reform is related to the popularity of compulsory education. Educational reforms began to spread until organized school education was fully organized into "reform". In modern society, the value of education has increased due to economic growth and popularization of democracy, and the importance of providing high quality and effective education for all children and adults is increasing. Modern education reforms are deepening the understanding to improve the useful understanding of education and the education and learning of schools. However, in some cases, the reformer's "quality education" goal means "high-intensity education", regardless of the long-term results, the validity of development is based on personal skills and tests It is rare to emphasize soft skills. Or broader educational goals