Issue #5
Issue: - The issue is whether global competition steer school reform. Mark tucker thinks that the global competition should steer school reform. On the other hand Herb Childress thinks otherwise.
The pro position: - Global competition should steer school reform in all countries
Con position: - Education institutions are not destined to making profits but are mandated with training credible and recommendable citizens.
Areas of Disagreement:
- Education standards will significantly be lowered if left to the global competition.
- Schools will be focused on competing globally rather than the credibility.
- That there should be set standards with regard to education globally.
Research Ideas:
- Two students, one from a country that has allowed school formulation to be done by global competition and the other from a country that has not allowed global competition steer school reformation should be picked and after their courses credibility and recommendation should be evaluated.
- Scholars should conduct a sufficient research and give the quality of education steered by the global competition.
Issue # 6
Issue: - The issue is whether public schools can produce good citizens. Stephen Macedo has confidences in public schools whereas Chester E. Finn, jr. thinks otherwise.
Pro position: Public schools have the ability to teach students to become active contributors in the democracy.
Con position: The diversity of public education makes most schools to be ill-equipped to produce citizens that can contribute to the democracy.
Areas of disagreement:
- Public schools enhance spread of diseases due to congestion
Research ideas:
- Two groups of students should be chosen for a year, one in the public school and the other one in private schools. The results should be compared after a year.
- A survey should be conducted on both the public schools and the private schools, their syllabus should be compared keenly.
Issue #7
Issue: - The issue is whether desegregation has diminished the impact of brown. Gary Orfield, Erica Frankenberg and chungmei lee complete agree that desegregation has diminished brown while William Wraga thinks otherwise. He stands firm to support his argument.
Pro position: The researchers argue that school desegregation has been on the increase in the recent years and has been embraced by almost all countries in the world.
Con position: laying key emphasis on the fundamental democratic ideals reinforced by brown need of further attention
Areas of disagreement:
Research ideas:
- Selected students from two different schools should be selected for two years. One from desegregated school and one from independent school. Their health and their performance should be evaluated after two years.
- Researchers should investigate the advantages and disadvantages of school desegregation then come up with a conclusive idea,
Issue# 9:
Issue:-The issue is whether high stakes assessments are improving learning. Nina and sol Hurwitz give a hundred percent support the issue whereas Ken Jones thinks differently and strictly opposes the issue:
Pro position: high stakes assessments could stimulate long overdue renewal after accumulating evidence from states that are listed in setting high standards of educational performance.
Con position: much more than tests should be used to develop an approach to school accountability that effectively blends federal, state and local agencies and powers.
Areas of disagreement:
- High stakes assessment just instill unnecessary pressure to students.
- High stake assessment is the key to success
Research ideas:
- A survey should be conducted on the credibility of the high stake assessments and their importance in the lives of a student career.
References
Noll. J. (2012). Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Education (17th Ed.) NY, NY: Mcgraw Hill
