How To Improve Education How America’s Schools Can Get Better

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How to Improve Education
The contribution of education to society is evident. Education is a prerequisite for a successful future. Also, that is the sole reason why every person is obligated to receive an education. Presently, much attention has been given to the number of graduates and percentages of education coverage than the quality of the education system. The concentration accorded education coverage is by far harmful as it assumes the red flags that that kind of system poses. Raising the levels of coverage at the expense of quality achieves very little if the students do not gain something of lasting value at school. However, federal systems have focused primarily on the number of citizens who go to school rather than on how to improve the quality education provided at the various levels of learning institutions (Boudett, K. P., City, E. A., & Murnane, R. J., p59).
Many employers have recently complained that several graduates they employ have insufficient basic skills needed for the respective job they are hired for. The employers claim that the newly hired workers have insufficient basic skills such as problem-solving as well as critical thinking. Surprisingly, these are some of the highest ranked goals for several faculties in colleges and universities. The world is dynamic; thus, person needs keep changing with time (Richard Garner, Friday 20 March 2015). Besides, technological change has also not been left behind. Therefore, with the ever-changing individual needs and interests, the education system must also be altered to cope up with the new developments.
Studies show that although teacher quality is crucial in improving the quality of education, just hiring better teachers will not do it. According to studies, improving hiring is difficult to implement. Besides, the effects of new hiring are modest and take quite a long time. For instance, if we were to raise the bar for entry into the teaching profession, it would take over three decades to get rid of the last bit who joined the teaching profession prior to raising the entry bar. Thus, raising teacher quality need the government to invest directly in the teachers who are already teaching in the various schools. Further, investing in the teachers ought to take a form that is radically distinct from the one that the teachers went through three decades ago (Reeta Chakrabarti, 2 December 2013).
Boudett, K. P., City, E. A., & Murnane, R. J. (38) notes that “reform is like a big bowl of soup. Going by this analogy, the “meat and potatoes” are the non-negotiable elements of the education quality improvement. These five non-negotiable elements are leadership, training, behavior, curriculum, and assessments. They influence the teaching ...