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    This chapter discusses the tension between equality and excellence in American education. It questions whether education can act as a great equalizer in society and how tracking systems in schools can motivate or discriminate against students. The chapter examines the issue through social, political, and economic lenses, considering the role of government, disparities between social classes, and workforce development. As a future educator, the author believes addressing growing socioeconomic inequality in schools is critical to improving America's overall health. Educators can help by individualizing instruction and adapting content to meet diverse student needs.

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    This chapter discusses the tension between equality and excellence in American education. It questions whether education can act as a great equalizer in society and how tracking systems in schools can motivate or discriminate against students. The chapter examines the issue through social, political, and economic lenses, considering the role of government, disparities between social classes, and workforce development. As a future educator, the author believes addressing growing socioeconomic inequality in schools is critical to improving America's overall health. Educators can help by individualizing instruction and adapting content to meet diverse student needs.

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    This chapter discusses the tension between equality and excellence in American education. It questions whether education can act as a great equalizer in society and how tracking systems in schools can motivate or discriminate against students. The chapter examines the issue through social, political, and economic lenses, considering the role of government, disparities between social classes, and workforce development. As a future educator, the author believes addressing growing socioeconomic inequality in schools is critical to improving America's overall health. Educators can help by individualizing instruction and adapting content to meet diverse student needs.

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    Critical Issues in Curriculum and Instruction - EDU 601

    Readings Guide Sheet


    Chapter: 35 Excellence, Equality, and Education
    Key Points of the issue:

    Whose interests are at stake:

    What is equality; what is excellence in America?


    Is education the great equalizer in American
    society?
    How has American education changed over the
    past century?
    Is the process of tracking in schools a motivator
    or a discriminator?

    Community
    Parents
    Administrators
    Staff
    Students

    Layers to the topic Lens of the Sociological Imagination


    Social/Cultural
    How does American
    society value the concept
    of improving the SES of
    its disadvantaged?
    What has happened to
    the American middle
    class?
    How should American
    public education look in
    the 21st century?

    Political
    What role should
    government play in public
    education?
    Should high schools
    increase their career path
    graduation requirements
    to better utilize individual
    skills and improve overall
    productivity of the
    workforce?

    Economic
    Should schools be the
    impetus to decrease the
    equality gap between the
    upper and lower classes?
    How will the country
    benefit from developing
    a larger, more educated
    workforce?
    Development of new
    products and processes

    The topic is a critical issue in my world because


    I believe this essay may be the most important in the text because how the American public
    school system approaches the growing SES disparity will be vital in the overall health of
    America itself. As a future educational leader, I will need to consider a variety of fresh, creative
    approaches to educational system design in order to address the issues of poverty and diversity.
    Educators can impact the situation in this way
    I believe educators can be proactive with this issue by looking for ways to individualize their
    instructional approaches and considering how they can adapt their content to meet the needs of
    a more diverse, specialized set of students.

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