Describe three prominent reform efforts in education, and explain how they will influence your life as a teacher
What will be an ideal response?
Some of the more prominent of these current reform efforts include: 1) the establishment of standards, which will influence your life as a teacher because you will be held responsible for students meeting the standards; 2) test-based accountability, because, again, you will be held accountable for students reaching the standards; 3) school choice, which will mean traditional public schools may lose students to charter schools and private schools as a result of vouchers. And, you may have the opportunity to teach in a charter school.
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Because of the challenges created by their disability, few students with learning disabilities will go on to post- secondary education
a. True b. False
Nathan and Amy, his girlfriend of two months, are on a date. Amy is taking medication that does not permit her to drink alcohol. Nathan ordered a beer with his meal and this upset Amy. She thought it was impolite to order a drink when the person with you does not order a drink. He apologized for upsetting her but stood his ground on being allowed to do what he wants to do. Amy explained that she could see his point, recognized they may have different values, and apologized. Given this scenario, which of the following is true?
A. Nathan is an alcoholic. B. Despite their apologies, there are danger signals that this could be an unhealthy relationship. C. Amy and Nathan exhibited healthy behavior. D. Amy was unreasonable in this situation and was demonstrating the need to control Nathan's behavior.
A stress-related illness is
A. primarily a psychological problem, best treated with antidepressants or other such medications. B. more likely to affect a student if he/she has experienced a number of stressors in the past year. C. completely avoidable if one exercises regularly and eats right. D. always triggered by personal or intimate relationships that go sour.
What does it mean that “a need exists to explain initial results?”
What will be an ideal response?