1. EDU 101 Chapter The Place of School In Society

2.  Why do we have schools?  Social Mobility…..move on up…..stay where you are …or drop down  Who in the class is a first generation college student?  Academic Achievement= life/social skills  Workforce training ( hard and soft skills…what are these?)

3.  Citizenship  formal classes on civics  current events  service learning  extracurricular activities  democratic schools

4.  Social Development  Real world social skills  Sand box to student government  Cultural Transmission  Schools are part of our culture, they reflect the culture of the community ( urban/rural/suburban)  Exposer to cultures that are new  Cultures coming to North America learn our culture

5.  Cultures in Our Schools  Historically WMC…both in instruction and school boards ….slowly changing.  WMC values ( again, slowly changing)  Culture in our schools  via History, Literature, Science, Extracurriculum  role modeling of staff

6.  Public vs Private Schools  Public Schools account for about 90% of school population, reflect the values of community  Private Schools account for about 10% of school population, reflect values of those who choose to attend ( families)  Church Schools  Catholic? Christian? Quaker?  Non-denominational

7.  What’s for Lunch at Sidwell Friends?

8.  Public School Variations  Traditional…..elem….middle…high school ( voc tech)  Magnet  Charter  Virtual  Vouchers/School Choice

9.  Church Related Schools  Catholic Schools (NYC, Chicago, Philly….with out public schools would be over burdened)  Usually Pk-8, HS 9-12  Special education varies  voc tech/dual enrollment  open bounderies  Amish Schools 1-8!

10.  Home Schooling  PA leads country in % of students home schooled  Curriculum  Evaluation  On-line  Dual enrolled ( Tim Tebow!)

11.  Levels  ECE ( pre-school, Montessori,Reggio, Head Start  Private, church related, public)  Elem( k-????? PA says K-4, do districts follow this?)  Middle Grades ( 5-8? Subject certification, self contained classes vs team teaching)  High School ( 9-12, specialized schools)

12.  Geography and Schools ( strict borders, unique issues)  Rural ( spread out….large bussing budget…Maine’s solution!)  Urban ( lots of options …Harvey Milk? CAPPA?  Saul Ag.?)  Suburban ( where there are malls, there are schools!)

13.  Lower Merion vs Philadelphia  Why not open borders?  The Boston Fiasco!

14.  Urban and rural schools often have common issues  Lack of $$$ resources ( funding)  Student/family poverty issues  High drop out rates