Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity in Education: Analyzing the Every Student Succeeds Act

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  1. Exploring liberty, equality and fraternity with the every student succeed act.
  2. So the impact of the ESS A on curriculum decisions is twofold.
  3. One, it is uh revolutionizing curriculum decisions
  4. because it is allowed. The
  5. federal, the federal oversight has gone away.
  6. It's giving the states and local agencies more control over educational decisions
  7. which enables them to tailor their policies to the community's needs.
  8. Uh It is also promoting individual freedom by expanding school choice,
  9. allowing parents to choose the best educational setting for the Children.
  10. This includes public and private or charter schools.
  11. Now,
  12. the equality measures in the ESS A is they are
  13. emphasizing this through measured uh
  14. through measures like targeted funding allocation
  15. and support systems for the disadvantaged groups.
  16. This is aiming to bridge that gap inequality
  17. uh education by addressing the disparities based on race,
  18. socio-economic backgrounds and uh abilities.
  19. It wants to give quality education
  20. uh access to this quality education to all students, regardless of
  21. the their low income families.
  22. Um making sure that they get everything that they need. The title one funding
  23. is how they can fund after school programs
  24. uh such as tutoring and different things.
  25. They are pro the SS A promotes equitable
  26. treatment of students by making sure that educators are
  27. being held accountable.
  28. Uh the states get to design their own accountability systems under the SS A
  29. which they can set unique goals and
  30. improvement strategies for each of their educators.
  31. The disparities based on race and so socio-economic status.
  32. The sess A mandates the D disaggregation of students
  33. of student performance data by race, socio-economic status and ability.
  34. This transparency is what helps identify and address
  35. inequalities within schools and districts.
  36. Yeah,
  37. policies and initiatives for
  38. equality. The ESS A
  39. is uh bringing in policies and initiatives
  40. that are trying to promote
  41. um
  42. quality learning experiences and equitable treatment.
  43. One of the policies that they have brought in is the uh
  44. positive behavioral interventions and supports this is trying to reduce
  45. in school discipline practices.
  46. Um That way they keep students in school.
  47. If you look at our chart here,
  48. you can see that 80% of the students are generally under the tier one
  49. and then only 10 to 15 hit tier two and less than 5% are hitting our tier three.
  50. So this approach is uh fostering the positive learning learning environments,
  51. keeping students in class rather than being suspended
  52. and expelled and kicked out of classes.
  53. So their education is not impacted by the discipline.
  54. The SS A is fostering collaboration and inclusivity
  55. by
  56. having schools engage with their local parents and teachers
  57. and communities to help to develop the strategies together.
  58. Um These are how we're addressing societal challenges by the
  59. SS A mandates tracking and interventions to reduce the chronic absenteeism
  60. that schools are having.
  61. The collaboration between state and local engagement
  62. is how you're making sure we have tailor made educational
  63. systems
  64. involving the community to make sure that they have services like health care,
  65. mentoring
  66. after
  67. school programs.
  68. The uh these all enhance the well being of the students and the family.
  69. This helps with the chronic absenteeism.
  70. Um
  71. Title four part A grants
  72. are giving
  73. funding towards uh inclusive educational settings
  74. which promote well being and success through holistic support systems.
  75. This is helping with your mental health awareness
  76. and safety and security in schools.
  77. Um
  78. And then the ESS A,
  79. when it's addressing the chronic absenteeism,
  80. it's trying to promote educational equity and inclusivity
  81. by making sure that students are in class on time.
  82. Uh That way, the
  83. because if not students are more likely
  84. to have low achievement,
  85. lower academic
  86. performance and then that increases the risk of dropping out.
  87. So that ESS A to help, this is mandating, tracking and
  88. focusing on interventions revolving around the family and the
  89. community to make sure students are in school.
  90. This also supports homeless and foster youth to be able to be in class.
  91. So the conflicts between liberty,
  92. equality and fraternity in educational equality,
  93. one example would be the school choice
  94. um
  95. allowing liberty, meaning that parents get to choose where their students go
  96. is
  97. the a great thing. However,
  98. um equality is a little shaky here because
  99. typically more affluent families are gonna be sending their kids to the private
  100. schools,
  101. charter schools where the low income students are forced to
  102. remain in possibly low achieving and underperform public schools.
  103. Um
  104. However, promoting school choice also could undermine this because
  105. students who would normally have gone to a public school
  106. could get a voucher and then go to private school,
  107. which is great for the student.
  108. But then it could hurt the performance of
  109. that school because it's taking away funding that could
  110. bring in high quality teachers or curriculum or things that they need to succeed.
  111. Uh The growth of charter schools uh is possibly a problem because families
  112. have more options. Um So while you're having great
  113. options for your parents, it can hurt your public schools.
  114. This is a division that can impact the community as well.
  115. So implications for policy development is they need to balance the priorities.
  116. They need to have inclusive policy design
  117. community.
  118. They need to have community engagement and
  119. they need to continuously monitor and adjust.
  120. So collaborative approaches,
  121. partnerships between charter and public schools to help share resources and
  122. best practices.
  123. Um and then they have, they could have integrated support systems
  124. where they
  125. address the needs of all students, regardless of their school care. I was thinking
  126. possibly um mental health counselors and things
  127. I do know that my school works hand in hand.
  128. With our local public school when it comes to learning disabilities being
  129. tested and making sure the students getting the support that they need.
  130. So navigating the tensions between liberty and
  131. equality and fraternity and educational policy.
  132. Uh It's gonna take practice, it's gonna take conversations, it's gonna take,
  133. working together,
  134. uh to see where we can go from here.
  135. Thank you for watching. Have a good day.