RJA 6b: Social Media, Multimedia, Etc.

Social Media

• Resource searched or tool used: Google Blogger
• Keywords used: Education
• Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches): none
• Date of search: 9/30/12
• Number of hits: 274,000,000
• Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5): 3

Multimedia

• Resource searched or tool used: Blinkx
• Keywords used: college charter school -massachusetts
• Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches) (-)
• Date of search: 9/30/12
• Number of hits: 11,000
• Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) 2

Other Search Tools

• Resource searched or tool used: Yahoo Groups
• Keywords used: douglas county (school) colorado
• Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches): ()
• Date of search: 9/30/12
• Number of hits: 193,649
• Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) 1

RJA 6a: Websites

Search Engine

• Resource searched or tool used: BING
• Keywords used: public school AND charter AND college AND test scores
• Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches): AND
• Date of search: 9/30/12
• Number of hits: 121,000,000
• Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5): 3.5

Meta and Multi Search

• Resource searched or tool used: Katapulco.com
• Keywords used: college after graduation charter school
• Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches): none
• Date of search: 9/30/12
• Number of hits: 96,200,000
• Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5): 4.5

Directories

• Resource searched or tool used: 10 Directories
• Keywords used: clicked on Reference and Education, then K-12
• Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches) used links to directories provided
• Date of search: 9/30/12
• Number of hits: 0
• Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) 1

Invisible Web

• Resource searched or tool used: CompletePlanet
• Keywords used: Charter Schools, Douglas County School Colorado, Education Colorado
• Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches): none
• Date of search: 9/30/12
• Number of hits: 0
• Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5): 1

RJA 5b: Periodical Articles

1) Title: Public Views on Public Education

Author(s): Valerie Strauss

Source: The Washington Post. (Aug. 27, 2012): News:

Document Type: Survey

Full Text:

• Auraria Library Website
• Public Education
• Searched for Newspaper, Articles, Publications, Journal Article, Journal/eJournal
• 9-22-12
• Number of hits: 5,092,506
• 2

2) Title: A gamble can charter schools fix public education?

Author(s): Bruce Fuller

Source: Commonweal. 137.6 (Mar. 26, 2010): p15.

Document Type: Article

Full Text:

• Auraria Library Website
• Public Education Charter
• Searched for Newspaper, Articles, Publications, Journal Article, Journal/eJournal
• 9-22-12
• Number of hits: 200,021
• 3.5-4

3) Charters, Vouchers, and Public Education
By: Hall, T
NASSP Bulletin, ISSN 0192-6365, 06/2002, Volume 86, Issue 631, pp. 79 - 81
"Charters, Vouchers, and Public Education" edited by Paul Peterson and David Campbell is reviewed.
Washington DC: Brookings Institute, 2001

• Auraria Library Website
• Public Education Charter
• Searched for Newspaper, Articles, Publications, Journal Article, Journal/eJournal
• 9-22-12
• Number of hits: 200,021
• 3.5-4

4)  Charter Schools Will Kill Public Education: THREE STAR edition
by CHRISTOPHER and NANCY LINDSAY Albany

Times Union (Albany, NY), 01/04/2001, p. A.8 

• Auraria Library Website
• Public Education Charter
• Searched for Newspaper, Articles, Publications, Journal Article, Journal/eJournal
• 9-22-12
• Number of hits: 200,021
• 3.5-4

5) Charter Schools Will Make Public Education Stronger
by MURRAY LIGHT

Buffalo News (New York), 12/26/1999, p. H.2 

• Auraria Library Website
• Public Education Charter
• Searched for Newspaper, Articles, Publications, Journal Article, Journal/eJournal
• 9-22-12
• Number of hits: 200,021
• 3.5-4

 

 

 

 

RJA 5a: Books

1) College without high school : a teenager's guide to skipping high school and going to college

Main Author: Boles, Blake.

Published:Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers, c2009.

Format: Book

Physical Desc: x, 165 pages

Language:English

ISBN:9780865716551 (pbk.)

0865716552 (pbk.)

• Douglas County Libraries
• Public Education
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

2) The school and society ; &, The child and the curriculum

Main Author:  Dewey, John, 1859-1952.

Published: Mineola, NY : Dover Publications, 2001.

Format: Book

Physical Desc: iii, 123 pages

Language: English

ISBN: 0486419541 (paper)

• Douglas County Libraries
• Public Education
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

3) Thomas Jefferson's views on public education

Main Author: Henderson, John C.

Published: [Whitefish, MT] : Kessinger Pub., [2008?]

Format: Book

Physical Desc: viii, 387 pages

Language: English

ISBN: 1437350747 (pbk.)

9781437350746 (pbk.)

Series: Kessinger Publishing's legacy reprints.

• Douglas County Libraries
• Public Education
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

4) What does it mean to be well educated? and more essays on standards, grading, and other follies

Main Author: Kohn, Alfie.

Published: Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c2004.

Format: Book

Physical Desc: xv, 194 pages

Language: English

ISBN: 0807032670 (pbk. : alk. paper)

• Douglas County Libraries
• Public Education
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

5) The making of Americans : democracy and our schools

Main Author: Hirsch, E. D. 1928-

Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2009.

Street Date: 0909

Format: Book

Physical Desc: xii, 261 pages

Language: English

ISBN: 9780300152814 (cloth : alk. paper)

0300152817 (cloth : alk. paper)

• Douglas County Libraries
• Public Education
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

6) The new taxonomy of educational objectives

Main Author: Marzano, Robert J.

Contributors: Kendall, John S.

Published: Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, c2007.

Format: Book

Physical Desc: xiv, 193 pages

Language: English

Edition: 2nd ed.

ISBN: 1412936292 (pbk.)

9781412936293 (pbk.)

• Douglas County Libraries
• Public Education
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

7) Real education : four simple truths for bringing American schools back to reality

Main Author: Murray, Charles A.

Published: New York : Crown Publishers, 2008.

Street Date: 0808

Format: Book

Physical Desc: 219 pages

Language: English

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780307405388

0307405389

0307405397 (pbk.)

9780307405397 (pbk.)

• Douglas County Libraries
• Public Education
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

8) What does it mean to be well educated? and more essays on standards, grading, and other follies

Main Author: Kohn, Alfie.

Published: Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c2004.

Format: Book

Physical Desc: xv, 194 pages

Language: English

ISBN: 0807032670 (pbk. : alk. paper)

• Douglas County Libraries
• Public Education
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

9)  Why school? : reclaiming education for all of us

Main Author: Rose, Mike

Published: New York : New Press : 2009.

Format: Book

Physical Desc: x, 177 pages

Language: English

ISBN: 9781595584670

1595584676

• Douglas County Libraries
• Public Education
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

10) The end of education : redefining the value of school

Main Author: Postman, Neil.

Published: New York : Knopf, 1995.

Format: Book

Language: English

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 0679430067 :

0679750312

• Douglas County Libraries
• Public Education
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

11) Feel-bad education : and other contrarian essays on children and schooling

Main Author: Kohn, Alfie.

Published: Boston : Beacon Press, c2011.

Format: Book

Physical Desc: 215 pages

Language: English

ISBN: 9780807001400 (pbk. : alk. paper)

0807001406 (pbk. : alk. paper)

• Douglas County Libraries
• Public Education
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

12) Charter schools : hope or hype?

Main Author: Buckley, Jack, 1972-

Contributors: Schneider, Mark, 1946-

Published: Princeton, N.J. ; Princeton University Press, 2009.

Street Date: 200908

Format: Book

Physical Desc: xii, 343 pages

Language: English

ISBN: 9780691143194 (pbk.)

0691143196 (pbk.)

• Douglas County Libraries
• Charter Schools
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

13) School, the story of American public education.
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, c2001

ISBN: 080704220X 9780807042205 0807042218 9780807042212

Author: Sarah Mondale; Sarah B Patton; et al

• World Cat
• Public Education
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

14) Education

by David M Haugen; Susan Musser;

 Book

Language: English  

Publisher: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, ©2009.

ISBN: 9780737742091 0737742097 9780737742084 0737742089

• World Cat
• Public Education
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

15) Public education : an autopsy

by Myron Lieberman

 Book

Language: English  

Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1993.

ISBN: 0674722329 9780674722323

• World Cat
• Public Education
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

16) Charter school outcomes

by Mark Berends; Matthew G Springer; Herbert J Walberg;

 Book

Language: English  

Publisher: New York : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, ©2008.

ISBN: 9780805862225 0805862226

• World Cat
• Charter School
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

17) The charter school experiment : expectations, evidence, and implications

by Christopher Lubienski; Peter C Weitzel;

 Book

Language: English  

Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, ©2010.

ISBN: 9781934742662 193474266X 9781934742679 1934742678

• World Cat
• Charter School
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

18) Charter school operations and performance : evidence from California

by Ron W Zimmer; Rand Education (Institute); et al

 eBook : Document

Language: English  

Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2003.

ISBN: 0833034146 9780833034144 0833033549 9780833033543

• World Cat
• Charter School
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

19) The charter school dust-up : examining the evidence on enrollment and achievement

by Martin Carnoy; et al

 Book

Language: English  

Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Economic Policy Institute ; New York : Teachers College Press, ©2005.

ISBN: 0807746150 9780807746158

• World Cat
• Charter School
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

20) The death and life of the great American school system : how testing and choice are undermining education

by Diane Ravitch

 Book

Language: English  

Publisher: New York : Basic Books, ©2010.

ISBN: 9780465014910 0465014917

• World Cat
• Charter School
• 09-22-12
• Relevance of hits 4.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RJA 4d: Data

 RJA 4d: Data

 Statistics from NCES - Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence: By school type

• Resource searched
• Finding Data on the Internet link, Education, National Center for Education Statistics
• Keywords used
• On Main Page, Main Article
• Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches)
• N/A
• Date of search
• 9/16/12
• Number of hits
• N/A
• Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5)
• N/A

RJA 4c: Field Research Options

 RJA 4c: Field Research Options

1. Interview a public school & Charter School principle
2. Interview a college Dean
3. Sit in on a Charter School & Public School class/day
4. Interview expert on the subject from Independence Institute

RJA 4b: Reference Works-

RJA 4b: Reference Works–

History of education in the United States

• Resource searched
• Citizendium
• Keywords used
• Charter School
• Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches)
• none
• Date of search
• 9/16/2012
• Number of hits
• 20
• Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5)
• 3

 Progressive Education

• Resource searched
•  Citizendium
• Keywords used
• prepared+college+Public+school
• Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches)
•  +
• Date of search
• 9/16/12
• Number of hits
• 148
• Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5)
• 1

RJA 4a: Subject-Specific Encyclopedia

RJA 4a: Subject-Specific Encyclopedia

Criticisms of Public Education 

• Resource searched - 
• Google
• Keywords used -
•  charter school vs public school performance (encyclopedia) -wikipedia
• Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches)
• (-)
• ()
• Date of search
• 9/16/2012
• Number of hits
• ?
• Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5)
• 4

RJA 3b: Keywords

Term	School	Success	Long	public	charter
FO	Schooling, schooled, schools	Successful, successes, successor	Longing, longed, longs, longest, longer	Publicity, publicly, publicize, publicist	Chartered, chartering, charters
REST	Academy, Establishment, Institutions,	Accomplishment, achievement, progress, victory, attainment, ascendency, advanced, gain, fruition, triumph, win, reward	Enduring, lasting, prolonged, lengthy, lasting, spread out, rangy, lengthened	Accessible, common, communal, state-supported, unexclusive, unrestricted, open, overt	Hire, lease, engage, acquire, certify, contract, document, license, undertake
LOG	Education->K-12->Schools	Education->Higher education->College and University preparedness->Guidance->Success		Education->K-12->Schools->Public	Education->K-12->Schools->charter

RJA 3a: Research Question

RJA 3a: Research Question

Who has a greater capacity and shows an aptitude for long term success in college when looking at Public Schools and Charter Schools?

What tests are taken in the schools that will give us a good comparison to one another?

What curriculum are public and charter school teaching?

What makes one school more successful in one area than another?

When are charter schools and public schools successful at creating an educational environment that fosters children’s aptitude for learning and for success in college years? When are they not?

Where is the target demographic for my research?

Why is charter or public school more successful at graduating prepared students?

Should children attend one type of school over another?

Would it be better to adapt the successful elements of each schooling option into the other, therefore making the quality of education equal to one another?

RJA 2c: Research Topic Focus

RJA 2c: Research Topic Focus

 

Possible conversations people have about the topic of Charter Schools and Public Schools and how prepared children are from these options:

-        What are the SAT / ACT scores of charter schools and public schools?

-        What curriculums are they using?

-        What contributes to the success of the students? i.e. teachers, curriculum, structure, and demographics.

-        Student GPA’s in college.

-        How many students go on to college? How many of these students graduate college?

-        How many students graduate from High School?

-        How are the CSAP and TCAP scores?

Some points of disagreement would be:

-        Are charter schools segregated?

-        Are charter schools pushing public schools to change?

-        Are public schools segregated?

Are public schools more stable and have less closures?

RJA 2b: Research Topic Exploration

RJA 2b: Research Topic Exploration

 

1)     I used Google to search for the information about Charter Schools and Public Schools. I found a website called educationbut.org. This website listed what they see to be the key differences in Charter Schools and Public Schools. They also listed the resources they used to find this information.

2)     I used Google Scholar and found a paper written by Caroline M. Hoxby with Harvard University. The title of the paper is “Achievement in Charter Schools and Regular Public Schools in the United States: Understanding the difference.” In this Paper, Caroline Hoxby examines reading and mathematics proficiency of charter schools and their neighboring public schools. The paper is forty pages long and gives great statistical data for my research.

3)     I found a website that gives statistical data from College Preperation tests. This information shows how prepared High School students are for College. It gives a breakdown of Charter and Public schools.

4)     I used Finding Dulcinea to locate a news report on SAT scores. The news report was by CNN. I don’t find the source to be the most reliable source since it does not give resources. The article says that SAT scores are on a steady decline. It gave a comparison of SAT scores between a Harlem charter school and a public school. Both schools were in the same building and same neighborhood. The charter school trumped the public school in SAT scores.  

5)     On Mashpedia I found general information on education in the United States. It gives brief facts about testing requirements and information about different schooling options.

RJA 2a: Research Topic

RJA 2a: Research Topic

 

1)     I have chosen the topic: How Public Schools and Charter Schools prepare children for long term success. I have chosen this topic for a couple of reasons. The first reason is that I am studying to get my teaching license in Secondary Math. I am curious how the different curriculums and environments prepare children for long term academic success. I would like to be better informed about this topic before completing my degree. I believe the more informed I am about how children learn, the better teacher I can be. Another reason is that I have four little girls who have been in the Charter School environment and the Public School environment. Both the Public School system and the Charter School system are completely biased about their curriculums. I would like to have more knowledge and facts without relying on a biased opinion.  

2)     I don’t know a whole lot about this area. I do know that the classic education model is the one used in most Charter Schools. This model prepares children through repetition. I think this means, for example that the children will learn Shakespeare in second grade and then again in sixth grade but in a more in depth study. I think the philosophy is that you give them all of the knowledge and information up front so when they study it in depth later , they are better equipped and prepared. Again I am not positive about this. Some questions I hope to answer in this essay would be: How are children prepared for college when exposed to the classical education model  and the public school model? How much does the school district and community play into a child’s success? Is this more prevalent to a child’s success than the actual curriculum? Does introducing children to the classics early, give them a head start and better prepare them for college? How do the children’s test scores differ in Public and Charter? How are they similar?

3)     I don’t know a lot about this topic. First I need to find out more about the different teaching methods in both schools. This will probably need to be narrowed down by communities too; say inner suburban neighborhoods, and rural neighborhoods; Low income neighborhoods, and high income neighborhoods. I will need to find test results and learn how to read the test results for standardized testing. I will need to figure out if children have been tracked through their college years and how they perform while in college.  I will probably need to look at individual academic subjects; maybe public school better prepare children for sciences while charter schools better prepare them for languages.