#4 “The Academic and Social Value of Ethnic Studies A Research Review” by Christine E. Sleeter and A Short History of Public Schooling-Excerpt from the film Class Dismissed”.

 This week’s blog is on the reading “The Academic and Social Value of Ethnic Studies A Research Review” by Christine E. Sleeter and A Short History of Public Schooling-Excerpt from the film "Class Dismissed”. The video gives us a look at history so we can understand how things originally started compared to today. In the video we learn how before 1900 most children learned from home. The video tells us about how Horis Mann impacted school for us nowadays because he was the secretary of the first state Board of Education who believed that everyone should be entitled to the same content in school. I believe the intention of this system that was started was to create an environment for people to learn but along with creating a system that was strict and organized.  Although I think this system started with good intentions looking at it, it needs to be changed and improved.  The focus of this system was less on the intentions of teaching students.  This system prioritizes rankings and taking test.  As a future teacher, I think it is important that students are being taught to learn information and not just for how their numbers affect the education system.  Relating to be a future teacher, in the article  “The Academic and Social Value of Ethnic Studies A  Research Review In the first paragraph it talks about how a class at a community college impacted a student so much that it changed their view on school and impacted what they wanted to do as a future career.  I really thought about this experience and it just makes me realize that as a teacher that we can have so much influence on our students.  You never know how you can impact those around you.  It also made me reflect on the teachers that I had growing up and how they inspired me to want to be a teacher too.