Synthesis - I think these questions are essential to this reading as they tie together the article. In order to continue teaching especially towards success, we need to learn how to integrate culture and values. To do so, is not easy, but it needs to start at a young level in elementary school. Starting to instill since youth in order to truly allow for students to succeed in all aspects in the future.

Question - This was publishes in 1983, how come there has not been more conversation about change? Does this system still work? Or are people still under performing because they are the same?

Reaction - I fully believe and agree with this statement. There is no universal way to determine success. Everyone must be looked at, at an individual goal and what they wanted to achieve in college and if they reached that goal.

Question - Why isn't this talked about more? How come LEAP did not obtain more media attention? Is this a key sign we are still facing this issue incorrectly?

Connection - This reminds me of the article we read over the summer about the normandy school district. Kids not going to college or underachieving in high school comes from their learning foundation. When elementary school or middle schools are weak, it makes higher up learning more challenging because it was never instilled into them as children.

Reaction - I find this very interesting as people tend to expect those who go to college to grow many essential value. To see the sudden under-performance may be shocking to some but obvious to others. In my opinion large universities play a big role in underperforming students due to large classroom size.

Money and the future of careers has become the main motivation

Could also be a push from private universities to go to schools outside of the local public ones

Large similarities to the anti-war, women's rights, and LGBTQ rights movements during the 70's, today we see climate change, gun control, and further LGBTQIA+ rights being faught for

Is this due to more race options or is there a bigger issue which needs to be researched

People starting to strive for diversity in their campus

This is due to the factor of education and connections

Less wealthy people with first generation college students

Make more evidence for an argument through someone else

Constructive expansion

Money is shown as power

Running around just to be educated takes away from the whole point of having an educational experience

Not only the students were being targeted but also teachers in the realm of secrecy and vulnerability

This makes me sick

Wow

Being able to have a proper education should not be limited based on your ability to pay, it is a basic right

An outlandish amount of time

Proves that graduating became the only push, not the wellbeing and learning in the classroom

This makes me ponder the true priorities of a state. Education is a fundamental human right and if there is a problem why has no one worked to fix it.

And no one did anything to work on changing this large and prominent issue

A game which measures ones success, not improvement...

Michael Brown Jr., an 18-year-old African American man, was fatally shot by 28-year-old white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson

Environmental factors which hurts ones ability to thrive in certain settings.

One test has been given the ability to change someones whole future. Can 8 hours in a classroom really define the hours spent attending school up to that point.

Eugenics is a movement that was aimed for breeding only the most ideal humans

The creators of many standardized tests have came forward and spoke about how the tests cannot determine inherit intelligence.

Yes because of the connections they would not have been able to make from coming from low-income backgrounds.

Bakke v. The Regents California at Davis

However basing classroom achievement does not always translate universally. Schools hold themselves to different academic rigor based upon multiple factors, private, public, funding, ect.. Therefore using the excuse of merit based admissions leaves out a large section of people because not everyone can afford to pay money for more in depth tutoring. Making merit based entrance nearly a scam.

Wealthy families would pay anywhere from $75,000 to $500,000 to have advantages in elite university admissions

Large amount of wealth and inequality in our country thus changing the ability to be admitted to elite universities. Making people realize as much as we hope we can get to where we want based off of hard work, it is not always true.

Test taking -

1. Would have other people sit in to take the standardized tests
2. Request for students to have extended time then alter the answers for higher scores
3. Have admin give the correct answers Sports -
4. Fake records to make kids look like athletic charges
5. Pay to kids faces photoshopped on teams

The focus has become who can pay the full tuition even if they are less qualified, compared to who deserves to be there even if they need ample finical assistance.

The college board has easily become an empire to market and take money from students attempting to attend college.

It has been shown in recent studies when children from high income backgrounds attend ivy league schools they get the exact same educational experience as going to a local state university. However in comparison when students from lower income backgrounds receive an ivy league education they thrive. This is solely due to making connections because those from higher income backgrounds will not be making new connections they would not have the opportunity to otherwise, moreover lower income students have their horizons broadened.

"urgent" is key as this still pertains today

Shows how students are being left behind and even to the extent of given up one due to their social situation.

Seems to be have a simple solution of going on to make taxes more equitable, however there would need to be a balance found. One cannot take all the money from one school district for another but finding a balance will allow for a better educational experience. If the state came together and decided what the priority is to have in their schools in the realm of supplies, councilors, ect., the state could then go on the allocate funds better.

Finding a balance in what is most important in ones educational experience is key and making it universal. How have these poorer districts applied for grants or scholarships, have these resources been given to them to do so?

Money is allocated to other funds which are not enriching learning environments, bringing forth the question, who is the priority of Connecticut.