Education Reform Lessons

These lessons directly address the public education crisis in Chicago.

Here is part 1 of the lesson, which includes definitions and highlights two proposals to reform failing schools in the city. Homework for this lesson is to compose a paragraph in which you argue in favor of one of the proposed reforms. In addition, you are required to compose ten vocabulary sentenes.

Here is part 2 of the lesson, which contains definitions and the three transcripts to the stories we listened to, which approach the school crisis from three different angles.
Here is the story about the CPS teacher
Here is the story about the role of teen pregnancy
Here is the story of a teen overcoming the challenge

Homework is to listen to and answer the questions to the third selection. In addition, please compose and practice the persuasive speech (instructions in the lesson) on this topic. Finally, we will have a vocabulary quiz on Monday on the words from this week Here is a list of the words, phrases, and idioms from the week,

In addition, please use the handout from class to practice listneing for the main idea to these lectures.