More Elective Courses!

Summary:According to the article written by Ernie Rambo, offering more elective courses helps boost students' grades. Usually, it allows students to explore more subjects of their choice. Many of students who struggle  is because they are disengaged and need  other resources to keep them interested outside of their core required classes.According to the research done by Rambo, students, the schedule that they followed to allow more room for elective courses allow for a attend their team’s core classes for four of those periods, and are in electives and physical education classes for two periods each day. The seven-period schedule allows the teachers of core subjects to have a personal preparation period in addition to a grade level or team collaborative period every day. The seventh period is utilized for explorations classes and is also the time when classes made up of mixed grades can meet.Reflection:After speaking to many of my students, I was told that they wished they had more electives so that they do not feel in a prison. I actually find that quite saddening. They were hoping for more electives courses like culinary arts and dance. I think that a school should offer more courses to help them feel less strained and more productive in a school setting. I think that the school budgets in Thea Bowman  have in some way destroyed students' trust in the school because of false promises. 

Reference: National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (2003, January). No dream denied: A pledge to America’s children. Retrieved February 19, 2010 from http://www.nctaf.org/resources/research_and_reports/nctaf_research_reports/index