Sputnik's Impact On Public Education
Assignment 1
• Prepare a brief paragraph on the impact of Sputnik and "A Nation at Risk' on public education (treat separately).
The depression of 1930 made the United States of America go through onerous time. Therefore, the government decided to spend money building more school and consequently get more people educated. Nonetheless, when the Soviet Union launched the first artificial earth satellite, the government of the United States of America realized the importance to have a better education had to be taken even more seriously than before. Only by investing in education the country would have qualified individuals to thwart the Soviet Union of spying and control the outer space. To achieve such goal, the government passed the National Defense Education Act (NDEA). …show more content…
For instance, medical discoveries and informed voters. o Cost-quality – It is the relationship between the amount of money spent in education and the quality acquired from it. Studies conducted by Coleman and Jencks indicates that the students’ family background and intelligence has a more successful effect on their achievements than an increase in teachers’ salaries.
• Define and explain the impact of "Marginal Dollar Principal" and "Point of Diminishing Returns" on the financing of public education.
The Marginal Dollar Principle refers to how the money that the public school’s system will be used to better service the students. For instance, if a classroom of 25 students offers a personal computer to every student, it probably does not make sense to buy another extra computer for each student because it would not make them learn more or less. The Point of Diminishing Returns refers to where the amount of disbursement should be diminished. Since education is not a commodity; it is challenging to determine what is enough. So far, there is no precise way to measure what amount of money or expenditures should be
• Prepare a brief paragraph on the impact of Sputnik and "A Nation at Risk' on public education (treat separately).
The depression of 1930 made the United States of America go through onerous time. Therefore, the government decided to spend money building more school and consequently get more people educated. Nonetheless, when the Soviet Union launched the first artificial earth satellite, the government of the United States of America realized the importance to have a better education had to be taken even more seriously than before. Only by investing in education the country would have qualified individuals to thwart the Soviet Union of spying and control the outer space. To achieve such goal, the government passed the National Defense Education Act (NDEA). …show more content…
For instance, medical discoveries and informed voters. o Cost-quality – It is the relationship between the amount of money spent in education and the quality acquired from it. Studies conducted by Coleman and Jencks indicates that the students’ family background and intelligence has a more successful effect on their achievements than an increase in teachers’ salaries.
• Define and explain the impact of "Marginal Dollar Principal" and "Point of Diminishing Returns" on the financing of public education.
The Marginal Dollar Principle refers to how the money that the public school’s system will be used to better service the students. For instance, if a classroom of 25 students offers a personal computer to every student, it probably does not make sense to buy another extra computer for each student because it would not make them learn more or less. The Point of Diminishing Returns refers to where the amount of disbursement should be diminished. Since education is not a commodity; it is challenging to determine what is enough. So far, there is no precise way to measure what amount of money or expenditures should be