Summer School 2023

 

Summer School is quickly coming to a close.

We look at the arrival of July. 

School is only a month away, in August

Expectations were set.

Staffing Issues were overcome.

Students participated and did their best.

Standards were met,

Success was achieved.

Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator

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Ethnic: The Culture SubGroup

"Ethnic: The Culture Sub-Group"

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas

 Is it a place? or beliefs? Is it the place where our beliefs originated from, or the place where our beliefs are taking place?  Defining ethnicity is complex, but it is worth defining, for it is an important part of us.  Of how we define ourselves, how we identify ourselves, and how we accept to be identified, or defined as.  Geographically we have defined areas like Africa, Asia, Europe, and The Americas, and politically we have defined countries like Kenya, China, Germany, and The United States of America, where there are ethnic groups, and cultural groups, who will adhere to a place, or beliefs, or a place where beliefs originated from.

In the State of California, in the United States of America, the major ethnic groups are: African-American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, and White.  These are the major groups, and do not represent all ethnic groups in the state.  Each of these four major groups has been defined based on geographical, cultural, and ethnic characteristics that individuals in each group believe best identify them ethnically.  Once students have been identified by ethnic group, academic achievement can be measured, and differences in performance can be analyzed.  The overall purpose of using ethnicity as a tool for measuring academic performance should be to obtain equality in education, not to establish academic superiority.

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Learning Disabled Students

Learning Disabled Students:

"Learning Differently"

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas

A Learning Disabled (LD) subgroup student is one that either cannot learn in their current learning environment, is struggling to learn, or is learning at a slow rate that is significantly lower than most students. The students who are in the LD subgroup are diverse in skill and potential.  There are those who are severely disabled in their learning abilities, and as a result of these starting circumstances, will have severe obstacles to overcome in their education.  There are also those who have been identified as learning disabled, and have had access to education presented in a learning format that enables the student to learn.

The Learning Disable Sub-Group, has performed well below the minimum score, set in the standardized testing, as sufficient to meet the passing requirement.  Over time, with early identification, and proper presentation, EL students have demonstrated that they can develop the skills required to succeed in passing a standard test.  This can be achieved by identifying the student's disability early on in life, implementing an educational approach that addresses the student's disability, evaluating and adjusting the student's educational performance.

Learning Disabled students present to us the opportunity to expand our educational approach.  As educators we should attempt to educate 100% of those who are seeking education, and educate those who deny education based on the student's disability to learn.  LD students can learn and have demonstrated that they can succeed in education and life.  LD students challenge us to reach out to a subgroup who needs to learn how to learn before learning about education. 

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