Education 253

In class on Wednesday we had the opportunity to participate in a debate between the seed people and human capitals, in which the human capitals were declared the winners. As a member of this team, each member worked together to find different aspects of research in regards to our argument. The Human Capital Theory is the idea of educating for economic growth, which relates to the educational aspects of reducing poverty, raising personal income, improving the quality of working and increase the overall wealth of the community. This theory also includes a national standardization of the curriculum and standardized testing, as the performance evaluation of teaching is based on standardized testing of the students. The argument presented by the Seed People places an emphasis on wanting to treat all students equally. They believe that test scores should not determine how well off a student is while explaining how crucial it is to use creativity in the classroom. Teachers should be able t...

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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was an act signed by President Chester A. Arthur that prohibited all immigration of Chinese Laborers. In fact, it was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States and had multiple different effects on Chinese Americans. It required the few non-laborers who sought entry to obtain certification from the Chinese government that they were qualified to immigrate, and Chinese people had to obtain certification if they wanted to re-enter the United States. Congress also refused State and Federal courts the right to grant citizenship to Chinese resident aliens. Overall the goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to restrict Asians from entering the United States. One can determine that this act can relate to education based off of a law that was created 10 years prior. In 1872 a ban was administerd that diminshed Asian Americans’ access to public education. It is possible that 10 years later when the Chinese Exclusion Act was passe...