most of my Research and questions that i have had, have been on the reformation of the education system. In the 16th century education and striving to do things better was a main focus. I have had a lot of responses on this particular subject. whether it be on education system reform or the moving towards e-books. from my Facebook account here are some of the responses.

what would you change, like funding(should federal government be involved), testing, wages for teachers, do we need teacher's unions, books vs e-books, class sizing. anything
-Wow! Too much to write. Let me think. That's a loaded question.
-I would get different students...
-Better parents!!
-More respect for the teaching profession. In order for students needs to be met the way government and parents want is to have more one on one or learner initiated environments--i.e. computer learning because there's no way to have personal tutors. The teaching method we have now is only good for group learning. Without more teachers or a way for each child to have more control over their own learning we can't perform at the rates the government or parents want us to be at. The more children with IEP we have the more that means that more time and more teachers are needed to fulfill it. And really, all kids need their own education and not to be lumped into a group. Some are left by the wayside because of other's IEPs. So, there it is. At least some of what I think.


Some from Google+

· Right now e-books aren't that much cheaper than real books which I think is crazy. I think that it will take a lot more revision of these publishing companies for e-books to make a real financial change.

· i do agree that e-Book should be at least 50% of the cost of a new hard back book, because the cost producing the product is way cheaper. Delivery cost - 0: ebooks are delivered almost instantaneously. Production- No trees are required to manufacture paper for the pages of ebooks. (Green) There is no inventory cost. just those few point should justify a cheaper product. I bought one of my math books online, it was about 30% cheaper than buying a used book. i bought it on Kindle, and i didn't even need a kindle, i use my computer.




· This is absolutely AMAZING!

· One of the problems of No Child is the goal of all children reaching a sufficient reading proficiency level by 2014, especially if teachers continue to teach to the test. This disregards disadvantaged children and their specific needs (as illustrated in this comic). I just found an article on NYtimes that I will post about what Obama is doing to give states more freedom to compensate for the problems of No Child Left Behind.