As more interested parties weigh in on ways to raise the bar on the standard of public education in the United States, a notable equal-rights organization has now found its voice. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has recently issued a report that focuses on four primary areas of improvement that should be addressed by the public education system today. The recommendations focus primarily on what it will take for the students of today to succeed in the global marketplace of the 21st century.
This video reports on one of the NAACP's initiatives to reform public education.
About “Finding Our Way Back to First”
The NAACP report, titled, “Finding Our Way Back to First: Reclaiming World Leadership by Educating All America’s Children,” identifies some of the solutions necessary for providing high-quality education to all children in the United States. The report was drafted in response to concerns that the U.S. is losing its competitive edge in the education spectrum on a global scale.
“If America is going to lead the world in this century the way we did the last, we must lead the world again in education,” the website for the NAACP states.
The Miami Herald lists four basic areas of focus outlined in the NAACP report, including:
- Improving kindergarten preparedness through effective preschool programs
- Improving teacher training for more effective classroom instruction
- Longer school