Senate+Bill+Number+3263

media type="file" key="House Bill 3263.mp3"

Education ** Senate Bill Number 3263 ** **The Pilot Program** "To establish a pilot program for digital and wireless networks to advance online higher education opportunities for minority students" **Summary of the bill:** The pilot program gives minority students a chance to excel in learning. This bill will provide these kids with digital and wireless networks, advancing higher online education. A majority of the kids in America either drop out or fail out of school and this bill will decrease most of those numbers dramatically if passed.

Original Sponsor: Mark Pryor (Democrat-AR) http://pryor.senate.gov/newsroom/photos.cfm

Cosponsors: John Kerry (Democrat-MA), Gordon Smith (Republican-OR), Ted Stevens (Republican-AK)

In 2006 and 2007 80%  of reading scores improved. The average gain per student it says is 23%. The green represents the beginning scores then the purple represents mid-year, and the yellow represents end of the year scores. Using this pilot program dramatically improved the kids scores of the Gale School. The percentages below the graph are the percentages of the improvement in the kids reading scores.

=
The national system of formal education in the United States developed in the 19th century. Jefferson was the first to suggest the public school system. In 1837 Horace Mann became the first secretary of education in Massachusetts, and also helped create a statewide system of common schools. This focused on elementary education first. In 1849 Henry Barnard created a system of common schools in Connecticut. In 1852, Massachusetts created a law requiring that every child gets an education, and in 1853 New York passed the same law. By the end of the civil war, most statewide constitutions guaranteed public support for public education. By 1920 high school had become a more common experience, and by 1930, 29 million children attended public school. In 1975 Jimmy Carter started a cabinet level Department of Education. In 2001 George W. Bush introduced the No Child Left Behind act, and this was a plan to reform American schools. In 2005, 11 percent of males ages 16 to 24, and 8 percent of females ages 16 to 24 were high school dropouts. This program will hopefully keep kids in school, and help them learn more.======

=
This bill effects everyone in the public minority education group in the United States. This bill also effects the teachers of these students. Having this new program will also effect the families of these students helping them out, because these kids will get a better job with a better education. These wireless, and digital networks are said to advance online education as said in the bill itself.====== ===Bibliography: [|http://www.servintfree.net/~aidmn-ejournal/publications/2001-11/PublicEducationInTheUnitedStates.html] ===

"A Timeline of Public Education in America ." __Good Schools Pennsylvania__. 5 Dec. 2008 < [|http://goodschoolspa.org/pdf/learn_factsheets/] Timeline_PublicEducation_America.pdf ->.