The Home-School Connection | Homework Helpers

What role does schools, family, and community play in gender, race, or class issues on a particular issue?  Pick one topic to write about:
€¢    Explore a particular ethnic group and research what barriers and success this particular group faces in education
€¢    Cultural mismatch between students and teachers
€¢    Language €“ ESL education
€¢    Dual Immersion programs
€¢    Using Ebonics in schools
€¢    Special Education issues
€¢    Standardized Testing
€¢    Cultural assimilation and acting white/camouflaging intelligence
€¢    Fitting in at school (sexual orientation, class differences, etc.).
€¢    Issues of gender at home that may affect girls or boys’ behavior and academic success at school
€¢    Peer pressure at school or in the neighborhood
€¢    Issues of violence in schools and in neighborhoods
€¢    Tracking in schools
€¢    Health issues such as nutrition at home and at school (hunger, obesity, etc.)
€¢    Is school curriculum relevant to students’ lives/multicultural education
€¢    Children of immigrant parents face issues such as language brokering, parents unable to participate in parent/teacher meetings due to language barriers or work, and not being able to give them tangible, practical advice on how to navigate the college going system
€¢    Physical decay of schools and communities
€¢    Issues that principals and administration face in dealing with some of the above concerns
€¢    How the cool pose culture clashes with school culture
€¢    Learning service requirements or senior projects in high schools
€¢    Teaching empathy in schools through volunteer work, animals, and/or plants
€¢    Use of school uniforms to prevent gang affiliation clothing items or classism, etc.