The scandal began in two-thousand nine when the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution
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The news of a meteor hitting Atlanta, Georgia took everyone by surprise. There were no victims, but everyone is in amnesia-like ailment caused by the radio waves through the atmosphere. We as educators are faced with the task of designing and developing a plan on getting on getting middle school students literate and educated. Our group is faced with many daunting challenges, but we are capable of being successful in our task. Due to the recent cheating scandal in Atlanta, our team see’s this as an opportunity to change the way education is taught in Atlanta, Georgia. The scandal began in two-thousand nine when the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution published analyses of Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) results which showed statistically unlikely test scores, including extraordinary gains or losses in a single year. An investigation by the Georgia Bureau Of Investigation (GBI) released in July two-thousand eleven found that forty-four out of fifty-six schools cheated on the two-thousand nine CRCT.( Schachter, 2011) One-hundred seventy-eight teachers and principals were found to have fixed incorrect answers entered by students. The size of the scandal has been described as one of the largest in United States history. (Schachter, 2011) Our target population is middle school students from the ages of eleven to fifteen. The middle school is located in an urban school district in Atlanta, Georgia. We will service approximately one thousand students in grades six thru eighth at our school. The school name is the Cooperate School. We are partners in education with the biggest cooperation in our community which is Delta Airlines. While the traditional learning needs are important to our school we feel that a more hands on approach will benefit our students and the community’s needs. There is no doubt we will educate the students in reading and writing, the basic elements of literacy, we will in cooperate technology that will be discussed later in our project to help students with these subjects. The Cooperate School will develop students in work skills that will deliver them a pathway for high school and a career. Our students will take on the traditional courses in the morning, with the afternoon being selected for skills and trades of the airline industry. One of the strengths of our program is the close relationship between the school and the aviation industry (Delta). For example, in addition to using state-of the-art equipment purchased by the airlines in order to create more real world instructional opportunities, we will students learn administration skills, customer service skills, maintenance technicians, and also principals of flight education. Our school will integrate citizenship in our classes to teach being a member of and supporting one's community and country. To be functional in their community, we will teach that a citizen has an obligation to be informed, law abiding, and uphold basic democratic principles such as tolerance and civic responsibility. Voting, conserving natural resources, and taking care of oneself are all part of citizenship. In addition, citizens often participate in local community projects dedicated to the common good. While the primary goal of the Cooperate School is to prepare students for high school so that students are immediately ready for employment upon graduation. Entry-level jobs in these fields typically earn $50,000–60,000 annually. (Hyslop, Imperatore, 2013) Quality service learning efforts typically involve a variety of partners including young people, teachers, families, community members, and community organizations. (Bosma, Sieving, Ericson, Russ, Cavender, Bonnie, 2010) Students in our programs will have a clearer perspective of how their course work relates to their career aspirations, and the Corporate School instructional approach helps students learn academic and technical content not by rote, but in an in-depth and meaningful way. The nature of instruction also creates an environment in which students can develop strong relationships with teachers and mentors in the business world, and better connect to their schools, communities and employers. (Hyslop, Imperatore, 2013) The question is asked why these kids need to be educated. One reason is that our community needs them and they need our community. The high number of dropout rates and a significant number of students ill-prepared for further education and careers are on the increase, and these problems are even more acute in America’s urban schools. The graduation rate is fifty nine percent in low income families and one of the worst in the country. According to a two-thousand twelve report from the U.S. Department of Education, the dropout rate for black students is double that of whites (4.8% versus 2.4%). One of the main reasons to educate our lower income students is the lifetime loss in income for a high school dropout compared with someone who has a high school diploma or GED. People who don't finish high school pay fewer taxes, have more health problems, get in more trouble with the law, and are more likely to go on welfare, a two hundred forty-thousand dollar lifetime negative impact on the economy. (Burns, 2013) Because students reared in poverty benefit the most from being in school, one of the most effective strategies for providing pathways out of poverty is to do what it takes to get these students in school every day. This alone, even without improvements in the American education system will drive up achievement, high school graduation, and college attainment rates. (Balfanz, Byrnes, 2012) Another reason these students need to be educated, both cognitive and social skills are important to intelligence and to success in life. Students in a challenging environment must develop creative and practical skills in order to survive daily challenges that require considerable ingenuity to meet. Education will help with the challenges our students may face such as poverty, taking care of siblings, getting to and from school safely and dealing with gangs. We have a great opportunity to change the vicious cycle that gobbles up our students and relegates them to a life of continued poverty and crushed dreams. The Corporate School is committed to producing a different middle school student prepared not only for high school but a student willing and ready to help build their community to higher levels. 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