The Home-School Connection Homework Help

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.