DSST Foundations of Education case studies
DSST Foundations of Education · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The DSST Foundations of Education exam is a credit-by-examination option for students who need to demonstrate college-level knowledge equivalent to an introductory education course. It is aimed at self-directed learners, including military service members and adult students, who want to earn three baccalaureate semester hours without sitting in a classroom. The DSST Foundations of Education case studies are 5 cases and about 3,622 words.
1Retention as a Response to Third-Grade Reading Scores
The Maple Ridge school board must vote in six weeks on a proposal to retain any third grader scoring below the 'basic' cut score on the state reading assessment. This year 27 of 118 third graders fell below the cut.
741 words, about 4 min2Two Charter Applications and the Civic Purposes of Schooling
Two charter applications are before the Riverton district, which enrolls 9,000 students and where 22 percent of households speak Haitian Creole at home. Liberty Commons Academy proposes a K–8 'common civic canon': a single required reading list, English-only instruction, uniforms, and a mission statement invoking Horace Mann's description of schools as the balance wheel of the social machinery.
714 words, about 4 min3A Rural District Weighs an Education Savings Account Bill
State legislators have introduced an education savings account bill giving families 7,200 per child to spend on private tuition, tutoring, or approved materials. In Carter County, a rural district of 1,150 students, the closure of the county's largest employer has already cut local revenue; per-pupil state and local funding is 12,400.
731 words, about 4 min4A Cell Phone Ban, Accommodations, and Eight Weeks of Data
Westfield High, enrolling 1,600 students, banned student cell phone use during the school day in September, with phones stored in lockers and exceptions requiring an administrator. After eight weeks, discipline referrals for phone-related incidents fell 35 percent, and the assistant principal says hallway incidents are down.
737 words, about 4 min5Emergency Permits and the Teacher Retention Crisis
Riverton Public Schools opens in three weeks with 62 unfilled teaching positions out of 780. Human resources has filled 41 with emergency-permit teachers who hold bachelor's degrees but have not completed a preparation program; 19 have never taught.
699 words, about 3 min