Week 6

I am exploring the website : http://www.pewstates.org/projects/pre-k-now-328067/
In this website I found a lot of exploration on equity. They have a lot of research on equity. Here's one headline I found "State Works to Narrow Teacher Equity Gap" and here's the overview
"For the first time, the federal government is demanding that more of a state's best teachers work at its poorest, mostly minority schools. In two weeks, states must submit a plan to eliminate disparities, such as in Ohio, where one of every eight teachers in its poorest elementary schools is not rated highly qualified compared to one in 67 in its richest schools"
This was very interesting to me. Wouldn't that be wonderul! I have signed up for the newsletter, but still haven't received anything. Hopefuly I will soon so I can better understand this website because it kind of confuses me because it is all over the place.
One area of the site I chose to explore was titled "STATES." In this spot you can explore their work by state. So of course I clicked on Oklahoma. They have several fact sheets to explore different things. Things such as Obama asking for grants, and gun laws. They have an "Issues in Oklahoma" section. You can find out a lot of issues in your state from here. It is great.
There are a lot of outside links on this website, you can find things about dental health, family support, children health, economic mobility, etc. This is a wonderful website that I feel needs to be a bit more organized. I still have a hard time finding some things. This is not a website I would continue to look at after this class. The main thing I like about this website is it has a "state" section where you can investigate things about your state. Now, maybe after I receive the newsletter, it will help me to better understand the things that are going on with the site.