Today we visited a school that the Teacher Foundation has done intensive work with in the past: Citizen High School. This was quite a different experience from yesterday's. The teachers tended to interact with the students in warm and positive ways. The principal, Mr. Khan, is passionate about his job and his role in promoting education in the community. The school, founded by his father in the 1970s, services mostly first generation students with very supportive parents who want to see them gain a better economic foothold in Indian life. The school is situated in a lower-income area with mostly Muslim residents, and serves its local population. We met with the principal in the library, which functions like a media center. Every class of students has access to the library once a day.
Mr. Khan
The library system is a little like Acclereted Reader. Students are tested verbally, and choose from books that match their current reading level, then progress to the next.
The morning assembly was very animated, with children singing and dancing.
The school environment is vibrant and colorful, and students seem excited to be in school.
In a 3rd grade science class I observed, the teacher was categorizing types of animals, asking higher order questions, and getting students to applaud each other's responses.
Her room was full of print and images on the wall, with displayed student work. Although the room was small and crowded, she tried to compensate by having students getting out of their seats to bring their completed assignments to her for checking.
There was evidence everywhere of character education as well as academics.
In this school the language of instruction is English, although there are classes in Kannada to maintain the heritage language.l
Illustrations in the 3rd grade science class.
The students in her class loved getting their picture taken!
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| Mr. Khan |
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| Quote outside library door |
The library system is a little like Acclereted Reader. Students are tested verbally, and choose from books that match their current reading level, then progress to the next.
The morning assembly was very animated, with children singing and dancing.
The school environment is vibrant and colorful, and students seem excited to be in school.
In a 3rd grade science class I observed, the teacher was categorizing types of animals, asking higher order questions, and getting students to applaud each other's responses.
Her room was full of print and images on the wall, with displayed student work. Although the room was small and crowded, she tried to compensate by having students getting out of their seats to bring their completed assignments to her for checking.
There was evidence everywhere of character education as well as academics.
Dancing and singing at the morning assembly
The students in her class loved getting their picture taken!
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