What do you know about floridas race-based standards

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CRITICAL THINKING RESPONSE PAPER

Purpose

The purpose of this activity is to consider an idea from different angles. Issues are explored from multiple perspectives and areas are identified where more information is needed. This helps individuals to avoid rushing to judgment.

Instructions

For this activity, please complete all four steps in order, using the spaces provided in this document. Upload your completed document to the Critical Thinking Response Paper 1 Dropbox folder in the course. For Step Four, you will need to use the Florida Race-based Standards Discussion forum in the course.

Step One

In the space provided below, explain what you know (if anything) about the controversy over Florida's race-based standards. It's okay to say that you don't know.

What do you know about Florida's race-based standards?

Step Two

Complete the following three online resource tasks related to Florida's race-based standards

RESOURCE TASK

Read the Huffington Post article "Florida Adopts Academic Achievement Standards Based On Race, Ethnicity, Echoes Virginia"

View the Fox News video (and read the associated article) "Florida's plan to measure students by race riles education experts"

Read the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign's article "Federal Complaint Against FL for Setting Lower Standards for Students of Color"

Step Three

Now that you have additional information about Florida's race-based standards, please read the Compass Points Instructions below. Then, on the followingCompass Points: Florida's Race-based Standards page, type your responses to the four prompts in the boxes provided.

Please be sure to answer each "compass point" (N, S, E, W) with at least 3-4 sentences. In other words, be sure to explain your thinking using the information that you viewed and read.

Step Four

Copy the text of your response to the Stance, Steps, or Suggestions (S) compass point. Then, go to the Florida Race-based Standards

Discussion forum in the course. Create a new thread, and paste the text of your response to the Stance, Steps, or Suggestions (S) compass point into the new thread, and post the thread to the forum.

Be sure to return to the Florida Race-based Standards Discussion forum, read your classmates' Stances, Steps and Suggestions, and reply.

Additionally, upload your completed Critical Thinking Response Paper 1 document to the Critical Thinking Response Paper 1 Dropbox folder in the course.

Attachment:- Response Paper.rar

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