Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CXXV - Bulletin 121-Students Teaching and Reaching (STAR) Content Standards Curriculum Framework
Subpart 1 - Students Teaching and Reaching (STAR) I
Chapter 3 - Strands, Standards, Benchmarks, and Objectives
Section CXXV-307 - Strand-Foundations of American Education

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code CXXV-307

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Focus. Our history of education, including laws, court cases, and important events, provides a framework for understanding the system of education in America. Societal influences are integral to a full understanding of education.

1. Standard 4. STAR students will recognize the evolution of educational systems.

a. Benchmark 4A. The student will review the history of education.

4A-1	Describe individuals who have influenced American education.
4A-2	Discuss events that have influenced American education.

b. Benchmark 4B. The student will recognize effects of past and current laws and court cases.

4B-1	Summarize laws that have formed the foundation of educational practice.
4B-2	Examine benchmark court cases and identify how they have modified our educational system.

c. Benchmark 4C. The student will analyze and interpret current trends and issues effecting future education.

4C-1	Locate and synthesize information on alternatives to traditional public education.
4C-2	Identify future directions for school systems based on current available information.

d. Benchmark 4D. The student will identify functions and duties of federal, state, parish, local, and school educational authorities.

4D-1	Illustrate how educational practice is governed by federal and state entities.
4D-2	Describe the hierarchy and duties of officials on the state, parish, and local level.

e. Benchmark 4E. The student will compare and contrast major schools of educational philosophy.

4E-1	Identify schools of educational philosophy.
4E-2	Correlate schools of philosophy to educational practice.

2. Standard 5. STAR students will describe schools as a microcosm of society at large.

a. Benchmark 5A. The student will recognize the socializing features of educational systems.

5A-1	Identify the ways in which teachers and school settings teach children acceptable and unacceptable social behavior.
5A-2	Show how schools promote social and group relationships.
5A-3	Explain how schools function as centers of social activity.

b. Benchmark 5B. The student will explain the relationship between schools and society.

5B-1	Discuss the role of social conditions on schools and children.
5B-2	Evaluate ways that schools can counter problems in society exhibited in schools themselves (i.e.; violence, racism, drug abuse).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10).

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