Editing Education reform (section)

===Overview===
In the first decade of the 21st century, several issues are salient in debates over further education reform:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uschamber.com/NR/rdonlyres/eguedi4ugpgi5lshzvgvskrgiqw6xeaiiqj5fmtimjwy2xmnknavlu5mngsviu4uhgo3xjb7nmluvqqz54bit7yg5ve/070227jointplatform.pdf |title=A Joint Platform for Education Reform |work=The Center for American Progress |publisher=[[United States Chamber of Commerce]] |archive-date=4 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081104082039/http://www.uschamber.com/NR/rdonlyres/eguedi4ugpgi5lshzvgvskrgiqw6xeaiiqj5fmtimjwy2xmnknavlu5mngsviu4uhgo3xjb7nmluvqqz54bit7yg5ve/070227jointplatform.pdf|access-date=2012-09-07}}</ref>

* Longer school day or [[Year-round school|school year]]
* [[After-school activity|After-school]] tutoring
* [[Charter school]]s, [[school choice]], or [[school voucher]]s
* Smaller [[class size]]s<ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113176988 Professor: Smaller Class Sizes Optimal For Kids]. All Things Considered, National Public Radio. 24 September 2009.</ref>
* Improved teacher quality
** Improved training
** Higher credential standards
** Generally higher pay to attract more qualified applicants
** Performance bonuses ("[[merit pay]]")
** Firing low-performing teachers
* [[Internet]] and computer access in schools
* Track and reduce [[Dropping out|drop-out rate]]
* Track and reduce [[absenteeism]]
* [[English-only education|English-only]] vs. [[bilingual education]]
* [[Mainstreaming (education)|Mainstreaming]] or [[Inclusion (education)|fully including]] students with [[special educational needs]], rather than placing them in separate [[special school]]s
* Content of [[curriculum standard]]s and [[textbook]]s
** What to teach, at what age, and to which students. Discussion points include the age at which children should learn to read, and the primary mathematical subject that is taught to adolescents – algebra, or statistics or personal finances.
* Funding, neglected infrastructure, and adequacy of educational supplies
* [[Student rights]]
*Education inequalities facing students of color