Essays 541 - 570
poverty from one year to the next (Bridgeland, DiIulio and Morison, 2006; p. 2). Bill Gates recently announced that he soon...
In 2006, Ryan reported there was a serious shortage of principals in the entire Northeast region of the United States, encompassin...
changing educational environment. In transformational leadership, as the name implies, administrative leaders, such as the school ...
a hierarchical system that pictures four levels of development (Craig 276). The first phase of consciousness describes people who ...
education acknowledges the fact that knowledge is presented to students within the context of culture and that in a diverse popula...
describe the other elements that were at play in the educational process. These invisible elements, the so-called "hidden curricu...
scores on the states Comprehensive Assessment Report were strongly related to increases in technological use (Page, 2002, p. 389)....
effects of sensational and exploitive news coverage of traumatized victims and terrified parents, these shootings deserve our atte...
with "relatively well-adjusted" individuals (Hood and Johnson 213). It measures "everyday characteristics," such as "soci-ability,...
way, attempted to "fix" Marxism and their ideas came to be known as "Critical Theory."5 When Horkheimer became director of the Ins...
is management and leadership skills. Finally, the principal must have a strong background in personality development to understand...
there were five things that had to be done for Americas school children. He listed providing a child with "a safe place to grow up...
approaches. The growing field of sports psychology offers us this opportunity. Sports psychology can be used to more effectively...
15- to 17-year-old girls have partners three to five years older, and 7% have partners six or more years older (Anonymous, 2002)....
of stress on the victims in addition to causing several long term negative effects. Bullying is considered to be "any form of phys...
investigator controlled for demographics and socio-economic status (Seamon, Schultink and Slocum, 2002). The investigator administ...
tuition at local parochial schools but less than half the costs of private nonsectarian schools (Thigpen, 2000). For more than tw...
is such a need for utility engineers: "The energy-delivery industry must realize that the work force needed to maintain the reliab...
have emergency teaching certificates (NASBE, 2002). Consider these data: * Urban schools are twice as likely to hire unlicensed or...
In response to the apparent crisis in our educational system, U.S. President Bill Clinton authorized, and Congress passed the "Edu...
It is the responsibility of the school nurse to make sure childrens bodies are healthy so that their minds can be properly nurture...
much credence outside of his native country, but in the nineteenth century the first kindergarten units were opened in British pri...
Act. The data re for the school year 1998-1999 and reflect the percentage per 1,000 students. The data is from the U.S. Department...
such as the physical state of the building and other factors which impact the health of students. Furthermore, it is impo...
having a public education at all, subsequent research suggested that including children in regular classrooms was far superior (19...
entries. RESULTS OF FINDINGS The testing gains for each of the 111 schools that were studied and are practicing full inclusion o...
too narrow-minded and limited. During the aftermath of September 11, it became increasingly evident that when terrorism touched o...
Childrens Defense Fund places gunfire as "the second-leading cause of death among Americans ages 10-19" (Anonymous, 1996, p. PG). ...
One study found that between 1988 and 1998, 42 percent of all the elementary school principals in the United States left their job...
how to be creative. While some critics of public school want the "back to basic" criteria to extend into elementary school -- el...