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Public Schools' Founder Horace Mann

empowered to appoint a secretary to carry out its mission and Mann accepted this position (Eakin, 2000). Although Massachusetts ...

Behavior Disorders in Children

that if left unchecked, the latter can develop into the former. The extent to which children with problems tend to "slip through t...

Traditional and Progressive Models Used in Curriculum Development

parents, and the work is reduced because the children simply cannot keep up. There are so many ways that teachers seem to cut corn...

Educational Interactive Multimedia Software

text books (White, n.d.). The use of the software may be to teach or to reinforce, but the key factor in interaction is to allow...

'Makes Me Wanna Holler' by McCall and Academic Achievement

explains: " Two of my older brothers, Junnie and Dwight, went into the Army to get away (Billy left college after one year, but he...

Academic Achievement and Class Size Research Study Proposal

Problem There is a long history of research and opinions regarding the effects of smaller class size on student achievement. Alth...

Scholastic Achievement and Families with Single Parents

for, for example). They strongly recommend that school staff make themselves aware of the kind of constraints which are faced by s...

Teen Drug Use and Its Effects

people 21 and older * Underage drinking costs the United States more than $58 billion every year - enough to buy every public scho...

Reading Disabilities and Exceptional Children Interventions

events and the relations of those events. This simultaneously gains insight into the brains representation of language and into t...

Team Building Through a Virtual Team Experience

written about the importance of teamwork, are working relationships plagued with frustration and disappointment" (p. 56)? When pe...

Social Process of Communication

language - generally English - is not the official language and not the native language of most of the workers in those countries,...

Utilizing a Learning Contract Within an Academic Setting

the company and gaining contracts with domestic and commercial customers. The main aim of the project will be to create a clear ...

New York City and Asian American High School Students

Asians account for only 13 percent of the high school student population but they account for a disproportionately large percentag...

A Review of an Internet-Based Educational Activity for Children

greater I.Q.s than those with smaller brains but size is not all that matters ("Big," 2004). The question that should be asked: "I...

Report on Genetic Modification of Food

1. Genetically Modified Foods; The Issues In recent years there has been a great deal of attention paid to the concept as well...

Detrimental Effects of Coeducational Schools on Females

pressure and intimidation inherent to performing as well as their male counterparts in the coeducational setting speaks to the rea...

Special Education: Homework Adaptation

students. However, it is not clear as to how much of the learning disabled student population actual requires such separation fro...

Researching the International Baccalaureate Program

measurement signifies success of the program? * "Does there appear to be a positive correlation in the programs participants and a...

Plato's Apology/Capital Punishment & Academic Freedom

knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...

A Healthy Self-Concept

or her ability and worth. For example, when this writer/tutor was an adolescent, I judged my math ability negatively on both my ...

School Counseling And Student Achievement

school counseling program would improve achievement (Brown and Trusty, 2005). As an example of strategic intervention, the author...

What is Philosphy?

we have to consider what we mean by "everything," and if is it ever possible to identify everything. Would we have enough time to ...

At Risk African American Male Learning and a Discussion of Cognition and its Cultural Influences

2004). "The majority of reporting states-26 out of the 46 responding to the latest survey-have dropout rates ranging from 4.0% to...

Academic Success and Emotional Intelligence

managing emotions, which includes being able to prioritize activities. Take, for example, a situation where friends ask you to go ...

Ideals of Plato and Contemporary Education

employee believes a child is abused, they must call the authorities. If a child has a fight in school, the latest trend is to file...

'The History Book' and School Textbooks on History

One that attracts a great deal of attention as been the American Kennedy Family, others may be less well known as it s the accumul...

ADHD and a Male Black Teen

of ADHD. Another disorder that is frequently associated with school failure is Conduct Disorder (CD), which is characterized in ...

Theory of Standardized Academic Assessments

ask far too much from such a diverse collection of learners. As a direct result, educators are caught in the middle of trying to ...

Student Accomplishment and the Principal's Role

relationship, however (Hallinger, Bickman and Davis, 1996). The principals actions shape and affect the learning climate, which, i...

Causes and Suggestions in the Debate of Academic Underachievement vs. Academic Achievement

feasibly be some people who could successfully perform the role of a doctor or surgeon without a college degree, it is admittedly ...