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Teaching Shortages and the Growing Demands on Teachers in Public Schools

a less than desirable life choice as fewer and fewer college students are making the commitment to becoming teachers. The result h...

Drug Offenses and High School Undercover Law Enforcement

however, an easy demonstration to make. Indeed, drugs in our schools have resulted in the formation of its own subculture and tha...

The Effects of Alcoholism

parents are much more likely to become alcoholics themselves than do those who grow up in nonalcoholic households (Powell and Garc...

Dental School Cheating and its Ethical Implications

that many students choose to cheat (Kleiner & Lord, 1999). In a recent survey, 80 % (1999, p.55) of students in high school, who ...

Education and a Serious Religion Curriculum

between the teacher and the students. In the book, Taking Religion Seriously Across the Curriculum, by Warren Nord and Charles Ha...

Academic Curriculum and the Importance of Music Education

how to be creative. While some critics of public school want the "back to basic" criteria to extend into elementary school -- el...

School Principal's Changing Roles

One study found that between 1988 and 1998, 42 percent of all the elementary school principals in the United States left their job...

The Gleaners by Jean François Millet

he was relatively ambivalent about any political aspects of his work (Internet source). Pioche writes: "Being of peasant stock, he...

Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr.'s In Search of Excellence Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies

be functional both internally as well as externally in order to maximize their effectiveness and generate revenues. By using seve...

Education and Constructivism

which an individual learns and knows things, such as: * Knowing comes from the active and proactive nature of learners actions (Ho...

Comparing Keynesian and New Classical Economics

stable inflation rate, and as such the position of some unemployment in an economy is accepted, and the natural level is when the ...

Students with Disabilities and Full Inclusion in Texas Schools

entries. RESULTS OF FINDINGS The testing gains for each of the 111 schools that were studied and are practicing full inclusion o...

Integrating the Theories of Blau, Blumer, and Mead

1930s (Abbott, 1997). One of the major influences within the Chicago School was George Herbert Mead of the Chicago philosophy depa...

English Schools and the Teaching of Citizenship

too narrow-minded and limited. During the aftermath of September 11, it became increasingly evident that when terrorism touched o...

Program to Prevent Violence in Schools

Childrens Defense Fund places gunfire as "the second-leading cause of death among Americans ages 10-19" (Anonymous, 1996, p. PG). ...

Construction of the 'Perfect School'

that teachers willingly come to teach at, and that sends forth intelligent and thinking individual at graduation time. In ...

Elementary Classrooms, Technology, and Reading

thinking proficiency, encourage the use of writing skills to communicate with others, and improve research capabilities," says Wal...

Information for Those New to Teaching

geographic disciplinary perspectives in their academic training" (Towson University, nd). As an illustration of how this works, he...

Preschool and Kindergarten Best Practice Curriculum

to Schweinhart and Weikart (1990), effective and developmentally appropriate programs for children (they are discussing Head Start...

Reforming Education and Its Barriers

from families, teachers and others before it can implement much of anything, the good ideas end up becoming watered down. Unfortun...

The American Infatuation with Violence

of violence against women due to popular culture and escalating violence throughout Americas school system. "Televisions role in ...

Recessions and Keynesian Economics

this book, Keynes discussed the causes of unemployment and his theories regarding what governments should and should not do in har...

The Negative Effects of Adolescent Corporal Punishment in Adulthood

have turned into even greater social misfits as a means by which to defy the authoritative nature of corporal punishment. Any com...

Opposition to Teaching Ebonics in the Classroom

is a component of nearly every spoken language; however, the line between jargon and true common speech becomes blurred when such ...

U.S. Middle Schools and Deficiencies in Mathematics

implement middle school principles. The predominant theory for the last fifty years or so has been that the middle school is the b...

Different Approaches to Human Resource Management and Business Strategy

the workers undertaking the tasks. This can be seen as a typically classical approach to HR management, with little attenti...

Issue of School Safety

however, would seem an imbalance from within. Even if the young person understands that killing is not acceptable behavior, a chil...

FERPA of 1974

educational records (Family Policy Compliance Office, 2001). Once the student reaches the age of 18, the rights under this Act tra...

Elementary School PE

during these age levels and becomes a self-starter (Kahn, 1997). Understanding these characteristics help the teacher to plan le...

A Tutorial for K-12 School Administration

essay will explore the literature to identify the numerous characteristics, knowledge and skills that are linked to an effective...