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Creativity is Stifled by the Music Curriculum

the subjects that are on the test and drill them into the students so they will perform will on the tests. While this is understan...

The Need to Improve School Lunches

need to eat healthy food in order to feel good and, therefore, learn better. The American lifestyle of sedentary occupations and l...

High-Need Schools, a Challenge for Teachers

a passion that they want to share it; at least the best teachers feel this way. Whether its math, English, physics, computers, the...

What Caused World War Two?

The writer argues that there are at least two schools of thought about what caused World War II: one that it was caused by World W...

Academic Testing - All Children Left Behind

allow a teacher to see how much material the students retain. A second point in favor of the testing is that students have to lear...

High School Sex Education

In five pages this paper argues that sex education classes should be required of all high school students. Five sources are cited...

Compulsory School Attendance

In ten pages this paper argues in support of education's privatization and away from the policy of mandatory school attendance. S...

Schools Not Color Blind Yet

In spite of all attempts to remove race as a determining factor in American schools, it continues to be a problem. This paper argu...

Books on Young Horses and Schooling

In five pages renowned equestrians Anne Kursinski and George Morris are discussed in a consideration of sport horses and how to tr...

Columbine Shootings and Media Influence

In a paper consisting of six pages it is argued that the media influenced the shootings at Littleton, Colorado's Columbine High Sc...

Handicapped Children and Educational Inclusion

This paper addresses the inclusion of disabled children in schools. The author uses the Handicapped Act of 1975 and the American ...

Schools Should Have Comprehensive Sex Education Programs

approach. Last year the forces advocating abstinence-only programs scored a major victory when the federal government passed the f...

Dropouts Among Gifted and At Risk Students

In six pages it is argued that students who are gifted, at risk are more likely to quit school than their peers who are not gifted...

The Necessity of Physical Education

reason physical education programs have taken a decline in the school systems is funding. In large portions of the United States t...

Teacher Training for the 21st Century

traditional pedagogies are inadequate to meet the needs of the 21st century and that education paradigms that were created in the ...

'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...

Elementary School and Family Life Education

informing their children about the "birds and the bees" and expected this topic to be covered within the school curriculum (Price,...

High Schools and the Need for Metal Detectors

not been privy to the information, another Columbine might have erupted. This is a case in point. Metal detectors are necessary f...

Drug Testing for High School Athletes

can be required to submit to suspicionless drug tests as a condition of athletic participation...the response was initially tepid:...

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...

Diane Ravitch, Her Views on American Public Schools

countrys leading educators and has been a vocal advocate for both testing and accountability initiatives in the public schools. A ...

Chris Matthews/Hardball

with the name of Chris Matthews because this is the name of the MSNBC television show on which Matthews appears as the host. Howev...

Transforming Discipleship by Greg Ogden

This book review focuses on the first three chapters of Greg Ogden's Transforming Discipleship, Making Disciples a Few at a Time. ...

My Moral Odyssey by Samuel Proctor

This book report presents an overview of Proctor's text, as this paper consists of one-page summaries of each chapter in the book....

Mary of Plymouth by James Otis

This book review pertains to a book authored by Otis in 1910, which is designed to appeal to young readers and provide them with a...

A Theology As Big As the City by Ray Bakke

This book review pertains to Rau Bakke's A Theology As Big as the City. First of all, the writer/reviewer describes Bakke's primar...

Bondage Breaker by Neil Anderson

This book review is on Neil T. Anderson's "The Bondage Breaker." After summarizing the overall text, the writer offers commentary ...

The Dynamic Presence in Little Women, Jo March

This essay pertains to the way in which Jo March is portrayed in "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. The argument is presented th...

Searching for Urban Theology

This paper presents a book review of City of God, City of Satan by Linthicum. The main ideas in the book are reported as are the r...

3 Articles on Public Relations Issues Between Schools and Communities Summarized

is all too often overlooked (Ediger, 2001). When courteous responses between school workers is not relayed, the public at large w...