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School Administration Effectiveness

instruction (Blas? and Blas?, 2001). They encourage professional growth and help teachers reflect on what they are doing and what ...

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...

Policy Brief on NYC School Vouchers

to explore options for New York Citys education crisis. There does seem to be a great deal of detriments within the citys school s...

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,...

U.S. and Thoughts on the Great Depression

period of time that argued that the economic policies of the government were too conservative and that it was largely at fault for...

Curriculum and Impact of Standardized Tests

school teachers and 66 percent of high school teachers reporting the same (What the numbers say, 2003, p. 8). Boston College profe...

School Dance Curriculum Proposal

reduce the chances of developing several chronic illness later in life. Regular physical activity reduces the chances of heart dis...

Middle School Curriculum Addition of Spanish Proposal

million people, 75 percent of whom speak Spanish (IMAC, 2005). Spanish is spoken by almost 400 million people in the world (IMAC, ...

School System Cultural Wealth Increases

that spans generations. This observation also implies that there is no easy fix. In some way, Martins views on cultural wealth ar...

Cheerleading Can Be an Asset in Many Subsequent Activities

that the experiences that I enjoyed while in high school will continue to be important to me throughout the rest of my life. Chee...

The Ramifications of Cheating on College Exams

is detrimental to the continuance of the individuals college career and can jeopardize future endeavors. For example, if an indivi...

Alternative Education and Preventing High School Dropouts

greater dropout likelihood, including poor attendance, substandard academic performance, and lack of credits earned to graduate (A...

ARK Adults Relating To Kids

positive character development (ARK, 2009). The research outcome at Houstons Furr High School illustrates the extent to wh...

Overview and Criticism of the Welsh School (Aberystwyth) of Critical Security Studies

where there is the argument for the need to eliminate unjust social relationship, including gender relations and needs to be seen ...

Social Institutions and Criminology

gangs, organized crime families, and crime in general, sometimes the family is what instigates it. Travis Hirschi for example cl...

Literary Techniques in Junior High Girls

for teaching: Today there is a substantial movement toward "student-centered" education. The theory is that students rather than t...

Changes in What is Required in Education and to What Degree

According to recent statistics, seven out of ten high school graduates will enroll in a college or university after graduation (Le...

Teaching Our Children About Sex

When considering the question of whether we are repressed sexually it is important to recognize that sexuality is as diverse as hu...

Film Review of Coach Carter

Carter and takes a swing at him, which Carter blocks and then, with an arm pended behind his back, Carter pushes Cruz against a wa...

Literary Techniques Used by Girls in Junior High School

year of close observation. The young women allowed Finders to read their notes and listen to their conversations, an amazing displ...

Comparing Mission and Philosophy Statements in regards to Nursing

from those of education- focused institutions, when the institution in question is a nursing school, there are similarities, as we...

Increased Accountability in Education

Charter. The stated purpose was to provide parents with more information about the performance of their local schools. As with any...

Book Chapter Synopsis: Policy

good example. Not every state had an enacted law that addressed the issue of segregation which meant they may or may not be practi...

Tuition Reimbursement

It is for purposes of attracting new employees, retaining the old ones, and simply improving the worth of the workers that firms s...

Reinforcement with High School Students

reinforcers are designated to be the activities that teachers assume will motivate high school students; however, adolescent taste...

English as a Second Language Preschoolers

learning to read English as well. Between reading books at home and book in the classroom, children picked up a significant amou...

Adult Learners

school. This paper briefly explores a few of them. Discussion We are interested here in adults who are already established in car...

Issues with English Language Learners

which refers to the fact that immigrants typically do quite well in American society, despite having to learn the intricacies of a...

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...

John Gatto on the Shortcomings of Education

of school is not to educate children and help them develop into thinking young people who grow into responsible adults, but to kee...