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Can Anything Be Done About School Violence?

school systems. One study conducted by the University of Michigan reports that nine percent of eighth graders carry a weapon to s...

Reggio Emilia and the Zone of Proximal Development of Lev Vygotsky

and educational focus as a whole. II. Vygotsky Vygotsky suggests that learning is based within the zone of proximal developme...

Education and Gender Prejudice

In twelve pages schools are discussed in terms of how gender prejudiced is evidenced in sex segregation, textbooks, and teacher cl...

Do Schools Have a Gender Gap?

In twenty five pages this research paper examines schools in a literature review and survey pertaining to the issue of gender ineq...

Elementary School and DISTAR Reading Program

DISTAR reading program is being used more widely all the time" (Hone, 1994, p. PG). First introduced in the 1960s, DISTAR -- whic...

Elementary Education, Computers, and Test Scores

In eight pages this paper considers how using computers in elementary school classrooms produce benefits including assisting stude...

Urban Setting and Funding of Public Schools

In ten pages this paper examines educational program types used in urban areas and discusses the effects of public school funding ...

Public Education and the Impact of Social Problems

In six pages this paper discusses public education and the hefty price tag that is attached to societal problems in a consideratio...

Schools and Mandatory Uniform Policies

Mandatory uniform policies for schools are assessed in a paper consisting of four pages. Ten sources are cited in the bibliograph...

President Bill Clinton on Public School Uniforms

of the best ways to reduce violence and improve discipline within our public schools. This declaration came after the President s...

Middle School Level Reading Programs and Educational Model Improvements

In twelve pages this paper examines middle school level reading programming problems in a study outline that focuses upon improvin...

Overview of the Edison Project

that has a student enrolled in the Edison Project receives a home computer. Edison uses these computers to keep in communication w...

Suburban v. Urban Schools

Crime and delinquency often run rampant through the halls of any citys public schools just as they do through the streets. The ve...

San Francisco's Unified School District and the Reconstitution Process

In seven pages this paper discusses the reduced use of the Reconstitution process by San Francisco Unified School District Superin...

Public Schools and Students with AIDS

In six pages this paper discusses the benefits of allowing students with AIDS to attend public schools. Seventeen sources are cit...

Learning's Theoretical Components

from personal experience, including elements of culture; 3. the development of learning through the function of the brain is relat...

Action Research and Education

In five pages this essay subdivided into 2 sections considers the merits of action research in a new math class for high school st...

Hiring Practices and School District Superintendents

In twenty two pages this paper examines superintendent candidate requirements in this consideration of school districts' hiring pr...

Supporting the School Voucher Program

In nine pages school vouchers are supported in this argument that focuses upon established programs in Florida and elsewhere. Eig...

School Vouchers Controversy

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Education Association (NEA) and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) equate ...

School Libraries and Cultural Diversity

In five pages the importance of school library diversification so that multicultural student needs can be met is discussed. Four ...

Overview of Magnet Schools

In ten pages this research paper discusses the various issues relating to magnet schools in terms of whatever benefits they may of...

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...

'State 'Teacher's Colleges' Normal' Schools

In 10 pages this paper provides an historical overview of the normal schools and traces how they evolved into teachers colleges an...

France's System of Education

In nine pages this research paper assesses the elementary school, secondary, and higher education levels that comprise the French ...

High School Sports and Drug Testing of Athletes

In nine pages this paper presents the argument against blanket drug testing of high school athletes. Seven sources are cited in t...

Schools and Juvenile Delinquency

In eight pages the problems connected with juvenile delinquency in public schools are examined in terms of the students who are th...

True Cause of Dyslexia Determination

In twenty pages current research is applied to the topic of dyslexia and its learning disability status with the proposal of a sch...

Children with Disabilities and Education

In four pages this paper discusses providing disabled children with proper education in a consideration of the Individuals with Di...

Proposal for Handicapped Activities at Middlesex School

In seven pages this paper discusses a proposal for extracurricular activities for the handicapped students of Middlesex School. F...