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Proposition 187 in California

This report consisting of ten pages examines a 1994 voter initiative that prevented children of immigrants from public school atte...

Issue of School Choice

the problem from a political point of view. Is the selection of schools another step toward democracy and free markets, or...

Elementary Level Assessment of Portfolios

In ten pages this research paper examines elementary school grade level portfolios as an assessment alternative approach. Twenty ...

Increased Popularity of Schooling Year Round

The pros, cons, and potential problems of having schools open all year are assessed in a literature review consisting of eight pag...

Public School Students and Nonverbal Learning Disorders

In six pages this paper examines public school students and nonverbal learning disorders that affect about 10 percent of LD childr...

Advance Organizers and High School Language Arts

In eight pages this paper examines advance organizer theories in terms of purpose and model components and then one for a high sch...

The Significance of the Arthurian Legend

In eight pages this research paper discusses the impact upon the Arthurian legend upon medieval literature and includes The Weddin...

Home Schooling's Scholastic Advantages

children. Many have heard stories of youngsters who are high achievers-opening businesses, winning contests, obtaining perfect SAT...

Charter Schools That Are State Funded

In eleven pages this paper discusses charter schools and their state funding in terms of their advantages and disadvantages. Eigh...

Knowledge Theories Empiricism and Rationalism

In six pages this paper examines these two philosophical schools of knowledge with the categorical imperative of Immanuel Kant and...

Auto Collision Specialist Course and Traditional or Technical School

for the student who wants to get through school to begin earning a living as quickly as possible. Additionally, these basic cour...

Plastigon and Campbell Soup

occurring in all of US manufacturing throughout the 1980s. The changes had been born years before and came to a head in the wake ...

San Antonio Public Schools and Uniform Controversy

they have nothing to wear. As well, back-to-school shopping would take on an entirely different meaning when most of the allotted...

Elementary Mathematics Writing

use the rules and processes of elementary math. There has been a shift in teaching strategies from the "teaching by telling," m...

Harpsichord History

keyboards, which are usually referred to as "manuals." The sound of the harpsichord is generally considered to be clearer and liv...

Ways of Reducing Natural Unemployment

In five pages this paper discusses natural unemployment and considers various economic schools of thought including Keynesian. Si...

Attrition of College Freshmen

levels of academic discourse both during lessons and in post-lesson narrative construction. Also, there was greater student parti...

Elementary School Tutoring

that may be present. Major Issues Efforts to classify children so that they can be...

The Food of Cuba

* Free market (Eating). II. HISTORY In order for the student to gain a significantly better understanding of why certain c...

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...

Issues of Stereotypes and Prejudice

of a belief concerning that type of individual, something discussed often in Jones book "Social Psychology of Prejudice." A black ...

Films and Technology

- is what was considered quite unique for the figuratively dark production. Adding literal darkness to MacBeth was the directors ...

5 Poems Interpreted

observing children at their studies. However, the second stanza offers a sharp contrast to this opening, as Yeats states that he d...

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 ...

The Bauhaus and Joost Schmidt's Contributions

desire of Gropius to make "modern artists familiar with science and economics," which he felt would "unite creative imagination wi...

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...