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Social Mobility and Schooling

to the "vicious cycle" inherent to poverty. It can be argued that the poor have no way to succeed or to break this cycle if they ...

Key Elements of Maryland v. Bradford

in Hornbeck v. Somerset Co. Bd. of Educ., rejected an equity challenge to the states education finance system (ACCESS, 2004). The ...

Journal Article Review on Teaching Fifth Graders Science

There have also been reports of lack of support for hands-on science teaching. Classroom management is another issue, particularly...

Columbine High School Killings

a collective, nor were they the first to seek vengeance on individuals in their own school: just the year before, Kip Kinkle enac...

Research Studies, School Delinquency, and Disruptive Behaviors

programming to address problems with disruptive behaviors, school adjustment and delinquency. This study outlines some central go...

Needs Analysis of U.S. Military Education of High School Students

again something that was suggested from outside the walls of the high school. To some extent, it was a need based on discussion wi...

Knowledge and Whether or Not Anything Can be Truly Known

only thing that is known is what is presently occurring. In other words, if something is out of ones eyesight and experience, it i...

Program Proposal on School Violence Prevention

an end to these violent episodes? One of the most logical deductions is that of the new-fangled child rearing practices tha...

Elementary School Math Teaching and Textbooks

from cover to cover (Kirkpatrick and Swafford, 2001). It could be contended, in fact, that teachers are forced into this pick an...

A Review of Special Education Training Literature and Funding Issues

throughput funding (based on tasks that need to be developed, and focusing more on services in a school) and output funding, which...

Multicultural Education Issues

to speak more loudly than any words on the subject. "My teaching was silent on issues of race, and it was a silence that must hav...

School Library Media Centers and Copyright Law Considerations

copy machines notifying faculty and students of copyright provisions have been just one of the precautions that have been taken (C...

School Aged Children and Nutrition Factors

diet. These include such factors as cholesterol, total fat, saturated fat, sugars, sodium, protein, and fiber. Thanks to...

How a New Teacher Should Teach Reading

a time (Torgesen, 1998). Letter-sound knowledge can be measured by presenting one letter at a time and asking the child what sound...

Hong Kong Primary Schools and English as a Second Language

have shown that, in Chinese, there are many characters that do not fully encode pronunciation (McBride and Treiman, 2003). In othe...

Decision Making in Schools and Information Technology's Uses

it the potential that is valuable, but there is even a duty of school to take advantage of technology. Where schools are concerned...

Horton's Seeds of Fire

grandfather, a devout Christian who taught Horton "a strong biblical sense of the differences between rich and poor... and that ed...

Exercise and Bone Health

New York State Physical Education curriculum standards: Physical Education 1: Personal Health and Fitness 1.a. perform basic m...

Describing a New and Ideal School System

would want a school system whose hidden curriculum included higher expectations for students and that provided students the instru...

Assessment of Tennessee's Highlander Folk School

like drama and dance and music. They were given more than just a cursory education. Rather, they were given an impressive amount o...

Stating a Case Opposing School Uniforms

disbands that added pressure on students. There are so many good arguments for requiring school uniforms. At the same time, the...

Homeless Youth and Special Schools

n.d.). The National Coalition for the Homeless also reported two studies that concluded "mainstream schools are better able to me...

Which is Best, Public or Private Schools

way to receive a strong education is either through a privately funded school or even home schooling. Williams, who is a 1...

School Counseling and Testing Purposes

is debatable of course, but the tests do enable schools to identify those areas in which their students do not perform as well as ...

Chapters One through Three of Introduction, Study of the Problem and Outcomes and Evaluation Education Action Research Proposal

deliberately bumping into others when moving from one area to another; making remarks; laughing or giggling when there is nothing ...

School Pepsi Cola Vending Machine Controversy

New York dumped all soda pop and offers only "100 percent juice drinks from Snapple" (Watson, 2004). In January 2004, Los Angeles ...

Leadership of BMW

supervisory board (aufsichtsrat), and the management board (vorstand). This has a strong historic presence and has mandatory since...

Suzanne de Passe Harvard Case Study

Motown Productions. This was a cross-functional team that shared responsibilities and were involved in every project together. The...

Public Schools and Celebration of Halloween

the term today has its roots in William Penns "Holy Experiment" in Pennsylvania when what would become the United States of Americ...

Managing Classroom Disruptions

not have video games, CD players, cell phones or other electronic devices, but not all school systems have been willing to take st...