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Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein and the Concept of Leadership

Rico hails from a privileged background, and Heinlein makes it clear that only through Johnnies military indoctrination in Officer...

Bullying: An Article Analysis

jails and violent inmates. But violence of a different kind is becoming distressingly prevalent in society: bullying. This paper a...

No Child Left Behind Act and IDEA

was signed into law on January 8, 2002 by President Bush. The bill was initiated by the president and written as a bi-partisan act...

Healthy Food Access in Food Deserts

problem as it exists in public schools around the country. Of course, there already exists some degree of regulation over what goe...

Psychological Well-Being and Islam

The sawm, the fourth pillar, is an annual fast that is held during the month of Ramadan. Again, communal identity is strengthened...

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...

Teaching in New York High-Need Schools

hire qualified teachers for these difficult schools (Boyd et al., 2008). The findings are somewhat surprising. First, the researc...

High School Graduation Rates and Implications for Cultural Concerns in the United States, China, and South Africa

Abstract: High school dropout rates remain a vital concern in many parts of the world. This is by no means a problem confined to...

Biblical Stance Toward Food Production

This research paper begins by relating the topic of food production to Exodus 16 and 17, i.e., the narratives associated with the ...

Teh Beginning of Operant Conditioning

Skinner's legacy is reinforcement. This theory has been applied in learning settings, such as schools, and also in counseling and ...

Hispanic Students Health

This 3 page paper provides a discussion of a few methods proposed to improve the health of Hispanics of adolescent age. This paper...

Jean M. Twenge, Generation Me

This book review pertains to Jean M. Twenge's text Generation Me, which is a study of the differences between the attitudes and se...

After-School Program Grant Case

This case focuses on one professional who is applying for a grant to expand his after-school. He wants to hire a friend as program...

Improving the Mental and Physical Health of Hispanic Adolescents

This 3 page paper provides a discussion of a few methods proposed to improve the health of Hispanics of adolescent age. This paper...

American Schools, the Problem of Racial Inequality

This research paper pertains to the issue of racial inequality in the U.S. school system and the gap between the academic achievem...

Challenges of Public School

This essay features an article by Marianna Haynes and Ann Maddock in order to discuss the problems faced by public school teaches....

Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid

This essay pertains to "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney. The writer argues that comedic effect is achieved by keeping the voi...

Wrestling, Personal Teaching Philosophy

This essay presents an example of how a high school wrestling instructor might choose to describe the teacher's personal teaching ...

Socialization Agents

This essay discusses the primary factors influencing socialization, that is, family, schooling and peer influence. Each of these c...

The Hellenistic Period

This paper explores the ways the ancient views of religion changed in response to the philosophical schools. There are three sour...

Teaching Patients and Students About Disease

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, including an increase in the number of ...

Education Reform and the Decline of Moral Education

Starting with the common school movement of the nineteenth century, the author of this paper discusses how the emphasis on moral e...

ISLLC Standards, an Overview

This essay offers an overview of the six standards established by the School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) in regards to sp...

Six T's of Elementary Literacy Instruction by Richard Allington

This essay pertains to the six categories of elementary instruction that were discerned from an extensive study of some of the bes...

IHP Accreditation, The ACICS Process

This research paper describes the accreditation process being initiated by the Institute of Healthcare Professions (IHP) with the ...

Importance of Value-Based Educational Instruction

This research paper pertains to the significance of values-based instruction within the public school system. Four pages in length...

Operant Conditiioning in Learning

Skinner believed that we are what we do and he also believed that we can change what we do for the better. The key to his theory a...

Low-Income Children Early Intervention

Although there have been debates about the value of Head Start, the research reported in this essay, suggests that it is a valid p...

Health Services in the School Setting

In a paper of ten pages, the author relates the findings in the current literature to a case assessment of mental health services ...

The Impacts of Sensational News Stories

In a paper of five pages, the author reflects on the use of tabloid journalism, especially sensational news stories, that foster n...