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Freshman Academies for Transition

School. The increasing number of standardized tests adds another challenge for high school students (McCalumore & Sparapani, 2010)...

Childhood Obesity and the Role of the School System

systems around the nation began to report BMI on report cards. The BMI or body mass index is a calculation involving height and we...

How a Remote School District in Alaska Changed

Plans, Student Assessment Binders, Student Learning Profiles, and Student Life skills Portfolios which contain support and documen...

Teaching Creationism in Public Schools

ostensibly in the interest of superior scientific education (Boston, 2011). Often, these bills have been packaged with initiatives...

Funding Cuts to Public School, Their Effects

summer school and a decrease in extracurricular programs" (Cosgrove 583). Frank Pugh, president of the California School Boards As...

Women's Participation in Traditionally Male Sports

of the females role in society, which confined women exclusively to the home and the roles of wives and mothers, lingered well int...

Does Hip Hop Harm Black Americans?

and its signature musical expression, rap music, which evolved from the "African American, Afro-Caribbean and Latino communities o...

An Introduction and Learning Needs Assessment

can have a significant impact on patient quality of life and on the impacts of chronic illness. For John, ineffective pain manage...

Michael J. Schmoker's "Results Fieldbook Practical Strategies From Dramatically Improved Schools" - Critique

foundation of Schmokers message: place the power with the teachers who serve as a reckoning force when it comes to empowerment, in...

School Leadership And Student Achievement

having excellent personal interaction skills, skilled in change management and a person who is capable of establishing a nurturing...

Internet Censorship and Schools

get around filtering programs by proxy tunneling and this strategy must be taken into account and blocked (Losinski, 2007). On the...

Achievement Gap Among Students

attachment, and school climate each has an impact on student achievement (Stewart, 2007). Research that investigates these types o...

Argument: Prayer Does Not Belong in Public Schools

a hole in that wall. The purpose of public schools is to "educate, not to proselytize" (Gaylor). Advocates of prayers in public s...

THE PROBLEM WITH RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

home for a variety of reasons. One of the main reasons is the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The clause, "Congr...

Canadian Aboriginal Schools as Cultural Genocide

system, the rationale for establishing the system was unabashedly one of assimilation. Nicholas F. Davin, who proposed the system ...

Status of American Education

of the many areas of education that has suffered due to overburdening public schools (Croddy 30). In a research study that involve...

“Fist Stick Knife Gun”: Addressing Juvenile Delinquency

in the world and a greater and greater percentage of violent crimes in particular. The behavior of far too many of our nations ch...

The Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons In Developing Countries Is A Reality

same time officials felt compelled to somewhat shield the public from its alarming aspects in order to maintain civic composure. ...

A Consideration of Community Policing in Dismal City, USA

woes, it is certainly a step in the right direction towards helping the police department adapt to the communitys benefit in these...

Classroom Observation Analysis

Slattery and Steinberg, 1999). Dewey promoted social experiences and having students solve problems in group settings (Kincheloe...

Fire Prevention and Public Education

by a ratio of 3:1 ("Fires"). With the past five years these statistics as these are easily accessible on the Internet and can be ...

Staffing the VA Outpatient Clinic

and a domiciliary residence for homeless veterans (Mountain Home VA Medical Center, n.d.); the Knoxville CBOC frequently sends its...

WorkSpace: Benefits For Students, Teachers And Parents

to focus more closely upon the sometimes subtle requirements students have where learning is concerned. Computers represent one o...

Community Profile: Juvenile Threat

gang activity in Los Angeles is to realize how gang mentality universally displayed in this racially and ethnically homogeneous su...

Florida State Laws: Underage Alcohol Consumption/Possession And Public Urination

are on their own at school; however, the soiree does not last long once law enforcement officials find out those who are imbibing ...

School Counseling And Student Achievement

school counseling program would improve achievement (Brown and Trusty, 2005). As an example of strategic intervention, the author...

Zero Tolerance Policies - Do They Work?

in the Gun-Free School Act (McAndrews, 2001; McCune, 2000). McAndrews (2001) reported that policies were passed by state legislat...

Public Schools and the Separation of Church and State

many lawsuits and debates. In Widmar, the school obviously interpreted the clause to mean that religious activities should be ke...

Race Relations in Detroit

The white exodus from Detroit is truly mind-boggling. There were 1,600,000 white living in Detroit after World War II, and roughly...

High School Experience

hypothetical first person description of what it may be like. "I really did not care about high school and thought there w...