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Math Performance and Middle School Students

the views of educators and school psychologists regarding the importance of high-stakes testing and the implications for varied le...

Looking at the Practical Aspects of Introducing a New Strategy for a Home Care Agency

legislation an the economic feasibility of the plan. A major role of the board will be to make the decision, to ensure that there ...

Internet and the Impacts on Post-Secondary Education

in higher education (Lee 137). In Britain, the Internet age appears to be prevalent in urban settings, but there is also a clea...

Argument: The Revisions to IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) 2004 are Good for Both Students and Teachers

revisions are necessary and helpful, we will examine them in more detail. First, the revisions bring IDEA more closely in line wi...

Unemployment; Impact on Apollo Inc.

economic cycles which have been seen. In figure 1 the unemployment level is shining with the pink bands showing the periods of rec...

The Problem with Literacy Teaching in Schools

To potential value of a dialogic pedagogy has been recognized in different government policies. For example, in 2005 with the EPPI...

Case Study Middle School Math

as they expected. They expect special education students to gain more than a months growth for each month of instruction with spec...

Brain-Based Education

book, Human Brain, Human Learning (Jensen, 2008). Brain-based education emphasizes how the brain learns naturally. This informati...

Needs Assessment and Simulation

evaluated stated that they are predominantly "hands-on learners." Eight of the 10 nurses evaluated stated they were hands-on lear...

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...

Collaborative Learning Communities

2007, p. 166). Livesay, et al (2007) point out that participation in professional collaborative learning communities helps teach...

Efficacy of Tutoring Programs & Math

education students within inclusive classrooms are peer tutoring and content mastery labs. The purpose of the following proposed r...

Health & PE/Differentiated Instruction

according to learning readiness; cultural backgrounds; gender; talents; learning styles; and interests (McGreevey-Nichols, 2004). ...

The Little Rock Nine

Linda Brown who had to walk a great distance to arrive at the black school to which she was assigned. What came from the Supreme C...

Effective Vocabulary Development in Special Education

of 1998 low achieving schools were rewarded for their adoption of proven reading models (Skindrud and Gersten, 2006). With the 20...

Affirmative Action

well known in various affected organizations, it also dominated higher education. There was a claim that because minorities are at...

How To Improve U.S. Poverty Level In 2008

There have been various modifications and accommodations for students with special learning needs. Included in these are special ...

Educating Rita: Women and Education Today

see this play. It is about a woman, not that different from me because she is not from a rich family and she is from lower class, ...

The American Influence on Saudi Arabia

very different than what American women are used to experiencing. Hence, there had been a fear of Americans because of their liber...

Limitations of Increasing Parental Involvement in Special Education

the study will not address gender, ethnicity or socioeconomic status. The smallest group unit will be defined at the classroom le...

Multicultural Education

No Date). Research indicates that children arrive at school often with negative attitudes and misconceptions about other racial an...

Literature Review for Increasing Parental Involvement in Special Education

researchers did focus on learning-disabled students subject to individualized education planning (IEP). The researchers found tha...

Education: Crime and Civil Rights

for an individual who is determined to engage in crime. They may know what prison is about, may be intelligent, and yet they find ...

Special Education Legislation And Impact

something to fear" (Forest and Pearpoint, n.d.). What we do know is that it costs about twice as much to educate a child with dis...

Evaluating A Health Promotion Pamphlet

it seems appropriate to suggest that a picture that appears less "faded" would be appropriate in conveying the message that the in...

How Aristotle Opposes Plato's Attack on Poetry

the lyrics in modern songs, and in essence, the poets of today are Eminem and Jay Zee and Beyonce. Lyrics to emanate from these ar...

Multicultural Education - An Overview

come from different disciplines (Gay, 1994). For instance, educators might look at multicultural education from the point of view ...

Online Education/Professional Development

by trying things out)...reflective learners (learn by thinking things through, working alone) 5. sequential learners (linear, orde...

Article Critiques

torture, obviously having taken place since 9/11 as it involves the United States and terrorists, is now undergoing a new perspect...

Licensure: Education: Tennessee

in Tennessee (Rules of the State Board of Education: Tennessee, 2006). The last possibility is simply "good cause" which could cov...