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The Importance of the Governor in Education Planning and Budgeting

10 each year, and the Director of Finance, who is "the chief financial advisor to the governor," directs the preparation of the bu...

Scholastic Issues

with a few of the students laughed. Most of the students did not even see Sam trip but, typical to Sam,...

ESL Teaching's Negative Aspects in Puerto Rico

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Introduction Teaching English as a second language in Puerto Rico...

Alternative Education and Magnet Schools

Since that time, the program - which continues to be an integral component to the public school system - has expanded to incorpora...

No Child Left Behind and Standardized Testing

testing" as "standardized testing" that is used as "criteria for determining the quality of school, promotion of children to the n...

History/Education & Educational Psychology

Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827) with the first applied educational psychologist, as he attempted to put Rousseaus philosophy into ...

The Importance of Cultural Skills in Reaching Multicultural Students

chief factor in effective learning in a multicultural classroom. The hypothesis can be presented that:...

Cultural Basis of Education, Pedagogy and Educational Psychology

are based largely on the work of early behavioral theorists such as Freud, Erikson and Piaget (Ollhoff, 1996). These men and other...

Major Pedagogical and Educational Psychology Theories

the use of rewards" (Seamons, 2002). Perennialism comes out of the struggle to reconcile Idealism and Realism; the middle positio...

Readings/Educational Philosophy

the teacher would be naturally drawn to the Socratic method of instruction, which relies on the teacher attempting to bring forth ...

PhD Admission Essay

rate throughout the country and have been active in Texas for some time ($130 Million Committed, 2003). Texas is one state that f...

Weight Study Proposal

feel lethargic, further disinclining the individual to exercise, which escalates the problem. In regards to population, all age gr...

Children with Down Syndrome

are smaller than average (Hunter, 1999). Their arms and legs are also shorter in relation to the rest of their bodies, and hands a...

Motivation and Acquiring a Second Language

"brain plasticity" is the reason learning a second language after childhood is more difficult (Clyne, n.d.). Not everyone agrees ...

Education and the Participatory Research Model

are legitimate issues in teaching strategy and the fact that the education system is not working and few know why. While vouchers ...

Implementation of the Perkins Educational Grant

educational achievement, such as limited proficiency in English (California Department of Education (b), 2004). When it co...

Karl Popper's Method and Educational Research

irrational attitude towards the customs of social life, and the corresponding rigidity of those customs" (Popper quoted in McInnes...

Public Schools and Character Education

the school to lawsuits by parents disagreeing with the teaching. In essence, public education was cut adrift. Teachers and...

Computers a Household Necessity

taxpayers produce myriad receipts for purchases and expenses, it generally will blindly accept any self-designed spreadsheet of ho...

England, Education and Alfred the Great

skills were more highly valued. In addition, literacy was regarded as being equated with political and economic power: it was ther...

Barriers to Communication for Deaf Children

rather than concentrating on the disabled individual as having "deficits" within themselves (the medical model). They look at the ...

Sex Education as a Social Problem

about sex education is a conflict wherein the dominant group in the society is determining where and how this education should tak...

Western Civilizations's Pivotal Event

to a calling more suited to their socioeconomic status. In other words, if one were poor, one would be placed on the vocational tr...

Research Methods Journal Articles Reviewed

time period. The variables, as such, were the teachers, themselves. The study pointed out the need and the purpose clearly as th...

Use of a Journal to Teach Business Ethics

of ethical behaviour. The problem with ethics in business can be seen in the way that there is a conflict between the ideals of e...

Educational Handout on Global Higher Education

* This research problem provides some insight into the issues facing international educators. Research Variables: Independent ...

Educational Leadership and Teamwork

or is supervising the team. Smialek reported training team members in group skills have been identified as the "most necessary ele...

Students from Low Income Families and Affirmative Action's Impact

increasingly diverse, affirmative action in college admissions is a national imperative" (Dervarics, 2003; 6). And while, as menti...

A School Setting and Assessment and Accountability

a variety of issues that have influenced the process of educational assessments since the 1980s. These issues including things li...

Instruction and Educational Planning

Classroom management procedures should be explained to students and clear rules for discourse should be outlined. Students should...