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Alternative School Development

districts in the nation had at least one alternative school and about 88 percent of high school districts had at least one alterna...

K through 12 Student Risk Factors in Las Vegas and in the Clark County School District

more likely to smoke, drink alcohol, use illegal drugs and commit petty crimes than are peers who do not gamble, which places addi...

Lester and Onore - Learning Change

reread the same text while logging summaries, connections and questions that arose. As a follow-up they were divided into groups ...

Evaluating the School Districts in Long Island, New York

on math and science, something all too often discarded by school systems around the nation. While other schools are dumbing down c...

Safety Concerns in Educational Facilities

concern in elementary schools (Thompson and Hudson, 1998). Proper supervision is crucial, as it is believed that more than 40 per...

English as a Second Language Student and Science Instruction

How might a teacher convey the idea to a class of elementary school children? He or she would come to the definition by provid...

New York City's Public School System and Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

Freires (2000) point is found within the depths of female social oppression found in the New York City public school system, a com...

Balancing Act of Having a Job and Returning to School

classes from which to choose (Burden, 1995). There are also such places of higher learning such as the University of Phoenix "tha...

Richard Hoggart's Scholarship Boy

from even his or her family for trying to improve himself. Hoggart also addresses the working class who have taught themselves s...

Sharks and Rays Course Outcomes

for millions of years, the shark is able to adapt itself to its surroundings and the changes in its environment. The adaptability ...

Educational Philosophy of John Dewey

This paper consisting of six pages considers the influence John Dewey continues to exert on the system of public schools and on th...

Going to Law School by Harry Castleman and Christopher Niewoehner

In five pages this report reviews the book's first few chapters in order to examine what valuable personality characteristics a la...

Latino Students of California and Changes in Population

is passed down from generation to generation, invariably perpetuating the academic discord that exists within Californias educatio...

America's Schoolchildren and Jonathan Kozol's Savage Inequalities

In five pages this paper discusses the argument the author makes within the context of inequities in U.S. public school funding. ...

School Policy Development

This paper consists of six pages and explores the appropriate primary school policy development regarding support relationships an...

School Guidance Counseling and Puppetry

How school guidance counselors can effective use hand puppets in young child communications is described in ten pages. Nine sourc...

High School Alternatives

In an analysis comprised of nine pages the Newark New Jersey's 'Cities in School' program is discussed with the 'Burger King' acad...

Student Achievement Enhancement and the Role of School Principals

In nine pages this paper examines the Bakersfield City School District in a consideration of how the effective leadership by the p...

High School and the Connection Between Scholastic Performance and Discipline

In fifteen pages this paper considers whether or not scholastic performance is improved by higher academic standards. Twenty sour...

Dropouts Among Gifted and At Risk Students

In six pages it is argued that students who are gifted, at risk are more likely to quit school than their peers who are not gifted...

Causal Factors of School Dropout Rates

In seven pages this study provides a literature review on school rates of dropout and how to predict and determine causal factors....

Programs to Prevent School Dropouts

In twenty four pages this paper examines programs designed to prevent dropping out of school with the importance of self esteem co...

Public School Violence and Interviewing Techniques

In eleven pages this research paper considers how alternative approaches and interviewing failures have reduced the incidences of ...

School Violence

In ten pages this research paper examines US schools and the increasing incidences of violence in a consideration of causes and ef...

Can Anything Be Done About School Violence?

school systems. One study conducted by the University of Michigan reports that nine percent of eighth graders carry a weapon to s...

A School Violence Sociological Perspective

In this paper consisting of eight pages the reasons for school violence are explored sociologically and contends that child devian...

Inner City Schools and Survival

In seven pages this paper examines issues such as drugs and gangs that are plaguing urban schools in terms of various research s...

High School Pupils and Contraceptives

In five pages the state of Illinois is discussed in a consideration of high school contraceptives distribution supported with the ...

HIV and AIDS School Based Intervention Programs Evaluation

In six pages this research paper evaluates school based intervention programs that warn students about HIV and AIDS risks with pro...

School Field Trips, Tort Liability, and In Loco Parentis

In eight pages school settings are considered in an in loco parentis application that discusses field trips and teacher liability ...