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Essays 1981 - 2010

School Mascots Debate

has been a debate that has raged for about 30 years (Price 66). The issue is generally over whether names like Braves, Redskins, ...

Social Ecology v. Deep Ecology

18). As this suggests, the central concern of deep ecologists is to encourage the development of a sense of identification with na...

Push Novel by Sapphire and the New York Public School System

this novel is located in the inner city of New York, within Harlem, where the education is not up to the standards of the rest of ...

Online Education and Marketing

Successful completion of the program (and therefore awarding of the degree) requires five weeks of study on Dukes Durham, North Ca...

Challenges of English as a Second Language for High School Students

students do when trying to learn English. These special needs students are not routinely given the individualized attention they ...

The Effects of Alcoholism

parents are much more likely to become alcoholics themselves than do those who grow up in nonalcoholic households (Powell and Garc...

The Necessity of Mandatory Drug Testing

Constitutional, and whether or not employers and school superintendents will be barred from implementing drug testing remains to b...

Education and Leadership

full members, 275 planning schools and 558 exploratory schools (AEL, 2000). The major goal of this coalition is to "help create sc...

School Counseling and its Historical Development

(Paisley, 2002). There have been times when school counseling programs have emphasized social, political, or psychological factor...

A Case Study That Examines Amelia's Choices

their family unit - a time of stresses that dont need to be complicated about concerns such as career and college choices. Yet unf...

A Plan of Personal Transition from High School to the Workplace for a Person with MS

classes to mainstream placement and expectations. Although I am mentally normal, I do have certain physical limitations which hav...

Reading Instruction and Standardized Test Scores

standardized test to determine which teaching method was most viable would be helpful in assessing the reading skills of the third...

Teaching Jr. and Sr. High School History Problems and Perspectives

do not care-they just want high test scores in math and English" (Weber, 2001; a2weber.htm). But, as we all know, history is much ...

Gang Prevention Programs in Schools and an Article Review of 'How Great is G.R.E.A.T. (Gang resistance education and training)?'

that empower adolescents with the ability to resist peer pressure to join gangs". It does so in an approach that encourages behav...

History and Trade School Problems

is such a need for utility engineers: "The energy-delivery industry must realize that the work force needed to maintain the reliab...

Scholastic Achievement and School Vouchers

tuition at local parochial schools but less than half the costs of private nonsectarian schools (Thigpen, 2000). For more than tw...

Competition Through Neoclassical and Austrian Economic Views

investment may be in the form of additional education or training that is ultimately intended to increase productivity and persona...

Dabhol, India Enron Project

the development of the local economy and create jobs (Vachani, 1995). If we look at the situation in India, there is a need for m...

Urban Schools and Lack of Quality Educators

have emergency teaching certificates (NASBE, 2002). Consider these data: * Urban schools are twice as likely to hire unlicensed or...

Advance Organizers and High School Language Arts

In eight pages this paper examines advance organizer theories in terms of purpose and model components and then one for a high sch...

Public School Students and Nonverbal Learning Disorders

In six pages this paper examines public school students and nonverbal learning disorders that affect about 10 percent of LD childr...

The Haunting Legacy of Columbine

The Columbine massacre in Littleton, Colorado galvanized the nation as few other events had before 9/11. This paper discusses the ...

Elementary Administration and Views of Principals

and policy are in light of the form that actual conditions can take. The Role of Research...

School Budget Issues in Orange County, Florida

This paper examines the school district in Orange County, Florida. The author reviews salaries, supplies, and expenditures as the...

Authority and Legal Authority of Schools Regarding Behavior of Students

In six pages this research paper examines student behavior in a consideration of school authority and district legal responsibilit...

Increased Popularity of Schooling Year Round

The pros, cons, and potential problems of having schools open all year are assessed in a literature review consisting of eight pag...

Elementary Level Assessment of Portfolios

In ten pages this research paper examines elementary school grade level portfolios as an assessment alternative approach. Twenty ...

Issue of School Choice

the problem from a political point of view. Is the selection of schools another step toward democracy and free markets, or...

Knowledge Theories Empiricism and Rationalism

In six pages this paper examines these two philosophical schools of knowledge with the categorical imperative of Immanuel Kant and...

Charter Schools That Are State Funded

In eleven pages this paper discusses charter schools and their state funding in terms of their advantages and disadvantages. Eigh...