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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...

Reggio Emilia and the Zone of Proximal Development of Lev Vygotsky

and educational focus as a whole. II. Vygotsky Vygotsky suggests that learning is based within the zone of proximal developme...

Education and Gender Prejudice

In twelve pages schools are discussed in terms of how gender prejudiced is evidenced in sex segregation, textbooks, and teacher cl...

Do Schools Have a Gender Gap?

In twenty five pages this research paper examines schools in a literature review and survey pertaining to the issue of gender ineq...

Elementary School and DISTAR Reading Program

DISTAR reading program is being used more widely all the time" (Hone, 1994, p. PG). First introduced in the 1960s, DISTAR -- whic...

Elementary Education, Computers, and Test Scores

In eight pages this paper considers how using computers in elementary school classrooms produce benefits including assisting stude...

Urban Setting and Funding of Public Schools

In ten pages this paper examines educational program types used in urban areas and discusses the effects of public school funding ...

Public Education and the Impact of Social Problems

In six pages this paper discusses public education and the hefty price tag that is attached to societal problems in a consideratio...

Schools and Mandatory Uniform Policies

Mandatory uniform policies for schools are assessed in a paper consisting of four pages. Ten sources are cited in the bibliograph...

President Bill Clinton on Public School Uniforms

of the best ways to reduce violence and improve discipline within our public schools. This declaration came after the President s...

Hiring Practices and School District Superintendents

In twenty two pages this paper examines superintendent candidate requirements in this consideration of school districts' hiring pr...

Middle School and Human Development

In six pages this research paper discusses human development during the middle school years in terms of needs and changes. Six so...

Middle School Principals and Professional Career Development

In six pages this research paper discusses the position of middle school principal in a consideration of professional development....

Partnerships Between Communities and Schools

In twenty pages this paper examines the benefits of a school and community merger. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

The School Counselor, Divorce, and Attachment Theory

literature on attachment theory and the effects of divorce on the childs ability to continue growing and developing positively. Th...

Overview of the Edison Project

that has a student enrolled in the Edison Project receives a home computer. Edison uses these computers to keep in communication w...

Vouchers for Education

This paper consists of seven pages and discusses vouchers for education in terms of public policy and the issue itself. Five sourc...

School Libraries and Cultural Diversity

In five pages the importance of school library diversification so that multicultural student needs can be met is discussed. Four ...

Overview of Magnet Schools

In ten pages this research paper discusses the various issues relating to magnet schools in terms of whatever benefits they may of...

Benefits of Home Schooling

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the social and educational benefits of home schooling. Ten sources are cited in the bibliog...

Contemporary Success of Home Schooling

In nine pages home schooling's recent popularity is examined in a consideration of various policy and legal issues and the increas...

Public Education's Missing Component, Professional Development

This paper consists of eight pages and discusses professional development programs and how they can be applied to public school ed...

Overview of School Boards

In five pages this examination of school boards includes their significance, functions, politics, elections, authority, and decisi...

Education and Equal Opportunity

In four pages educational access and the concept of equal opportunity are examined within the context of President Bill Clinton's ...

Special Needs Children and Early Psychological Studies

In six pages this paper examines 1950s and 1960s psychological studies of children with special learning needs and emphasizes the ...