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Standardized Testing In Kindergarten

being used in todays state accountability programs-mandated standardized achievement tests-are causing educational harm, perhaps i...

Burlington Northern Railway: Fair Settlement In Genetic Testing Lawsuit?

- employees were predisposed to carpal tunnel is both grand and far-reaching; that they did so without knowledge of or written con...

The Debate over Bilingualism

the perception that the "melting pot" of American society worked better in previous generations. However, consider this quote conc...

Teaching Character Education

Jean Piaget and also on the philosophy of American educator John Dewey (Barger). This model of moral development pictures children...

Special Education: Cost Effectiveness In Relation To The Educational System In Particular And American Society In General

critical information with regard to the need for these specialized focus points, reminding all that special needs students require...

Multicultural Education In The United States

of the exact research topic at the beginning, an idea that will become clearer as the researcher explores the literature. The wo...

Adult Learning Styles, Temperaments And Theories In "Educating Rita"

a person and requires the individual to participate fully and completely in the experience. The first segment of the Kolb Model -...

Tutorial on Personal Education Views

childrens school (1997). The results have been shown across all grade levels, across all socio-economic statuses and in urban, sub...

US Modern Culture and the Pragmatic Philosophy of John Dewey

learning, which was the current philosophy of his day (American Philosopher John Dewey). Since the inception of Deweys e...

Taking a Position on ''The Inequality Express' by Barry Bluestone

and their corresponding workforces (Bluestone, 1996). What I find particularly puzzling at this point in the essay however is that...

Mass Media and Education

in a peaceful, complimentary relationship. To some extent, purpose enters the picture, and to this end, Villamizar (1997) suggest...

Rochester, NY, and Education According to John Dewey's Philosophy and Carter G. Woodson's The Mis Education of the Negro

him to accept an inferior status" (1998, p. 84). Having African Americans accept their inferior status in American society was n...

The Controversy over Bilingual Education

this program allows children to retain their heritage and their home culture (Rothstein 672). Further, proponents comment that som...

Mary Wollstonecraft's Educational Philosophy

and their duty, and allowing them to share the advantages of education and government with man," which Wollstonecraft indicates wi...

Teenage Pregnancy: An Overview

United States each and every year Huus, 2010). Experts differ in their analysis of what trend is responsible for this rise in te...

The Cultural Revolution and Educational Reform

the most heavily debated political and ideological programs in the history of the world. Established by Mao Tse-Tung as a reaction...

Past and Future of Educational Institutional Advancement

20, 2004. The key factor in the lotterys approval by the voters was the promise that all proceeds would go directly to Tennessee ...

Higher Education and the Curriculum Inclusion of Thomas Paine

(Generation Terrorists, 2004). In England, however, he was looked upon with great distaste as he stood, perhaps, for all that t...

Education and Leadership

personal capacity. The most important role of a leader is to impact the people he leads and creating a link between the actions o...

Higher Education Trends

or is hired for a position. Employers see the degree as a sort of prerequisite. Even if the degree has nothing to do with the posi...

Traditional Education versus Distance or Online Education

education (The Higher Learning Commission, 2003; Online Education Resources, n.d.). The purpose of accreditation is to assure pro...

Student Posed Questions Answered in a Trio of Essays

When something needs to be done, it is often the consumer who has to do the leg work. Another pet peeve involves people who drive...

Changes in Education: The Field of Science and Social Change

about science instruction that falls into areas of ethics have influenced how many science educators pursue instructional content....

Great Expectations and Wuthering Heights, Role of Education

This essay is on Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. The writer looks at the role of educ...

Financing for Collages and Universities in Seven Countries; A Comparative Study

system is predominantly public system where public universities are deemed superior to private institutions and gain the more qual...

Options for Christian Education

basic Christian doctrine; undervaluing talents of the more artistic members of the congregation; failing to connect the creative v...

The Challenges and Experiences of Aboriginal and Islander Tertiary Education Students

any hint of shame mixed in with the pride. In some way Higgins already felt different, otherwise she would not have felt this conf...

Higher Education in the Supreme Court

question, as well as the basic rights of student athletes who are often governed under the auspices not just of schools but of ind...

Foster Students

This paper reports six journal articles. Three focus on foster youth and education and three discuss sub-themes such as vulnerabil...

Adapting Lesson Plans for Use with Special Needs Learners

In a paper of six pages, the author reflects on modifications that have to be made for special education learners in general educa...