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Connecting to Students and Teachers, School Boards

This paper discusses the ways in which school boards can better connect with students and teachers. Three pages in length, three s...

A Failed Safety Policy, Zero Tolerance

This paper presents an argument that asserts that zero tolerance policies have been ineffective in the nation's schools. Ten pages...

The Case of Adam Lanza

The case study method is explored by focusing on the Sandy Hook school shooter. There are three sources in the bibliography of thi...

The Flemish School and Jane Austen

In a paper of eight pages, the writer looks at Emma, by Jane Austen. The text is compared to the naturalistic techniques employed ...

Andrews University Admissions Essay

This example essay provides a student with a hypothetical example of how to craft his personal essay for admissions to the Master'...

Low-Income Children Early Intervention

Although there have been debates about the value of Head Start, the research reported in this essay, suggests that it is a valid p...

Health Services in the School Setting

In a paper of ten pages, the author relates the findings in the current literature to a case assessment of mental health services ...

The Impacts of Sensational News Stories

In a paper of five pages, the author reflects on the use of tabloid journalism, especially sensational news stories, that foster n...

Positive Public Policy

After school programs might be a positive factor in dissuading kids from excessively playing video games. There are five sources l...

Article Analysis: Frenn, et al (2003)

This paper summarizes and analyzes the study conducted by Frenn, et al (2003), which involved minority, low-income middle school ...

Funding Cuts to Public School, Their Effects

summer school and a decrease in extracurricular programs" (Cosgrove 583). Frank Pugh, president of the California School Boards As...

Institutions of Higher Learning and the Supreme Court

or activity receiving federal financial assistance" (Kaplin & Lee, 2007). In particular, the case examines how this relates to gen...

Bilingual Challenges with Small Populations

The ideas provided in this essay can help ease some of the challenge but they will not take away the root problem of a lack of bil...

Issues Related to Foster Care Children

This essay presents a draft of a review of the literature about foster youth. A number of topics are included such as the data reg...

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...

Elementary Level Assessment of Portfolios

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

Proposition 187 in California

This report consisting of ten pages examines a 1994 voter initiative that prevented children of immigrants from public school atte...

FVSNs and School Nurses

time is spent in the nurses office. While nurses do not want to send away a student who could be suffering from a...

Immanuel Kant's Perspective on Public School Morality Teaching Teaching

In five pages this report considers how morality can be taught in the public school system by applying the human knowledge theory ...

Contemporary School Problems and Solutions

are kept on for quite awhile and their teaching skills have faded. They have not kept pace with educational research and this beco...

Urbanization in the 20th Century

This 6 page paper examines the theory put forth by the Chicago School sociologists that all urban areas assimilated their immigran...

A Comparison of Two Culinary Schools

Two culinary schools, Johnson and Wales Culinary Arts and Culinary Institute of America, are compared and contrasted in this paper...

Home Schooling's Scholastic Advantages

children. Many have heard stories of youngsters who are high achievers-opening businesses, winning contests, obtaining perfect SAT...

Socialization

In five pages this paper examines socialization in an overview of peer groups, school, and family relationships. One source is ci...

The Use of a New Math Program

articles in professional and popular media has placed a renewed concern about math performance of American students at the forefro...

Stuent Work Preparation and School Counselors

each student developing healthy self esteem, successfully relating to others and beginning career awareness. In middle and high sc...

Middle School Students Interviews

In eight pages sample interviews with 2 students in middle school are considered in an analysis of Piaget, Erikson, and Freud deve...

West Texas Small Town and Football

any crowd that ever showed up for professional football games. Just what causes this excitement over high school football, and ...

High School Students and an Online Community College Creation Course

keep the audience interacting with the "product" being presented. And yet, there is a fine line to be walked not to "over-do" the ...