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Ralph Emerson on Transcendentalism in 'The Divinity School Address' and 'The American Scholar'

In ten pages this essay considers how Emerson represents transcendentalist principles in a comparison and contrast of his two spee...

Schools Are Not Teaching Communication

from formal education, it is imperative that we structure our classrooms and curriculum with the opportunities for students to eng...

Schools Not Color Blind Yet

In spite of all attempts to remove race as a determining factor in American schools, it continues to be a problem. This paper argu...

1914 to 1975 American Foreign Policy

In five page the post First and Second World War foreign policy of the United States is examined in a discussion of such topics as...

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 Book Review of Milton Meltzer's 'Brother Can You Spare a Dime'

In 5 pages, this paper focuses on a popular middle school textbook's exploration of the Great Depression's economic crisis and the...

American Elementary School Special Education Students from Psychological and Legal Perspectives

the same critical exposure as other abled students. This concept certainly sounds as though it has inherent merit in that special...

Arguments Surrounding the Issue of Prayer in Schools

place for religion in the schools. The debate is heated. First, it should be noted that there are many good reasons for inclusion....

Colonialism in the Works of Chinua Achebe and Kojima Nobuo

of American reaction to Japans surrender is wrong. While undoubtedly many Americans stationed in Japan still hated the Japanese be...

Elementary Schools' Innovative Programs

In five pages this research paper discusses program innovations for American schools that assist reading, science, and math educat...

Elementary Schools and the Necessity for African American Teachers

In five pages this essay discusses why African American teachers are needed to serve as role models in elementary schools. Eight ...

U.S. Public Schools and Prayer

In five pages this argumentative essay includes speeches made by Sen. Mark Hatfield, Jay Alen Sekulow, and Sen. Jesse Helms in sup...

Bauhaus to Modern Architectural Style Development

In five pages the Bauhaus school of architecture is examined along with the architectural developments that have occurred since th...

Ivy League Education and Single African American Mothers

in this equation. Black women have not only been historically suppressed by Western Civilization but throughout history in genera...

Educational Management Business Model

model was the decentralized version that was child-centered proposed by progressives (Gelburg, 1997). Both models were based on ma...

New York City and Asian American High School Students

Asians account for only 13 percent of the high school student population but they account for a disproportionately large percentag...

Educational Ethical Issues: Standardized Tests

This 3 page paper gives an overview of the ethical education issue of standardized tests. This paper includes how the test scores ...

American Schools, the Problem of Racial Inequality

This research paper pertains to the issue of racial inequality in the U.S. school system and the gap between the academic achievem...

Handicapped Children and Educational Inclusion

This paper addresses the inclusion of disabled children in schools. The author uses the Handicapped Act of 1975 and the American ...

Criminal Recidivism and High School Dropout

to make sense of, or interpret, phenomena in terms of the meanings people bring to them [by using] a holistic perspective which pr...

Alternative Education and Preventing High School Dropouts

greater dropout likelihood, including poor attendance, substandard academic performance, and lack of credits earned to graduate (A...

"The Child's Bath" by Mary Cassatt

naked toddler in her lap, as she gently washes the childs feet in a basin. Both the dark-haired child and the dark-haired mother a...

Improving Public Speaking Skills among African American Students within a High School Institution

National Alliance of Black School Educators wrote in the 1984 text Saving the African American Child, "Low income, poor nutrition,...

U.S. Intervention in Central America

over the world-Iraq is merely the latest in a long list of interventionist adventures-but hes one of the most articulate. Chomsky ...

History of American Education, 1950-1980

that is largely what the period was about. The episode first discusses Brown v. Board of Education and then moves on to talk about...

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, ...

Public School System and the Issue of Religion

be learning about other religions and religious tolerance. In August of 1995, the Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley ...

Indian Boarding Schools Good or Bad?

This paper compares and contrasts the positives and negatives of nineteenth century boarding schools for Native Americans. There a...

Oakes's Becoming Good American Schools

tradition, particularly the tension between the very powerful concept of and drive for individualism and the ideals of civic virtu...

U.S. Middle Schools and Deficiencies in Mathematics

implement middle school principles. The predominant theory for the last fifty years or so has been that the middle school is the b...