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Case Study on an Elementary School's Student Assessment Process

learning and performance. The different methods account for students who are better able to demonstrate learning through a project...

Educational Alternatives for Poverty-Stricken Children

that schools located in working-class neighborhoods tend to be more regimented than schools located in suburban neighborhoods wher...

Literature Review on Absenteeism

do not exceed 3 percent of the school years (Romero and Lee, 2007). Risk Factors for absenteeism Researchers have noted that the...

Reviews of Articles on School Finance

That "bending" occurred in Virginia, where the Department of Education gave permission to four districts "Virginia to effectively ...

Group Interaction As Expressed Through Clothing

Many schools are considering a return to school uniforms. This paper examines the interactions of groups and group members and how...

She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith

This essay focuses on the 1773 play by Oliver Goldsmith, "She Stoops to Conquer," which is an eighteenth century play that is stil...

Florida Virtual School

the administration and staff of the school wanted this limitation in place (Office of Educational Technology, 2006). That suggests...

Improving High School Oral Language Skills

situations" (377). Early intervention and prevention is the key to minimizing or hopefully even abolishing a number of severe pr...

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,...

The Need to Improve School Lunches

need to eat healthy food in order to feel good and, therefore, learn better. The American lifestyle of sedentary occupations and l...

Michael J. Schmoker's "Results Fieldbook Practical Strategies From Dramatically Improved Schools" - Critique

foundation of Schmokers message: place the power with the teachers who serve as a reckoning force when it comes to empowerment, in...

Improving High School Graduation Rates for Texas Minorities in the Presence of Exit-Level Testing

U.S. District Court Judge Edward C. Prado observed: "The receipt of an education that does...

Improved School Learning Through Student Uniforms

In five pages this paper discusses the student learning benefits realized from wearing school uniforms. Five sources are cited in...

Improving Schools from Within by Barth

being perceived as lacking in competence if they admit to a lack of knowledge regarding new skills and practices, but are then sub...

Tuition Reimbursement

It is for purposes of attracting new employees, retaining the old ones, and simply improving the worth of the workers that firms s...

Healthy Food Access in Food Deserts

problem as it exists in public schools around the country. Of course, there already exists some degree of regulation over what goe...

Improving Student Performance

The governors of the school, the local education authorities which provide funding, if the school receives any other support in te...

School Uniforms

gang violence which is associated strongly with the attire students put on. But, there are also problems simply associated with fa...

Chapters One through Three of Introduction, Study of the Problem and Outcomes and Evaluation Education Action Research Proposal

deliberately bumping into others when moving from one area to another; making remarks; laughing or giggling when there is nothing ...

Managing Classroom Disruptions

not have video games, CD players, cell phones or other electronic devices, but not all school systems have been willing to take st...

Exercise and Bone Health

New York State Physical Education curriculum standards: Physical Education 1: Personal Health and Fitness 1.a. perform basic m...

Elementary Schools Improvement

essential skill. Recognizing this, the Maryland state legislature allocated $12 million over a four year period to improve that s...

Case Study on Atchison Corporation

valuing the employees rather than treating them as economic commodities. At first it appears that these two views are diam...

Affirmative Action in Academic Institutions in California

academic affirmative actions programs in allowing affirmative action to be part of the enrollment process. While there is no ques...

Empirical Research Report on Violence in Schools

within the past two decades. Latch-key kids, single- and no-parent families, emotionally absent parents, working parents -- all t...

Tradition and School Discipline

In seven pages this paper examines the increased incidences of violence in schools and considers how the environment can be improv...

Needy Children and Community Counseling

In six pages the positive effects of community counseling programs held after school for needy children are emphasized in terms of...

High School Students with Disabilities and Math Software

In five pages this paper discusses how for high school pupils who are disabled math software could improve word problem solving wi...

California Schools Improvement

In five pages ways to improve California schools are discussed. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Elementary Classroom and Reading Aloud

In five pages this essay discusses the importance of oral reading for elementary school students in a consideration of how it impr...