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Teaching Elementary Science/Epistemological Framework

text addressing geology encompasses chapters explaining minerals, rocks, plate tectonics, geologic processes and geologic time. Ea...

Organizational Conflict

conflict resolution in order to determine how principals can best adapt to the challenges and expectations of the twenty-first cen...

High School Dropouts/North Toledo, OH

average dropout rate for Ohio high schools during the 2000-01 school year was 3.9 percent (Balistreri). On average, however, highe...

A Modest Proposal To Abolish Schools And Introduce Workhouses In Their Place

not grow up unsupervised, where they do not have good role models and a firm structure they may grow up with temptation to behave ...

School Prayer & The Lemon Test

505 U.S. 577 (1992), the United States Supreme Court addressed the question of whether or not the inclusion of a member of the cle...

Inequities in School Funding

income calculations along with property values in formulating school finance values, and a number of states are "moving in the dir...

Critical Thinking & Art Education

and his analysis of the stages of artistic development (Olson 33). Following Lowenfelds ideas leads to teachers directing their fo...

Motivations for Teaching Adolescents in High-Needs Schools

describe the other elements that were at play in the educational process. These invisible elements, the so-called "hidden curricu...

Various School Issues

a hierarchical system that pictures four levels of development (Craig 276). The first phase of consciousness describes people who ...

School Counselor Education Programs - Accountability

before one can measure effectiveness, it is crucial to know what it is you want to know (Brott, 2006). In other words, you cannot ...

State Funding of Public Education

of its real market value. Therefore, this taxpayer pays $2,000 in taxes or 2 percent of the propertys real value (Brimley and Garf...

Taxation & School Revenue

policy survey conducted by this journal, the editorial then relates how various states are approaching this problem. This shows th...

The First Day at Kindergarten

were screaming at the top of their lungs and the sounds the bus made as it came to a stop and then lurched forward were scary. Je...

Relationship between School Culture and Curriculum

with what they already understand on an academic subject (Brown, 2003). A constructivist approach to pedagogy emphasizes that the ...

Twin Stars

and Astronomy" Primordial gas is considered to be gas that has been in the universe since perhaps the beginning of time. I...

Financial Education in Australian Schools

ands that money can be saved (MCEETYA, 2008). By year 5 the students are starting to look at their right and responsibility in co...

Applying to Medical School

had an aptitude for math and science courses that would support my pursuit of a Bachelors of Science degree. As I developed in my...

Developing a Nutritional Policy for a School In Ireland

major concern as researchers found that overweight and obesity levels are increasing within the adolescent population. In 2002 a l...

Emile Durkheim, An Overview

of social relations that interact with each other on a multiplicity of levels, facilitating the cooperation necessary for human be...

Diane Ravitch, Her Views on American Public Schools

countrys leading educators and has been a vocal advocate for both testing and accountability initiatives in the public schools. A ...

Entrance Letter for Law School

NY, a diverse community that has a large minority population. Freeport is a community that has been negatively affected by drugs ...

Social Studies Instruction/Parental Involvement

in the education and over all development of their childrens obtaining of academic and social skills is an objective for which bo...

California Schools' Drug Testing, Ethics, and Law

no evidence that suspicion is the case, is not overly approved of. However, there are schools where testing and active security is...

Proposition for a School iBook Upgrade

time while currently gaining the greatest utility from the hardware it has and is about to acquire. The Mac OS X Server v10...

Elementary Education and Technology Integration

typed their writing assignments, they were able to make more effective editing choices (Fletcher, 2001). Other findings included: ...

Puerto Rico's Infrastructural Vial Planning and Administration

2002). Finally, His Excellency said, part: "Puerto Rico finds itself today in a crucial turning point. Either it continues to incr...

Case Study on Problems Associated with School Busing

middle school that is just 4.5 miles away from home. A mother takes the position that the change is not right and that her son or ...

High School Football and H.G. Bissinger's Friday Night Lights

above understandable within the socio-cultural context of the town. Bissinger explains how Odessa, in 1988, when he was doing his ...

U.S., Free Speech, and Engel v. Vitale

prescribing religious devotions; the idea being that by keeping a strict line between religion and state, religious freedom is ens...

An Evaluation of School Culture

its website, from Deborah Meier herself and form observing how teachers currently operate at the school. Its stated mission for ex...