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Program to Prevent Violence in Schools

Childrens Defense Fund places gunfire as "the second-leading cause of death among Americans ages 10-19" (Anonymous, 1996, p. PG). ...

The Gleaners by Jean François Millet

he was relatively ambivalent about any political aspects of his work (Internet source). Pioche writes: "Being of peasant stock, he...

Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr.'s In Search of Excellence Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies

be functional both internally as well as externally in order to maximize their effectiveness and generate revenues. By using seve...

Education and Constructivism

which an individual learns and knows things, such as: * Knowing comes from the active and proactive nature of learners actions (Ho...

School Principal's Changing Roles

One study found that between 1988 and 1998, 42 percent of all the elementary school principals in the United States left their job...

Academic Curriculum and the Importance of Music Education

how to be creative. While some critics of public school want the "back to basic" criteria to extend into elementary school -- el...

A Model For Making Schools Friendly for Inclusion

having a public education at all, subsequent research suggested that including children in regular classrooms was far superior (19...

Students with Disabilities and Full Inclusion in Texas Schools

entries. RESULTS OF FINDINGS The testing gains for each of the 111 schools that were studied and are practicing full inclusion o...

Integrating the Theories of Blau, Blumer, and Mead

1930s (Abbott, 1997). One of the major influences within the Chicago School was George Herbert Mead of the Chicago philosophy depa...

Comparing Keynesian and New Classical Economics

stable inflation rate, and as such the position of some unemployment in an economy is accepted, and the natural level is when the ...

Recessions and Keynesian Economics

this book, Keynes discussed the causes of unemployment and his theories regarding what governments should and should not do in har...

Construction of the 'Perfect School'

that teachers willingly come to teach at, and that sends forth intelligent and thinking individual at graduation time. In ...

Froebel's Contributions to Montessori Schools

much credence outside of his native country, but in the nineteenth century the first kindergarten units were opened in British pri...

Safety in Schools

remains a mystery. Professor Ewing has studied juvenile murders for years and has written several books about this topic (Perrita...

Young Teens, Education in Schools, and AIDS

ignorant, uneducated attitudes. The social, political, economical, cultural and religious activities experienced in everyda...

Information for Those New to Teaching

geographic disciplinary perspectives in their academic training" (Towson University, nd). As an illustration of how this works, he...

Preschool and Kindergarten Best Practice Curriculum

to Schweinhart and Weikart (1990), effective and developmentally appropriate programs for children (they are discussing Head Start...

Reforming Education and Its Barriers

from families, teachers and others before it can implement much of anything, the good ideas end up becoming watered down. Unfortun...

The American Infatuation with Violence

of violence against women due to popular culture and escalating violence throughout Americas school system. "Televisions role in ...

Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Movement

artists involved in art nouveau were particularly interested in the way that the new technology which had evolved out of industria...

Educational Trends

has the potential to bring expanded insight, knowledge and understanding when used appropriately (Fulton, 2001, p. 16). The 107t...

Syllabus for English Language Created by the Curriculum Development Council of Hong Kong

task-based instructional models, including task-based instruction for reading, listening and writing, are clearly elements integra...

1995's United States v. Lopez Case

and is one that should be evaluated in todays frightening climate of violence. The Supreme Court case United States v. Lop...

Homosexuality and Educators

In five pages this paper examines state schools and the controversy of gay teachers from both sides before a conclusion is reached...

Preschoolers' Prosocial Behavior

In twelve pages this tutorial outline contrasts and compares preschool age children's prosocial behavior at home and in the school...

Advertisement for a Stunt Acting School Course

This paper examines textual and structural elements of such an advertisement in 5 pages. Two sources are cited in the bibliography...

Funding for Inner City and Suburban Schools

is the tendency to place the high achieving students in private schools where they will get a more individualized and intensely fo...

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 ...

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 ...

17th and 18th Century European Military Education

In twelve pages European military officer training during this time period is examined in a discussion of informal British approac...