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School Violence, Poverty, Racism and the Nation's Schools

as a whole, or toward an individual because he (or she) is a member of that group" (Spencer, 1998, p. 25). By and large, schools ...

School Violence and Population Statistical Charts

In eight pages this paper examines 4 APA charts regarding school violence which emphasizes the importance of statistical analysis....

Analysis of a Journal Article on School Violence

for those families who depend upon its services. It is important for the student to consider the fact that if there is no role mo...

Theories and School Violence

book the authors seek an understanding of violence in schools and they illustrate their particular model in their study and resear...

Florida Virtual School

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

Annotated Bibliography in the field of Education

calculate progress was the Adequate Yearly Progress report. Although the measures seem to indicate that certain variables are impl...

Poverty : Causes And Effects

the five states with the highest rates of poverty were New Mexico, Arkansas, West Virginia, Louisiana and Texas (Rodgers, Payne an...

Using Drugs and Juvenile Delinquency

use is a prevalent factor in the school setting is intrinsically related to social elements, a point the authors illustrate by exa...

School Violence Research Study Proposal

and so forth, and another is to study the problem and try to find out how to correct it through prevention. Some things that migh...

21st Century and Violence in American Schools

would come out of nowhere and usually in rather rural or safe areas. People were shocked. Then, after Columbine, there was perhaps...

Zero Tolerance Policies - Do They Work?

in the Gun-Free School Act (McAndrews, 2001; McCune, 2000). McAndrews (2001) reported that policies were passed by state legislat...

Magnet Schools

have a focus. How these schools are actually structured and implemented differs from district to district and from state to state ...

Higher Education and the Problem of Racism

This research paper investigates Spanish/Hispanic racism within the context of the nation's institutions fo higher education. This...

High School Libraries and Book Banning

their buildings. They fear that students will imitate some of the things in the book. At least, whenever a violent incident happen...

Impact of Poverty in the United States

Poverty is widespread in rural counties without economic bases. There are also 625 counties in the US where poverty and wealth are...

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 ...

Anne Moody's 1968 Memoir

Anne Moody was raised in the rural South where she suffered extreme racism throughout school and beyond. She was a very active mem...

Social Issues in Education

and in the end, they will be accepted to prestigious universities that are much less accessible to the poor or middle class. This ...

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...

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...

The Importance of ESL in the International School Curriculum

meet the demands that society dishes out, and cultural demands as well. This is becoming increasingly more significant as the worl...

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...

Increasing Problem of Violence in Schools

In twelve pages this paper discusses the problem of increased violence in schools in a consideration of theories and shared blame ...

Schools, Drugs, Violence, and a Policy of 0 Tolerance

In eight pages this paper examines schools' 0 tolerance with regards to violence and drugs. Five sources are cited in the bibliog...

Violence at Schools/Research Issues

color as well as students with emotional and behavioral disorders" (Austin, 2003; p. 17)? Can educators achieve better results by...

Intervention Proposal Regarding School Violence

In five pages this paper proposes intervention that would prevent future school violence like that which took place in Littleton, ...

School Administrators and Characteristics That Are Effective

In fifteen pages the attributes of an effective school administrator are examined in a discussion that also includes the important...

McAdams and Lambie's Personnel Preparation and Early Childhood Education Study

responding to student aggression. Each participant received a 4-page survey instrument. Forty-seven percent of the surveys were re...

Statistics on Violence in U.S. Schools

Act. The data re for the school year 1998-1999 and reflect the percentage per 1,000 students. The data is from the U.S. Department...