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Entrance Essay

are a number of circumstances in my life that have come together and have defined this as a good time to start an MBA program. In...

Student Appeal of the Harvard School of Medicine

many of the emerging areas of biomedical research. Harvard School of Medicine is also a well-recognized school with a reputation ...

Charter School Rates of Attrition and Paper Introduction

which appear to be much higher in charter schools. These two central concepts are discussed at length in the current literature....

The Elementary School Classroom

in one corner of the playground there was a collapsible table covered with pots of paste, construction paper, crayons, chalk, scis...

'Trunk Theater' and Euripides' Medea

In five pages this paper examines a 'trunk theater' rural school production of Medea, the Greek tragedy by Euripides....

School Counseling

with "relatively well-adjusted" individuals (Hood and Johnson 213). It measures "everyday characteristics," such as "soci-ability,...

After-School Programs

providing encouragement and praise, reinforcing expectations consistently, and handling broken ground rules in a firm but not hars...

Supervision Model Project/Coeur d’Alene School District

phases of interaction between mentors and learner: the planning conference; lesson observation and a reflection conference (Cognit...

Factors Leading to Suburban Expansion

these issues are complicated by the transitional nature of the cities themselves. Changing land use patterns, changing occupation...

Suburban Warriors by McGirr

way to look at things, but there were many people who longed for a return to what was. They took on issues such as birth control a...

Suburban Dream Subverted

In eight pages this paper examines the shift from Orson Welles' perceptions of the American Dream to the subversion represented in...

Witold Rybczynski's City Life and American Suburban Malls

In five pages this paper considers American suburbs as they are depicted in A World of Strangers: Order & Action In Urban Publ...

'Suburban Sonnet' by Gwen Harwood

In 5 pages the author's use of language in this sonnet is examined in terms of texture and surface. There are no other sources li...

The Principal & Transformational Leadership

another factor that Hornett attributes to a lack of leadership. If the principal had "modeled and encouraged helping among staff, ...

Can Unsuccessful Districts Change

Is there any way to help schools that are seldom successful? It seems that changes are always being made in our public schools yet...

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...

Are School Curriculums Designed for Socio-Economic Status

It is no secret that some schools are better than others and some teachers are better than others. Is the curriculum in any school...

Influences on Education

This essay pertains to the influence of parenting, home life and school culture on student outcomes. The writer also discusses suc...

One Transtion in Adolescent's Life

Children and adolescents make many transitions during their lifetimes, one of which is the transition from elementary to middle sc...

Audit School District

School districts receive funding from many sources at the state and federal levels. Each funding comes with laws, rules, and regul...

The Effect of the Housing Market Slump on Children’s Schooling

found that they couldnt keep up the payments and defaulted on the loan. In many cases, they were brought into the home buyers mark...

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...

Miami Changes School Boundaries

A 5 page paper. Miami-Dade County school district did change its school boundaries a couple of years ago. This paper offers a 'neg...

3 Education Research Proposals

policies, implementation and use may occur, impacting different stakeholders. 2. Methodology To assess the way popular media a...

Henry Levin’s Rebuttal Article, “Déjà Vu All Over Again?”

the public education wheel, which has been rolling along quite nicely for centuries, easily able to adapt to the changing times an...

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 ...

School Policies and Suicide

devoted to "Positive Climate and Good Discipline." The tone of the documents is what leads the reader to believe that the welfare ...

Magnet School in Raleigh, NC

Wiley reports it was a National Blue Ribbon School 2000-2001 and that is has been honored as a North Carolina School of Excellence...

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...

What is School Culture

and instructional strategies that work and so on (Center for Improving School Culture, 2004a). Collegiality describes the degree t...