This free 11-pageessay(with 15 sources)on Special Education and Technology is for students to use as a template/guideline/reference in helping them complete their own paper. This was provided by a student who completed this essay and wanted others to Continue Reading...
Curriculum What are the dominant influences on school curriculum in America? What was the approach to curriculum development in the past? Those issues are addressed in this paper. The Literature on Curriculum and its Influences Philosopher and edu Continue Reading...
Unfortunately, there is great controversy in the debate over educational testing. This especially revolves around SAT scores, and other standardized tests that many believe are placing students at a disadvantage. Recently, SAT scores declined signi Continue Reading...
Spain and Diversity Education SPAIN AND EARLY CHILDHOOD INTEGRATION The world is coming to grips with the fact that in order for people to live together across an interconnected global community, they need to share some common educational foundatio Continue Reading...
Sociology Discussion Responses Response to Post #1 While I agree completely with your sentiments and your long-range goals and the values they represent, I am not so sure that providing the resources you mentioned is as realistic a solution as it m Continue Reading...
Knowing that students in minority and low socio-economic groups have in the past traditionally scored lower on state adopted achievement tests, most school districts allot extra time and resources to improve their test scores. Furthermore, variation Continue Reading...
Revenue Sharing Tax revenue sharing: A solution to the inequities in school funding? Tax revenue sharing is one of the most popular yet controversial potential solutions to the problem of inequitable funding of school districts. In the debate over Continue Reading...
In fact, as early as the 1989-1990 school years, school-based decision making was implemented in three elementary schools in the Memphis City School System (Smith, Valesky & Horgan, 1991). Based on this seminal initiative, improvements were cite Continue Reading...
These were followed by positive school climate, administrative support, collegial support and collegial friendships. At the bottom of the list were salary and benefits. Conversely, lack of administrative support, role conflict, and difficulty workin Continue Reading...
Before IDEA "in 1970, U.S. schools educated only one in five children with disabilities, and many states had laws excluding certain students, including children who were deaf, blind, emotionally disturbed, or mentally retarded" from the educational Continue Reading...
3b. One method that can be utilized to help Martha with applying algebra to real world application is through interactions within her environment that will allow her to utilize these skills. Another method proven useful in building applicable skill Continue Reading...
businesswire.com). National Educational Technology / State Leadership: The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has released its 7th annual National Educational Technology Trends Report and it indicates that technology is playi Continue Reading...
Although the teacher is the authority figure and the rules are clearly established, the students are allowed to voice their opinions. This setting creates the best learning environment because the children know their boundaries but are able to parti Continue Reading...
Teachers want students to prove that they are ready to move to the next grade level in a quantifiable fashion, yet they are uncertain if they -- or test administrators -- really know how to measure student achievement, although most were confident t Continue Reading...
Stock Leader Does Having a New Black President Make it Easier for Minorities to Advance to Leadership Roles in Business? "Excuse me, sir. I'm looking for the Color Line. Would you know where I can find it?" (Miller) The United States has made gr Continue Reading...
Americans receive two to three weeks of paid vacation per year, while Europeans receive between 5 and 7 weeks. In addition, the U.S. has generally 8 paid holidays per year; the comparable figure for Europe is 12 to 18 days (holidays such as Easter a Continue Reading...
The third reading of this article, or "reading against," concerns the assumption that Roman is making: That is, the teachers and the business community will be in favor of this collaboration and get the ball going. Due to the "No Child Left Behind" Continue Reading...
Rigidity rather than responsiveness has increasingly become the norm. In a McDonalds-style approach to education, efficiency and speed when serving the customer and demonstrating that the customer is being served through quick and demonstrable stat Continue Reading...
reporting Progress Portfolio assessment is an increasingly popular tool in the field of education, both among programs in primary, tertiary, secondary and higher education. The tool is especially good for tracking progress, as it does not just show Continue Reading...
Smaller Classes Not Always Better, and Cal Thomas' article Homeschooling Can Be New 'Exodus' provide two interesting views of education. Thomas' article urges parents to pull their children out of "Godless" public schools and enroll them in private Continue Reading...
Cognitive Development In the many different veins of cognitive development research, certain themes and assumptions seem to run throughout. Most of the background beliefs common to the field are truly taken for granted to such an extent that they be Continue Reading...
integrating ethical use of technology into the K-12 curriculum Integrating Technology in the Classroom The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 aims to close the achievement gap between disadvantaged and struggling students and their peers. The messag Continue Reading...
Katz and the Toxic Culture of EducationOne of the things that caught me about the lecture given by Katz was when he described some of the worst of the bottom 25% of students he teaches: The worst of those students have had no education of character, Continue Reading...
PRE-REFERRAL SCREENING School Psychologist Special Education Assessment Pre-Referral Screening/RTI ProcessAbstractChildren with special needs require specialized interventions that help them attain the desired educational and behavioral goals the sam Continue Reading...
Learning through Social interaction What personal experiences do you have with assessments? While teaching middle school in San Diego, California, many of my colleagues, encouraged by worried administrators (who feared a loss of funds) were simply Continue Reading...
Responsibility for Failing Schools Central Falls, Rhode Island came under Obama Administration's "Race to the Top" policy in January 2010 with new district policy to improve the district's low student performance. After months of debate, teacher fir Continue Reading...
standardized tests and there is math association with the results. On the other hand informal reading assessments do not have the same formal data requirements and is based more on performance. These two kinds of assessments will be critiqued in thi Continue Reading...
In this regard, Ouchi points out that, "If there are rival business associations or if the ethnic organizations are in conflict with each other, you must get them together for their common good and for the good of the children" (20). Conclusion Th Continue Reading...
RtI of FL The Florida Problem Solving/Response to Intervention Program Evaluation The state of Florida has put together the Florida Problem Solving/Response to Intervention Program Evaluation (PS/RtI), and has had the program in effect since 2007. Continue Reading...
Feminist Epistemology Are Consistent Within the Values of My Professional Discipline Education as a profession is intensely self-reflective. There is a constant need to ask 'what is the purpose of learning' and 'what makes an individual educated in Continue Reading...
The idea is that imposing a concentration of coursework in reading, writing and arithmetic will make us more competitive with the world and better prepared for the future. According to Robinson, what the policymakers have failed to take into account Continue Reading...
Every step of the process needs to be broken down into its simplest elements: putting the sanitary napkin in a purse, bringing the purse to the bathroom, sitting on the toilet, removing the paper from the back of the pad, etc. You could have the you Continue Reading...
56). Grumet's critique of standardization was written before No Child Left Behind, but her comments seem even more apt in light of the 'teach to the test' movement in so many American elementary and middle schools -- and in the halls of government. Continue Reading...
Thus, the best way to achieve educational improvement and student success is to pair the issue of standardized testing together with other teacher-based assessments. Standardized testing should remain a focus of the educational realm for administrat Continue Reading...
Social studies provides an understanding of the social network, which no other subject adequately covers. B. Lack of social studies could mean a lack of understanding how to work in a large group over extended periods of time to accomplish things Continue Reading...
Through the role of the principal, we can consider a number of differing approaches to educational leadership and how they manifest in light of today's most pressing challenges. Considering Transformational Leadership, Political Leadership and Strat Continue Reading...
