Williams Case Settlement Mr. Governor, our youth represents our state's future - addressing and correcting the discrepancies that will be addressed in this memo should be a main priority and maybe even the ultimate objective of the Williams Class ac Continue Reading...
Why is SEL Important?Research shows that SEL not only improves achievement by an average of 11 percentile points but also increases prosocial behaviors (such as kindness, sharing, and empathy), improves student attitudes toward school, and reduces de Continue Reading...
Threat Assessments and Crisis Interventions in the Public Schools Allen, M. & Burt, K. (2002). School counselors' preparation for and participation in crisis intervention. Professional School Counseling, 6(2), 96-101. Authors cite the increasin Continue Reading...
However, there are some problems that appear to be universal, and these are the ones that are of the largest concern because they affect the greatest number of schools and their fire safety workers as well. By detailing this information and explain Continue Reading...
teachers assess only the final product of a student's writing work. The result of this is that students are left with the impression that writing is a one-time product that cannot improve beyond the first attempt. Teachers are faced with the dilemma Continue Reading...
Dimensions of the Interactive Team," the authors explore what constitutes the ideal structure of a team and seek to illustrate its key features. The chapter explains the dimensions of interactive teaming, and discusses limitations that may serve as Continue Reading...
Parental Involvement and Student Success: Article Review Although parental involvement is usually encouraged by schools, its precise effects upon student achievement remains controversial. In the article, “A New Framework for Understanding Par Continue Reading...
H.P. Lovecraft wrote him fan letters and composed a poem about his art. The fine hatching and pebble board were all used to give his images a texture and depth beyond anything seen in the field. Finlay and another illustrator at this time named Lee Continue Reading...
Lesson Plan for 11th or 12th Grade English (Using Literature to Teach a Language Concept) To introduce the concept of denotative and connotative meanings in language and illustrate the concept through literature. Objectives (aligned with standards Continue Reading...
Diversity Public school teachers are disproportionately white, middle-class females, in spite of the student body becoming increasingly diverse across the nation. As many as ninety percent of grade school teachers are white, but as many as thirty pe Continue Reading...
Cardio-vascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and leads the statistics for emergency room (ER) cases. This literature review combines two primary causative agents in CVD: (1) Stress in the workplace, and (2) Middle Age. This review will Continue Reading...
classical era, the ideal for higher education was to create a well-rounded individual. A complete education required in-depth knowledge of classical poetry, mathematics, and philosophy. Today, education is more specialized and more technical. It is Continue Reading...
Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies." -- Robert F. Kennedy The United States during the 1950s and 1960s was a nation in turmoil. Although progress had certainly been made since the founding of the countr Continue Reading...
Minority Woman as School Principals and Leadership Challenges Faced by Minority Principals When compared with corporate America, both the public and private American school systems may have more blatant glass ceiling settings because there are very Continue Reading...
Vision to Address the Challenges facing Higher Education in Saudi Arabia in the light of Leadership and Excellence Approach Research Significance It is generally agreed that higher education is the main tool to solve leadership and human resources Continue Reading...
According to the UCSD Guardian (2008), voters throughout the nation demonstrated their commitment to opposing budget cuts this past Tuesday that would have further increased the private cost of college education by reducing available state funding: Continue Reading...
ContentsPART A: INTRODUCTION 2Statement of the problem 2Research questions 2Objectives 3Scope of the study 3PART B: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY. 3PART C: TESTING OF THE DATA COLLECTION METHOD 10PART D: DATA ANALYSIS 10PART E: REFLECTION 11PART F: VALIDITY A Continue Reading...
graduating from [college] last may with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, I immediately desired to extend my education for a post-graduate institution. However, circumstances led to my taking a year off, during which I have done quite a b Continue Reading...
self-fulfilling prophecy when I was in high school. I never thought I was very good at math. I could understand the concepts when I was in class, but would get very anxious about the tests. I was so convinced that I was going to fail the math tests Continue Reading...
Young adults are on the threshold between youthful behaviors and the adult world. Humans in their late teens begin to accept responsibilities for their own lives and learn to depend upon themselves financially, socially, and psychologically. This is Continue Reading...
D. Research questions. This study will be guided by the following three research questions: 1. Can high cholesterol levels be genetically related? 2. Can high cholesterol levels be anatomically induced? 3. Do high cholesterol levels always resul Continue Reading...
School Advisory Program Implementation Knowledge, Integration, and Synthesis of Theory and Research School advisory programs aim to serve various purposes that include providing the environment and time to develop meaningful teacher-student relatio Continue Reading...
According to Copland (2001), although the following job description is a parody, it is not too far from the truth concerning the current set of responsibilities that confront the nation's elementary school principals: Position Opening: Elementary S Continue Reading...
Educational Reform I would say that the most effective way to work with children of poverty is to remember what Dr. Ruby Payne (2005) says about poverty -- namely, it is "relative" (p. 2) -- that means, poverty only exists in relation to wealth; so Continue Reading...
Multicultural Education and Communication Issue The concept of multiculturalism refers to the cultural diversity with a given society. In other word, multiculturalism is a policy that promotes diversity as well as institutionalism at an organization Continue Reading...
Although the police must suppress the violence of some demonstrators, they are not necessarily personally opposed to the demonstration's goals. Furthermore, many of the police officers may once have been students themselves, not so long ago. The st Continue Reading...
Round Schooling -- a solution or a slogan? "More is better,' is an ethos that is often frowned upon by parents and teachers alike when it comes to, for example, chocolate or recess. However, when it comes to year 'round schooling, even some school Continue Reading...
Alamo of affirmative action, the University of Michigan. The contradictory stances of Bush and Powell on this issue are dealt with. So is the position of Gerald Ford who believes like the proponents of affirmative action that affirmative action proc Continue Reading...
Conflicting Educational Association Groups The article critiqued in this document was Lareau and Munoz's "You're not going to call the shots: Structural conflicts between the principal and the PTO at a suburban public elementary school." This articl Continue Reading...
Education - Theory Addressing Retention Issues in Community CollegesUsing Transition and Ecological/Environment Theory Many community colleges face serious retention issues that affect student performance, persistence, and learning. The rationale e Continue Reading...
The Draft Model refers to a revised model of the current Educational Administration, Masters in Education (EDEA MEd) in Higher Education curriculum. I am proposing modifications to the EDEA MEd curriculum. Currently, the University of Hawaii at Manoa Continue Reading...
Mann v. Gatto The early public school reformer Horace Mann celebrated the institution of the public school as a profoundly democratizing force in American life. Mann believed that without public schooling, America could not become a true democracy. Continue Reading...
Losing Ground According to the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, access to educational opportunities beyond high school remains unevenly distributed in the United States. The report "Losing Ground" examines five trends in the a Continue Reading...
"Many of our current challenges are unprecedented," the president explained. "There are no standard remedies, or go-to fixes this time around. That is why we are going to need your help. We'll need young people like you to step up. We need your dari Continue Reading...
students, the university experience is not simply a matter of academic induction into the larger world. Colleges located in the heart of bustling metropolitan centers as well as those buffered by less economically healthy urban areas provide some mo Continue Reading...
Suicide Prevention Training Project Today, suicide is a major public health problem, accounting for more than 36,000 deaths in the United States each year (NYC guide to suicide prevention, services and resources, 2011). If fact, deaths from suicides Continue Reading...
Urban Middle School Focus Identify Unique opportunities for growth and improvement. What new emerging initiatives are likely to increase growth and deepen improvement levels within an urban middle school? Among the more prominent opportunities for Continue Reading...
