Abstract Dual enrollment programs have become mandatory in about half the states. Although Hawaii is not one of those 25 states with mandatory dual enrollment programs, the state does have some comprehensive solutions for providing all high school s Continue Reading...
Public Education The foundation of the business called "Connect Education" is the purpose of this formal proposal. It will be written in response to questions and conflicts that have arisen in regards to public education. This proposal outlines sol Continue Reading...
Standardized Testing Investigation Academic success has been measured for decades by scores on Standardized tests including the HSPA, CAT, MAT, and SATs. Recent studies have held that too much weight is assigned to these tests and that certain highe Continue Reading...
Dr. Frank Pajares, writing in Reading and Writing Quarterly (Pajares 2003), points out that in his view of Bandura's social learning theory, individuals are believed to possess "self-beliefs that enable them to exercise a measure of control over th 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...
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...
She says that even "ordinary" situations, as soon as mandatory state testing is emphasized, that testing process becomes less valuable because it often ends up measuring results that are more representative of test-taking preparation rather than the 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...
This sentiment is echoed by a lot of supporters of merit pay who believe the way teachers are paid and how much they are paid must differ if districts are to attract a new cohort of teachers" (Drevitch, 2006). Some of the biggest disputes against m Continue Reading...
The study had two central purposes: 1. To identify reform-related practices in mathematics instruction that have increased, decreased, or not changed since the implementation of high-stakes testing, based on educators' perceptions. 2. To determine Continue Reading...
data collection and analysis legitimize the goals and strategies educators create for change and improvement? Given today's emphasis on standardized testing in the era of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), using data-driven analysis to legitimize various Continue Reading...
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: Compliance Hearings Compliance Hearings: IDEA The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) IDEA is the driving force behind fairness and access for millions of students with special needs. Al Continue Reading...
Although a student may have learning challenges, the teacher may still be able to see demonstrable improvement within critical skill sets. Portfolios give teachers an indication as to what aspects of the educational process are working for each, spe Continue Reading...
Apart from increasing subject matter retention, active learning promotes intellectual curiosity, flexibility, and confidence, in effect, teaching students how to reason and think for themselves. Unfortunately, current indications suggest strongly t Continue Reading...
But in any case, a shortage of qualified bilingual teachers usually makes it impossible. For example, public schools in California enrolled recently arrived immigrants from 136 different countries in 1994, but bilingual teachers were certified in on Continue Reading...
videos that pertain to the Individualized Education Plan, or IEP. The IEP is part of the wider programs known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The IEP is a legal document that covers a specif Continue Reading...
Authorization The new authorization of IDEA has very significant implications for teachers, educators and students. It addresses a wide variety of special education issues in a variety of ways. The new IDEA provides guidelines regarding special ed Continue Reading...
deficits of students with mathematics disabilities? Mathematical skills are definitely just as crucial as literacy and reading skills when it comes to succeeding at school and beyond. Of late, researchers and policymakers have focused considerably 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...
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...
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...
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...
S. have a culture of poverty? Understanding poverty in the U.S. requires looking beyond the current generation. Viewed more broadly, poverty today is directly linked to the opportunities enjoyed and challenges faced by previous generations (Ehrenrei Continue Reading...
Widespread failure on the part of students thus indicates failure on the part of the school system. But what is the source of that failure -- is it a failure to conform to the test's definition of intelligence, a poor match between the test structur Continue Reading...
The author of the article, "Achieving the Challenge: Meeting Standards in the Continuation High School" (Stits, 2001) related that "prior to 1983, many continuation high schools existed in districts where expectations were limited to keeping the stu Continue Reading...
Part I: Best Practices Learning disabilities, or specific learning disabilities, is a fairly well defined category that refers to impairments in functioning, typically related to language, perception, memory, or mathematical processing. The classific Continue Reading...
Policy Problem: Teacher Shortage in South Carolina As noted by Pederson (2017), South Carolina continues to experience a severe shortage of teachers. Although improving the quality of teachers has long been a federal initiative, and one of the goals Continue Reading...
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was designed by the Obama Administration in response to many of the criticisms about excessive federal control of the nation’s school systems under the strictures of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). States are Continue Reading...
Using Data to Make Educated Decisions: Comparing Educational Data Across State Lines Unlike many other industrialized nations, the educational system of the United States exists in a relatively piecemeal form. There is a great deal of variation not s Continue Reading...
Nature of American Presidency -- The Nature of the American Presidency and how it has changed during the 20th century Course Code The Nature of the American Presidency and how it has changed during the 20th century The nature of U.S. presidency o Continue Reading...
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is also referred to as the City of Chicago School District Number 299, for the purposes of funding provisions. In particular, this is the 4th biggest school district in the United States (Chicago Public Schools, 2016). C Continue Reading...
generated from the problem statement. Like the problem statement, research questions should be stated clearly, refer to the relationship between two or more variables, and be researchable (Tuckman, 1999). For instance, suppose you are interested in Continue Reading...
They exploited the opportunities created by relaxing those standards and eventually brought about exactly the kinds of fiascos that previous laws governing the relationships among and between investment firms, insurers, and savings banks were intend Continue Reading...
However, post-Reconstruction, 'states rights' often became a code word for Jim Crow legislation. Southern states demanded the 'right' for the majority to engage in de facto segregation of schools and to institute limits upon how voting rights were e Continue Reading...
Segregation in College Racial segregation in the United States is associated with segregation or hypersegregation of services, facilities as well as basic provisions like education, medical care, housing, transportation and employment along racial l Continue Reading...
What is profitable, of course, is often fashionable. To create a disincentive to participate in criminal activity, expanded opportunities are necessary for the poorest members of society. In keeping with the Republican Party's stress upon free enter Continue Reading...
NCLB & IDEA The author of this report has been asked to answer a few questions and conduct some points of analysis on a law of the author's choosing. For the purpose of this report, those laws will be the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the Continue Reading...
The testing process for NCLB has come under fire from some districts, and the desperation the principal feels is clear in her memo. The school district where she is employed said the memo was uncalled for, and that her high school did indeed have a Continue Reading...
No Child Left Behind Act will affect multicultural education. Review current reference material. The No Child Left Behind Act will provide unprecedented changes in the K-12 educational system that will allow all school age children to benefit from Continue Reading...
