Charter Schools and Minorities An Examination of the Effectiveness of the Charter School Concept to Date The nation's public schools are struggling to meet the challenges presented by the No Child Left Behind mandates, and charter schools have been Continue Reading...
Charter Schools vs. Public Schools A Critical Analysis Options for Families Diversity Opportunities for Innovation Competition Fiscal Inefficiency High Turnover of the Teachers Control & Accountability The given research paper is an atte Continue Reading...
Without trying to single out Islamic schools, one can not ignore the madrassas many times are funded by Islamic fundamentalists who are exclusively promoting the narrow Wahabist agenda ("Analysis: madrasas," 2010). A Minnesota Charter school is now Continue Reading...
Aloe holds these conferences in two specific ways. The one is open to all teachers and students, though it is generally instigated by observing a specific need. In this fashion, she will observe a problem (such as a class in which the teacher is ov Continue Reading...
Charter Schools 2000: Fourth Year Report This study makes the powerful assumption that the student/teacher ratio in a school correlates to the quality of education enjoyed by the students. Specifically, the lower the student/teacher ratio, the stro Continue Reading...
While a relative handful in number, the attention given to these districts has caused some to conclude that the nation's 14,350 school boards overall might not be needed or equipped to provide a 21st-century education. School boards, like an old c Continue Reading...
School Choice Program This study aimed to determine the impact of school choice through a comparative study of two private schools, which serve primarily, or exclusively African-American students, and a public school. Data in student achievement in Continue Reading...
This study investigates how ESL students' perception affects the teacher-student interaction in the writing conferences. The multiple-case study explores: ESL students' expectations of the writing conference and factors contributing to the expectati Continue Reading...
Her point is to get support for her views, and she did, because three months after she wrote this piece there was a rally at the State Capitol in Austin where 5,000 people called for school choice in front of the Capitol building. Therefore, her wor Continue Reading...
The students were animated and worked diligently; at times, it was necessary to tone down the volume of voice. The 45 minutes went by quickly. THOUGHTS This more flexible and nontraditional method of teaching worked in most cases. However, there w Continue Reading...
However a poll take in 1994 by the Wall Street Journal found that 28% of Americans would prefer to have their own children homeschooled (Houston & Toma 2003). The authors further explain that the increased number of children being home schooled Continue Reading...
Education Class Size vs. School Vouchers on the Achievement of Minority Students The continuous achievement gap between African-American students and their white peers is a major problem in American education. The gap in fourth-grade reading on the Continue Reading...
America, having the perfect schools has long been thought to be the panacea of all our nation's social troubles. If only we could teach our children to master America's social values while still in school, we could produce a population of perfect en Continue Reading...
Home Schooling "Since public schools have become over crowded, guns and violence are a daily occurrence, and private schools are so over priced for the average family, home schooling has become an excellent alternative." Education all the while has Continue Reading...
Those administrators that are able to provide educators with this will more than likely have favorable opinions of the current strategy (from the staff and the public). While those administrators that are unable to achieve this objective, will more Continue Reading...
Distance learning, sometimes called "distance education" is, according to Kerka (1996), a method of education in which the learner is physically separated from the professor and the institution sponsoring the instruction. Distance education may be us Continue Reading...
Overall parental involvement has an effect on the child from the early stage to the secondary stage. Students need the parents for guidance, integrity and confidence to become successful in life because it is not the teachers job to make sure the st Continue Reading...
More importantly, our appreciative and participatory stance with our co-researchers has allowed us to witness and learn about the cutting edge of leadership work in such a way that is and feels qualitatively different from other research traditions Continue Reading...
Home schooled children experienced 2.2 of these activities while other children experienced 1.6 enrichment activities. (Wagenaar) Home-based education is especially effective for those at either end of the spectrum of ability. Children who are tro Continue Reading...
Human Resource Learning Development Human Resources Learning Development Learning and development is among leading businesses. Despite the current organizational budget squeezes, companies are making significant investments in training employees. R Continue Reading...
..This perspective is from the U.S.A.; in Europe, violence in school and the concern about violence may not be at similar levels, but it is undoubtedly a topic of major concern (Smith, 2003, p. 1). This article also makes the important point that sc Continue Reading...
Canada Public Policy: ADHD and Education Canadian Public Policy, Education Learning disability A.D.H.D Struggle by Human Rights Groups and Parents Public Policy Canada: An Overview Policy Implications It has been estimated that almost five perce Continue Reading...
DuFour’s Theory As part of promoting accountability in the education system and compliance with Common Core State Standards, the relevant state departments produce State Report Cards. The State Report Cards provide information regarding the pe Continue Reading...
Code of Conduct -- The school environment has changed over the past several decades. As is typical, the schools reflect many of society's values and certainly the cultural changes experienced in society are then reflected within the classroom. This h Continue Reading...
A 2002 research study determined that of 16 desirable character traits, JROTC students enrolled in an Atlanta public high school consistently displayed more of these traits and the behaviors associated with them than their counterparts who were not Continue Reading...
Desecration of Public Education in Urban Settings Desecration of Public Education Attack on Public Education Urban Education Public Education: A Democratic Demand Government's Interest in Charter Schools Why Charter System Needs to be Opposed Continue Reading...
In other, more charter-friendly states, there are multiple authorizers -- universities, state boards, even specially created bodies with expertise in charter school creation. The new bill before the state House and Senate will give the Board of Educ Continue Reading...
" (2003) IV. VISION and PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS Greene, Forster, and Winters (2003) report that charter schools typically serve disadvantaged populations. "The targeting of charter schools to disadvantaged populations I so common that many people have Continue Reading...
This system is stated to be flawed as "The school board members have a vested interest in the success of the existing local school system and are reluctant to introduce a competitor into the marketplace, said charter school supporters." (O'Donoghue, Continue Reading...
This view is reflected in increasing calls for financial equity among schools, desegregation, mainstreaming, and standardized testing for teachers and students alike; it has been maintained that by providing the same education to all students, schoo Continue Reading...
Nature of the ProblemPurpose of the ProjectBackground and Significance of the Problem Brain Development Specific Activities to engage students Data-Driven Instruction Community Component of Education Research QuestionsDefinition of TermsMethodol 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...
Differentiated Instruction and Closing the Achievement Gap It is not always easy to see how differentiated instruction is able to initiate an advantage in schools that are performing extremely low or how it could help in closing the achievement gap. Continue Reading...
United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is the union that represents teachers in the New York City public schools, which is the largest public school system in the United States. The public school system in New York City serves 1.1 million students in mo Continue Reading...
mixed research solution to help explain just why there are so many black males in special education. The researcher supported the research questions by utilizing article, journals, observational researches, and statistical data to greatly assisted i Continue Reading...
Educational Leadership in Latino Students Flow of Information: Introduction/Preliminary Lit Analysis Status of Performance of Latino Students Why Study Latinos? Why the Latino Performance is Low? How to change the situation? Los Angeles Specif Continue Reading...
Pedagogic Model for Teaching of Technology to Special Education Students Almost thirty years ago, the American federal government passed an act mandating the availability of a free and appropriate public education for all handicapped children. In 19 Continue Reading...
Introduction For this particular case study review, we will be analysing the Freeman-Brown Private School (FBPS) Case. The paper will answer questions related to different aspects and decisions made through the school's operational time. To be m Continue Reading...
