School uniforms in public school has been a subject of national debate. Private and Parochial schools have a long history of school uniforms. Its implementation in public schools has been met with sharp criticism, it came to gain momentum in the late Continue Reading...
In fact, the No Child Left Behind Act, and other standardized test-based programs are "increasing incentives for school administrators to allow [poorly performing] students to quietly exit the school system ("Negative Implications," 2008). Being a h Continue Reading...
Inconsistent evaluation methods between public, private, and charter schools, as well as the ever-present problems with whether or not achievement is actually measured accurately by standardized test scores, are two issues that must be taken into ac Continue Reading...
Property tax relief is a subject that arises when the elderly or poor struggle to meet their property tax burdens. If they are long-term residents, they can be caught up when their neighborhood sees a dramatic increase in property values. There are Continue Reading...
... Only one in 100 high school seniors could write a coherent response of more than one paragraph to an essay question; and only 7% of high school seniors could read at advanced level." (Hanushek) In the light of this vast body of very forceful evi Continue Reading...
Public School Prayer: Is it Constitutional and Moral? Proponents of allowing public school prayer cite both legal and moral reasons to allow prayer in public schools. On a legal basis they state that banning prayer in public schools is a violation o Continue Reading...
The trial lasted seven months and Justice Leland Degrasse rendered his decision, 719 N.Y.S.2d 475 on January 10, 2001, in favor of plaintiffs and ordered the state to ensure that all public schools provide the opportunity for a sound basic education Continue Reading...
Public Schools vs. Private Schools - Culturally appropriate education Review of the literature Education and culture Teaching dispositions Outmoded educational model Would vo-tech be a better public school goal? Developing the person instead of Continue Reading...
Public school education in 1850 enabled the spread of learning writing, reading and arithmetic for a population that had previously been skilled and semiskilled workers. History at one point in educational history became a required course to help enc Continue Reading...
Public schools' incorporation of sexual education and family planning courses have led to a decline in teen-age pregnancies. Sexual education curriculum Background of history of school incorporation Who takes the classes What is taught Perceived Continue Reading...
They would do so in a fashion ideally, so as to not merely prepare students to take the test in rote fashion, but to make the new information a vital part of the extant educational process. (SEDL, 2004) Such instructional leadership is subject to q Continue Reading...
Public school culture is fairly similar even amidst ethnically and geographically diverse schools. For example, there is prohibition of classroom prayer. Students and school staff must maintain a professional and platonic relationship at all times. A Continue Reading...
public schools a dress code . Your audience a group local school board Argumentative Public schools should most certainly employ a dress code with which their students should adhere to. There are a number of reasons to support this point-of-view, Continue Reading...
This debate does not include the fact that peer pressure in many public schools causes families to spend much more on "street clothes" so that their kids are not embarrassed or bullied because they do not have the latest fashions. (a single pair of 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...
Justification for School Budget Cuts Public School Finance - Budget Cuts School budgets have been affected greatly by budget cuts which have become a common and unpleasant task for most members of the school administration. The budget reductions ha Continue Reading...
Public School FundingFinancial reports are designed to help in making evidence-based decisions by school management and other organizations. decision-making. Generally, a financial statement is used as a management tool to facilitate critical financi Continue Reading...
Lifting Up Our Children Through Public Schools How to Lift Up Future Generations Renee Moore, a teacher in a very poor Mississippi Delta school, is quoted in Tim Walker's article as saying if we truly agree that education is the way out of poverty, Continue Reading...
Allocate Funds in Order to Reduce Teacher Turnover and Improve Struggling Schools: An Analysis of 5 Academic Studies The problem identified in this study is that the public school district receives Title One and Title Two funding, which goes to sup Continue Reading...
Public School Funding With reports on the lower standardized test scores among the nation's students, policy makers are once again turning their attention to the issue of education reform. For many educators, one of the culprits behind this is not o Continue Reading...
Public School Safety; SandyHook Case Analysis Following the 'Sandy Hook School Incident', several different procedures and practices have been adopted by public schools in order to promote student and staff safety. Principals of public schools were Continue Reading...
Prayer in Public Schools The issue of prayer in public schools has been the subject of intense debate. That is because religious people would like for their children to be able to follow their religious teachings by praying in school but people who Continue Reading...
Private Public School Similarities and Differences Risk and Benefits in Public and Private Schools Special Need Students Teachers Credentials in Private and Public Schools This research paper focuses on the similarities and differences of private 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...
Private vs. Public Schools Many parents find themselves caught in a dilemma when trying to decide on which choice of education to take for their children. They ask themselves whether to take their children to private schools or public schools. For a Continue Reading...
Discipline in Public Schools: Recent Court Cases "From 1969 to 1975, amid increasing legal challenges to the regulation of student expression in school, the Court's rulings largely confirmed students' rights to various free expression and due proces Continue Reading...
Violence in Public Schools The recent violence on school grounds (including elementary, middle school and high school violence) has created a climate of fear in American public schools, and the literature presented in this review relates to that fea Continue Reading...
Innovative Practices in Public School Education and Administration America has been one of the leading countries of prospects for disenfranchised individuals and, simultaneously, a country of the utmost economic stratification amid the comfort of th Continue Reading...
Food Served in Public Schools The school nutrition environment, consisting of school meals and competitive meals, has actually properly gotten terrific attention due to the fact that kids eat, usually, one-third of their everyday calorie consumption Continue Reading...
Such limitations seem necessary because of the limited resources that schools have and the need for students to learn English as soon as possible so that they can receive all the benefits of a public school education. Reflection It is evident that Continue Reading...
Prayer at Public School Events During the last few years there has been passionate debates concerning prayer in public schools and at public school events. Advocates believe that it is not only a moral issue but prohibition of prayer in public schoo Continue Reading...
Prayers in Public Schools In the case of Engel v. Vitale (1962), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prayer in the U.S. public school system was unconstitutional and that such prayers "breached the constitutional wall of separation between Church and 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...
Prayer in public schools has been a subject of controversy ever since the Supreme Court ruled in 1962 that "any kind of prayer, composed by public school districts, even non-denominational, is unconstitutional government sponsorship of religion" (U.S Continue Reading...
Religion in Public Schools: Religious Fundamentalists vs. Atheists The relevance of raising children with an insistence on the development of a high moral character cannot be overstated. Essentially, individuals raised with a well founded moral char Continue Reading...
Students with various needs are crowded into the same classroom, and teachers have few resources to draw from in order to accommodate their individual needs. The most important factors in providing educational equity include improving access to educ Continue Reading...
Arts Education in California public schools have become a permanent feature in advancing their extra curriculum. It seems to benefit majority of the students, as such a subject is helpful in exercising a kids' mind while concentrating on other area. Continue Reading...
Banning Books in Public Schools The 1st Amendment to the constitution does guarantee freedom of speech and freedom of the press. However, when children are involved, freedoms often become blurry. In some cases, they are not freedoms at all, when par Continue Reading...
violence in the public schools. Teen violence in general has become a major concern in America today. One of the reasons for the issue being so prevalent is the number of school shootings in the last few years, especially the shooting at Columbine H Continue Reading...
