Case Study: School Governance Analysis
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A 10 page paper. Using student-supplied information about an elementary school, the writer responds to a number of questions and issues. These include: identified student performance goals, if met, how evaluated, determining if changes need to be made, reporting the data, recognizing successes, use of best practices, and what the school needs to do to improve their program. The writer suggests more training for the staff. Student test score data included. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Case Study: School Safety Issue
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6 pages in length. The writer provides a brief overview of a school safety situation and provides an alternative solution to the way in which it should have been handled. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Case Study: Student Discipline Issue
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A 4 page paper. The scenario is of a severely abused 5th grade girl. Background is provided, including some of the adjustments made at school for her. Two boys consistently verbally tease her, make derogatory comments and/or deliberately bump into her in the cafeteria line. The essay describes the disciplinary actions that have occurred and offers alternatives to eliminate this safety issue. No Bibliography.
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Censorship
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A 5 page research paper that addresses the topic of censorship, with particular focus on public school libraries. Censorship, by definition, restricts the free flow of information and ideas. Censorship in the US is usually rationalized as a means of protecting minors from sexually explicit material. However, there can be considerable difference of opinion even on this topic as what some parents see as "pornography," others perceive to be age-appropriate information on sexual health. An examination of censorship in the US indicates that parents should monitor reading material in the home, rather than insisting that certain books should be banned in school and public libraries. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Chall, Jacobs, and Baldwin’s “The Reading Crisis"
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This 4 page report discusses and reviews “The Reading Crisis: Why Poor Children Fall Behind.” The 1990 book addresses the issues associated with reading achievement in children and why children from lower-income homes may be disadvantaged intellectually because of their home environment despite the fact that they started in school with the same level of ability as a so-called “mainstream” child. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Challenging behavior in adolescents in school
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A paper which looks at the various factors which might contribute to adolescents demonstrating challenging behaviours in school, and at some of the psychological and sociological models which have been developed to address these issues. Bibliography lists 26 sources.
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Challenging Behaviors by Adolescent Students
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This 22 page paper looks at the increasing level of challenging behaviors by adolescent students in schools which is developing into a complex problem. The paper looks at what factors are contributing to these complexities, including theories that look at deviance, the development of challenging behavior and the way in which schools have dealt with the issue, and then considers how school guidance counsellors might provide a platform for change giving an international perspective. The bibliography cites 28 sources.
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Character Education in the Public Schools
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A 13 page paper discussing the “dangerous” ground of including moral education in the public schools. Among those schools that have been most successful in achieving impressive academic gains has emerged a paradox: academic excellence does not emerge in an atmosphere void of personal responsibility and dedication to the work at hand. Nor does it thrive in the environment in which there is no cooperative effort or attention to helping peers. It seems that we had to abandon values in order to realize their relative worth. As public schools are called to accountability for results as never before, there is also much more attention to character education. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Child Abuse/Responsibility of the Educator
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A 7 page research paper that examines child abuse. The writer argues that educators are in the best position to identify the children who fall into this unfortunate category. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Child Abuse:
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(5 pp) Every child is vulnerable to sexual abuse, and many are vulnerable to neglect or physical abuse. Today's parents must face the possibility that someone may hurt or take advantage of their child. Research indicates that as many as one out of every four children will be the victim of sexual abuse. Very young children as well as older teenagers are victimized. Almost all of these children will be abused by someone they know and trust: a relative, family friend or caretaker. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Childcare: The Government Should Provide More Financial Assistance
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5 pages in length. Today's typical family is made up of two working parents and a child or two in either the public or private school system. If those children are old enough to tend to their own personal daily needs, the pressure is significantly reduced from the parents' long list of responsibilities; however, if even one happens to be too young for school, he or she requires round-the-clock supervision that the two busy parents just cannot provide. This is where childcare comes in, offering supervised sessions that are educational, socially productive and mentally stimulating. While this option is ideal for parents, it also presents a significant financial strain for many who are already on a tight budget. With more government assistance, parents would be better able to provide adequate childcare during their workday, as well as have the peace of mind that the child is receiving the necessary mental, physical and emotional stimulation so critical to the formative years. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Children And Nutrition
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A 9 page paper that discusses the relationship between nutrition and children's school achievement. The essay responds to four basic issues: Data regarding the incidence of poverty with an emphasis on poverty among children in urban areas; the role of nutrition in a child's learning abilities; the effects of the school breakfast program on behavior and learning; and the effects of nutrition on cognitive ability and attention span. Each issue is discussed, reporting research on these topics. The relationship between brain development and nutrition in young children is discussed. Studies that demonstrate the effects of eating a nutritious breakfast on test scores are reported. Paper ends with a summary. Statistical data are included. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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Children Of Alcoholic Parents
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A 12 page paper. Children of alcoholic parents face very special challenges in life. They are also at high risk for developing a number of psychological and behavioral problems. This essay discusses the number of children living with an alcoholic parent, the effects of this home environment, the different problems the children may exhibit and interventions that may be implemented. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Christian School Administrators Vs Public School Administrators
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A 5 page paper. Are there differences between the Christian school leader and the public school leader? This is the question that is addressed. The writer offers a description of the Christian school education goals and a list of what are considered the essential characteristics of the leader in a Christian school. Then, taking information from effective school principal studies, the writer provides a synopsis and a comparison between the two. Finally, the writer makes guestimates as to how each of these leaders would score on Kouzes and Posner's leadership practices items. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Class Size And Student Achievement
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This 32 page paper investigations the relationship between class size and student achievement. The introduction provides an overview of the information available. Part 1 provides an historical overview of the research on class size dating back to 1909. Those early studies did not find any positive correlation but they were riddled with problems that were overcome with better research designs and the introduction of standardized tests. Part 2 offers a literature review of more recent studies that have focused on the relationship between class size and student achievement. Despite clean, empirical studies over the last two decades, the controversy regarding large versus small class size and student achievement still exists. The writer explains why. The discussion and conclusion section ties the research together to make a generalized conclusion that the students who benefit the most from small class sizes in the primary grades are minority inner city students. Data are included. Bibliography lists 22 sources.
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Classroom Issues: Bias & Educational Philosophy
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A 6 page paper. Two separate issues are discussed. The first is a scenario about a student who makes a derogatory comment about a culture that is being discussed in social studies class. The issue is how the teacher should handle the situation and where normative reasoning comes into play. The second part of this paper deals with the writer's educational philosophy and relates to Plato's The Republic. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Color blind Perspective in Schools? Not!
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(5PP) In the past, we have been led to believe that being "colorblind" in relationship to race from the perspective of education is a good thing. Now that "good thing," is being reexamined in the light of a clearer reality. This discussion will focus on the racial perspective of the past, compared with "what is happening now." Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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