Assessing Leadership of the Great and Middle-Level World Powers, 1927-1939
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A 2.5 page paper that evaluates which leaders best served the national interest of their respective countries and which were the worst. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TGgreatpow.rtf

Assessing School Funding Options
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A 4 page paper assessing 5 options for combining local and state contributions to public education in terms of achieving adequacy according to the Odden-Picus standard. The paper chooses a plan based on property tax rates and state contribution. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSeduFinance.rtf

Banned Books In California: K-12
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5 pages in length. Contemporaries and classics alike, such titles as Grapes of Wrath (unflattering to the state), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (use of the word 'nigger'), Catcher in the Rye (perceived inappropriateness of violence, sexual content, occultism and vulgarity), The Chocolate War, The Color Purple (issues pertaining to race relations, God, human sexuality and African history), Cujo (sexual content and profanity), It's Okay if You Don't Love Me (allegedly depicts sex as the primary objective for people) and Silas Marner (American Library Association, 2007) illustrate how the value of broad-scoped literary exposure and inherent constitutional rights in California's K-12 are disregarded by short-sighted censors. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCBanBksCal.rtf

Basic Management Functions in the School System with the Context of Bolman and Deal’s Organizational Frames
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This is a 10 page paper discussing the primary management practices within the school system in the context of Bolman and Deal’s four organizational frames. Bolman and Deal’s text “Reframing Organizations” (2003) deals with the concepts of frames within the workplace which employs the “usable knowledge” available from a management perspective and also addresses the failures within organizations “due to lack of imagination”. Organizations are broken into the four conceptual “frames” of structural, human resources, political and symbolic which account for the various aspects of planning, staffing, organizing, directing and controlling within any organization. The management functions within school systems can also work within these frames as they include all of the same vital components which must be managed and maintained as within corporations. A study published by Souchet (2001) is used to show the management practices within the school system in regards to the role of a principal within a small urban setting in the Mid-Western United States. The school principal within the school setting is “also known as the middle manager and the site administrator” in organizational terms and is considered as the major managerial influence within the school as he or she must determine “whether the education is effective or ineffective, whether morale is high or low, whether the school climate is positive or negative; whether personnel are satisfied or dissatisfied; whether students achieve or don’t achieve; whether parents and the public are cooperative or uncooperative; and whether there is effective or ineffective management and leadership”. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Becoming Good American Schools
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A 5 page paper that offers a review of Becoming Good American Schools : The Struggle for Civic Virtue in Education Reform by Oakes and colleagues. The writer first presents a brief overview of the book, including its major themes. The themes are then analyzed against the concepts of the politics of education and educational policy analysis. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Being a Teacher
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A 3 page essay that discusses what it means to be a teacher today and the particular challenges that face teachers in today's world. The writer discusses a personal view of high-stakes testing and the standards movement, expressing the opinion that this does not meet the needs of education in today's world. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khteatod.rtf

Benefits of School Uniforms
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A 5 page paper which discusses the many benefits of school uniforms in our public schools. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: RAschunif.wps

Bilingual Education/Issue Pro & Con
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A 6 page research paper that includes a 1 page abstract. This research offers a limited review of the literature pertaining to the national debate concerning the value and effectiveness of bilingual education versus the methodology varied by those who opposed bilingual education, those advocating "English-only" or "English-immersion." The writer defines the parameters of this debate and then reviews the results of a number of recent studies on English-learner instruction, before offering a personal position on these issues. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khelldeb.rtf

Bilingualism
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A 5 page research paper that investigates the debate over bilingualism. Some people see bilingual education as a necessary mechanism for assimilation, while others view such education, and the multicultural approach that usually accompanies it, as something that blocks assimilation and legitimates differences that could eventually fracture the cohesion of the United States. An examination of literature pertaining to this topic demonstrates that there are persuasive arguments on both sides of this issue. The writer sides with those in favor of bilingual education. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khbiling.rtf

Block Scheduling
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An 11 page paper that supports the concept of block scheduling. This paper demonstrates that current literature, including the writings of educational theorists like Richard Rettig, Joseph Carroll, and Canady, support the transition of school systems from traditional scheduling to block scheduling, in recognition of the changing needs of students and educators. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: Blocksch.wps

Block Scheduling and Music Instruction
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A 14 page paper that considers the impact of block scheduling on music instruction. This paper demonstrates that there are specific issues for music teachers and ways in which these issues can be addressed within the process of block scheduling design. Bibliography with18 sources.
Filename: Blockmus.wps

Board of Education Analysis
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9 pages analysis and discussion of East Windsor, New Jersey's Board of Education, community involvement etc; Items discussed could be applied to any town in suburban U.S.A. Several sources listed in bibliography.
Filename: Boarded.wps

Bolman And Deal's Four-Frame Analysis
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Case Study : A 15 page paper that begins with an introduction to the four frame model of organizations and leadership as proposed by Bolman and Deal and the justification for the model. Basically, the authors say that everyone sees the world and any situation through their own frame or perspective and it is important to recognize and understand other frames. The four frames found in organizations are comprehensively described and explained. The type of leader and leadership process that would be found under each frame is also explained and discussed. The second half of the paper is a case study: a scenario is provided and the situation is then analyzed according to each frame. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PGfrmcs.rtf

Bottom Up Or Top Down – Phonics Or Whole Language
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A 9 page paper. For more than three decades, a battle has raged over the most effective approach to reading instruction. Is phonics or whole language better when teaching reading? This paper discusses the controversy from each of the perspectives, explaining each along with their respective advantages or benefits. The writer suggests a balanced approach may be the answer to end the controversy. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PGrdphw.rtf

Brief for Goss v. Lopez, 419 U.S. 565 (1975)
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A 2 page summary of this Supreme Court case, in which several students brought a class action suit against a Southern Ohio school board for suspending them from school without hearing either before or after the fact. The students' argument is that they were denied the due process afforded by the Fourteenth Amendment, and wanted all reference to their suspensions removed from their permanent records. The Supreme Court agreed with the students, but qualified their decision as not meaning that formal hearings need to be held for more minor suspensions. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSGossVLopez.wps

Brief for Lee v. Weisman, 505 U.S. 577 (1992)
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A 3 page paper summarizing this Supreme Court case. Petitioner Lee was a middle school principal who arranged for a local rabbi to conduct a nonsectarian prayer at the school's graduation ceremony. Deborah Weisman was a student who objected, and her father filed suit after the ceremony when he was unable to persuade a District Court to place injunction against the school preceding the ceremony. The brief includes citation for the case, a description of the sitation and the facts, rule of law, procedural summary and issue. It concludes with the holding and a comment. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSLeeVWeis.wps

Brimley Et Al's "Financing Education In A Climate Of Change"
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6 pages in length. Financing Education in a Climate of Change by J. Vern Brimley and Rulon R. Garfield strives to illustrate the inextricable components of economic funding and educational opportunity as they exist in contemporary society. That a solid education is becoming more and more difficult to secure with today's ever-escalating costs is a point upon which the authors focus with the intention of drawing attention to just how serious the issue has become for those who want to further their academic standing but are stifled due to financial deficits. No additional sources cited.
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