Education: State Averages: Tennessee
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A 3 page paper which compares state averages in Tennessee with the numbers from Pickett County, Tennessee in the field of education. bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Education: “Good Will Hunting” and “I Just Wanna Be Average” by Mike Rose
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A 6 page paper which examines the theme of education in the film “Good Will Hunting” and the essay “I Just Wanna Be Average” by Mike Rose. No additional sources cited.
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Educational & Supervisory Philosophy
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A 3 page essay that devotes 2 pages to discussing an educational philosophy based on essentialism and 1 page to the writer's approach to instructional supervision. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Educational Action Research
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This 5 page essay is divided into two distinct parts. The first section describes how action research, and specifically Scott's Reflection-in-action model was incorporated into a change project that involved the creation of a new high school math class for non-college-bound students. The second section reviews an article on action learning versus action science in terms of the Reflection-in-action change model. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Educational Budget Changes in Orange County, Florida
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A 5 page paper discussing one central Florida's public school districts. Review of Orange County's expenditures in salaries and supplies reveals that the county's public school administrators are as torn as their counterparts throughout the state. As pressure to perform increases, it is likely that administrators and teachers will be called upon to enhance performance without the benefit of greatly increased budget allowances. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Educational Futures
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A 3 page essay discussing educational futures in Australia. Australia already holds a unique position to continue to grow in and then maintain a position of primary importance in the Pacific Rim, and even act as intermediary between Oriental neighbors and those nations of its European ancestry. The education of the next and subsequent generations of business people, legislators and diplomats needs to be accomplished with a world view that still maintains the national flavor and pride of Australia, but still takes into account the differences of culture and ideology found in other parts of the world. No sources listed.
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Educational Leadership Theory
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A 20 page research paper. The research addressing educational leadership has been ongoing for decades. What makes an effective leader? What are the qualities? How can you identify an effective leader? These and other questions have been the foci of a plethora of research studies. This paper presents some of the theories regarding educational leadership and discusses: the historical antecedents of today's theories; Bolman and Deal's framework approach; the reality of micropolitics; steward leadership and servant leadership. Bibliography lists 27 sources.
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Educational Leadership: Principals' Accountability for Test Scores
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A 5 page paper discussing principals' dilemmas in ensuring adequate student achievement. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) places great emphasis on testing and test scores, which is reasonable in some respects (provides a quantitative measure) and less than reasonable in others (assumes a level playing field). Increasingly, principals are being caught in the middle. If test scores do not improve right away by the prescribed percentage, then those principals in many cases are summarily dismissed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Educational Reform and Failure: A Look at Georgian School Performance
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A 3 page contention that although Georgia has implemented a number of measures to enhance its student's academic success, however, many of the state's students still lag behind. The state is the fourth worst in the nation, in fact, in regard to the number of students that it graduates. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Educational Reform and Single-Sex Schools
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A 9 page paper that addresses the topic of single-sex schools as they relate to educational reform. This paper argues that single-sex schools and gender segregated programs are not an effective way of approaching the reform process for many school districts. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Educational Research
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This 11 page paper begins with a stimulus statement alleging research in social sciences, including education lack rigor. The essay discusses the criticisms levied against social science research and then discusses different qualitative methods that have been shown to be effective and valid. A table illustrates the criteria of good research and how that is translated into quantitative and qualitative approaches. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Educatonal Censorship: elementary style.
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(8 pp) Efforts to make fundamental changes in public schooling for the 21st century face a number of obstacles. Among the significant threats to these efforts are challenges from conservative citizen groups objecting to particular instructional strategies and materials. Challenges by these groups to the public school curriculum are increasing dramatic; according to People for the American Way, the number of reported incidents was 50% higher in 1991-92 than in the previous school year Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Educators & Tort Liability
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A 10 page research paper which explores how tort law applies to teachers and officials of the school system. The writer discusses the factors considered by the courts and then shows through discussion of case law how these factors are applied. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Effect Of School Facilities On Student Performance: Tutorial
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A 10 page paper. This paper provides data regarding the condition of school buildings in America. It then offers a literature review focusing on the correlation between the condition of school buildings and student test scores, with an emphasis on the secondary level. The writer then provides a tutorial for conducting action research. Data included. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Effective Educational Leadership
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A 5 page essay describing and contrasting an effective and an ineffective educational leader. These two leaders are described using Scott's general framework for effective leaders of change and includes comments regarding their stance, i.e., perspective, tolerance for ambiguity, security, sensitivity, commitment and so on, and their way of thinking. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Effective?: No Child Left Behind and Partnership for Reading
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A 4 page paper which examines whether or not No child Left Behind Act and Partnership for Reading are effective in the subject of reading/literacy. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Effects of Fixing Exchange Rates
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A 3 page paper discussing the likely effects of a developing South American nation establishing fixed exchange rates. With much of the world clamoring for increased free trade, there remains a debate over just how beneficial free trade really is. Protectionism is far less acceptable now than in the past, but there are indications that it would like to return if those fully opposed do not persist in resisting it. An alternative has been to suggest that national economies can be stabilized by imposing a fixed exchange rate, but freely-floating currency is seen as being the desirable condition. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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