ALTERNATIVE #2: States like New York that really believe that new regents requirements are required need to decide before students enter high school or even Jr. high school. ... ALTERNATIVE #3: The school districts could lower standards and what they believe this would be poor for the new generation of the working force. ... So in short, alternative three is basically lower standards to when times were different just so teens could graduate high school not know as much as possible. ... Yes it is important to graduate high school; one should have the right knowledge with that high school diplo...

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How Society Views Violence In Schools In the past few years there has been a definite increase in the incidence of violence in the schools. ... It has become an issue in many areas, including violence in schools. ... There are more before and after school programs offered by the schools than there has ever been. ... So, what can be done to help with violence in the schools? School districts are turning to alternative programs to help reach all students, they are offering alternative discipline actions, and they have increased their program offerings to the parents. ...

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Public Schools Should Require Uniforms More and more schools are making uniforms mandatory for students. ... The schools with uniforms have less violence within the school (Manual 1). ... However, most of the schools that have the uniforms are elementary and middle schools and not the high schools( Siegal 1). ... The school officials that are for the uniforms are making the elementary school have them but not the high schools and this is not fair. ... He states that wind breakers are a better alternative to white shirts. ...

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Without schooling, nor availability of alternative schools in many cases, youth fall behind in school and often experience repeat suspensions and an increased likelihood of dropping out of school. ... Alternative Strategies Effective alternatives to zero tolerance should involve students, families, and their communities in efforts to provide a safe learning environment and safety in school. ... In addition, suspended and expelled students need appropriate alternative education; an effective model is a Saturday detention program known as SMART implemented in Chicago and Philadelphia schools. ...

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An alternative to sending children to a public school would be for one parent to stay at home and educate their own children. ... Both alternatives have the potential to be very effective ways of educating a child. ... Public schooled children are socialized differently than home schooled children. ... On the one hand, the home schooled child may be less exposed to a negative environment than public school children. ... Both classroom settings, whether they are traditional or alternative, provide valuable learning experiences for children. ...

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Activities school provides 6. ... The educational systems in the three different schools will be analyzed for three particular schools- American International School that follows the American system, Carmel School Kuwait which follows the Indian system and Kuwait English School which follows the British system. ... The School prepares students for the All India Secondary School Examination (AISSE/Class 10) and All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE/Class 12). ... Kuwait English School is a commmuntiy school which has earned reputation of prestige in the Kuwait society. The sc...

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By the time I was about a year old, she was a single mother with little more than a high school diploma and no job skills. ... His family began to waffle on their efforts to watch the one child we had that would afford me the opportunity to attend school. ... I felt that given my lack of support and childcare for my toddler, I had no alternative but to drop out of the semester. ... As they are well-established within the school system, I realized that this is my time to pursue my dreams. ... I knew that by attending a technical school, I had opened up the door to my future and a world of oppor...

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This alternative may provide a high level of education, but may have some hidden drawbacks. ... Sports that are lacking in private school but not in public school are lacrosse, soccer, rifflery, and ROTC. ... The sports are limited in private schools, but the teachings of private school may be unrestricted. The public school boards have strict regulations regarding what is taught in a school. ... Private schools may be able to deliver a better education to a student than a public school. ...

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The average student goes to school from kindergarten through twelfth grade. ... This test would be given to all up and coming teachers regardless of whether they are entering the profession through traditional means or an alternative route such as the Fellows Program. ... "A survey of school districts by the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators found, 44 percent reduced elective course offerings and 70 percent increased class sizes. ... " In some states, schools have even cut the school week down to four days to save on utility costs (Hefling). ... We need to receive pro...

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The Pro-charter article titled The New School, by Chester E. ... What is a charter school? Well, according to the article, it is "a public school with some of the most highly prized features of private schools." ... But there are about two dozen that are operated and owned by the Edison Project and the Educational Alternatives Inc. ... But there was the famous failure of the Educational Alternative Inc's school in Baltimore and Hartford. ...

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The Pro-charter article titled The New School, by Chester E. ... What is a charter school? Well, according to the article, it is "a public school with some of the most highly prized features of private schools." ... But there are about two dozen that are operated and owned by the Edison Project and the Educational Alternatives Inc. ... But there was the famous failure of the Educational Alternative Inc's school in Baltimore and Hartford. ...

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My parents didn't mind much because I was doing fine in school. ... As soon as I sat down in his office I told him I was not going to alternative school. ... We kept going back and forth about whether or not I should be in school. ... Graduating high school has been a goal of mine for quite some time. ... My older sister and father graduated from high school. ...

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These levels are described as college-level, college-level with embedded support, and Intensive College Readiness Program (or, alternatively, one semester of a remedial course). ... Next, is to place students in these levels will be determined through multiple measures, including SAT scores, GPAs, high school transcript data, essay placements, and/or alternative assessment instruments. ... Due to the law change it will encourage public middle school and high school teachers to be monitoring their students' progress each year. ... I was determined to return to school this year to better my...

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How can students be motivated to stay in school? ... The parent may mention how being a high-school graduate helped them or how they were hurt by being a high-school drop-out. ... In October 1999, some 3.8 million young adults were not enrolled in a high school program and had not completed high school. ... In the 1997-98 school year 479,000 students dropped out of high school (U.S. ... Not only are a sizeable proportion of students dropping out, an increasing number of students are completing high school by getting a GED or through other alternative means rather than earning a tradition...

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Many colleges even offer alternatives to test out for credits based on life and work experience. ... Tests are the most important part of school. ... My reasons for going back to school fall into more than one category. ... I drop my two youngest children off at school 3 days a week and drive in to school myself. ... College is much different from high school. ...

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So what was school? ... I remember looking into some alternative science on a topic we were looking at during our lessons and my teacher was outraged with me. ... They were unhappy with the local primary school so they sent me to Maranatha Christian School. ... The school was a small urban school that emphasised alternative education. ... If I struggled to fit into the system at my first school, I found this school even more difficult. ...

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Thank god my school offered this. ... The best though is when you would put on shows at your school. ... After my years at that school had enough of me I left and attended an alternative school. Alternative schools are schools for all the fuck ups in the district. ... Later the alternative school kicked me out. ...

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It's common sense that young children in elementary school should not be exposed to certain ideas because they cannot comprehend them. ... In high schools all over the country certain books have been banned due to the inappropriate nature of their content. "According to the American Library Association, more than 5,000 complaints were recorded at schools over the past ten years. ... Conditions for free choice include being aware that we have alternatives and being psychologically able to select from alternatives- (Baker 271). ... Parents and schools are trying to censor young minds. ...

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California's budget cuts have forced elementary schools to reduce stimulating activities that would further a child's education. ... Kids go to school because they love arts and music and learn other things as a result of being in school" (Sealey). ... Congress needs to give public schools properly funds. Public schools need more money to meet the standards and it should be our nations highest funding priority. ... There are many other alternatives to solving the California budget crisis. ...

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She claims that schools headboard plans out the testing dates for the students, being a monthly test throughout the whole school year. ... Placing the students to push out or dropout from school. ... He claims leaving them to struggle with their sophomore year by falling their state exams leaves them with no other alternative to drop out of school while they still can. Goodman states that if the school fails to reach the required accomplishments, the government has no other alternative than to shut down the school (Goodman, Ten 7). ... Not being able to do the required accomplishments leaves t...

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In New Zealand, the majority of children attend mainstream schools but increasingly, others are opting for a lesser known alternative, home schooling. ... Unlike mainstream schools, home schooled children are often more able to use other resources like museums and art galleries. ... There are several youth groups for teens who are home schooled. ... Home schoolers concentrate on their own work, not others. ... The Internet is a vast, useful tool, and home schoolers can make the most of it. ...

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Elementary and middle school had me thinking I was that awkward kid but when I finally made it to high school, I began to understand how communication with others really works and how to control it. ... Another time I demonstrated this was when we had a discussion in one of my high school classes. ... " and I replied with, "I'm not really sure, I didn't think of an alternative" (C. ... I thought I understood them but I then realized that times have changed since I've been in middle school. ... I had just assumed that it was the same as when I was in middle school....

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Now, America as great nation is struggling to educate its future leaders and a greater alternative must be given. The NCLB act creates stressful school environments for schools by mandating that standardized testing weighs more than student work, increases paper work for the classroom teacher, and has shown few improvements in education overall. ... By observing young people at school, it can be observed that when their parents where at the school, they were more attentive. ... The Act also makes it look as if the school systems now are all about test grades [OBr13] [Deb09]. ... They quit sc...

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Many adults, especially teachers, are often compelled to pull out the greatest potential of every student and child. The word "Potential" is defined differently and means something different to everyone. But what about the students who excel beyond others potential and the intellectual capacities of...

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The history of how social work in schools was started is quite interesting. ... The first social workers in the school setting were financed by the community agencies that were derived from the burgeoning conviction that the public school was the logical place for early intervention. ... Where did you go to graduate school? ... She started out at Project Stride which was an after school program for 7-13 year old boys, and then she went to Martin Luther King Elementary School in Schnectady, N.Y. ... Stills/Johnson does have a certain set of hours in which she sees students because she has p...

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