A young African American man is about to make a decision that will dictate and impact the rest of his life. ... All of these statistics show how much the minority population is being discriminated against. While helping the minority population, there is some backlash that is occurring against the white portion of our population. ... In general, African Americans and Hispanics continue to be in the back of the pack compared to the white population. Asian Americans are still at the head of the pack while Native Americans are rounding up the flank at the end. ...

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American students compare poorly academically against students in many foreign countries. ... Many countries are improving their educational standards at a faster pace than America. ... The United States has a much more diverse student population from that of Finland, but better trained teachers could only benefit these students, as well as the rest of the student population. ... American parents complain that their children grow up too fast. ... There has been worldwide academic testing which proves that American students compare ...

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We all wonder why America is slowly falling behind other nations of the world academically. ... In Korea, the students go to school about 4 hours longer a day than those students in America. ... But due to the low population in the beginning, those who are 12 and older will begin the special apprenticeships with the adult's and their respective occupations. This is because in the beginning, there isn't a large population, so our occupations are those that we truly need for that time period. ...

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Access is not a problem for most people in America. ... This levels the playing field for all people because access is not an issue for nearly anyone living in a city or town across America. ... The problem in our society is not access to a computer, but the inability of the entire population to function in the digital society. ...

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"American 12th graders rank 19th out of 21 industrialized countries in mathematics achievement and 16th out of 21 nations in science. ... The low but dense population pattern in Europe allows for money to be spread out equally per capita. ... It's not all bad though, American students get the most daily exercise. ... Also, Americans ages 15 and up have consumed far less alcohol than their counterparts abroad for decades (Dewey & Fisher). ... This education system has been considered the most effective and most successful in North America. ...

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I always thought that diversifying the population was important. ... Her family owned a Greek diner, had large Greek dinners with family and expected their children to grow up, marry a Greek spouse and have lots of Greek children, Tula was always a little embarrassed of how extremely Greek her family was, thinking that they were so different from the majority of the population. ... Tula's very Greek family and Ian's high-class, American family are very different and have a hard time finding something in common and getting along. ... Teaching about all these different backgrounds and ...

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I propose we educate Americans about how to better take care of the environment in which they live. ... Many American citizens simply do not know the problems that they are causing. ... American culture is, and has been, influenced greatly by its educational system. ... Included in the course will be sections on recycling, healthy eating (including the effects of eating processed foods), world population dynamics, and conservation biology. ...

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An educated population is a viable population both in the domestic and world economy. ... If more Americans have degrees, then, theoretically, the median income will rise, and the government will receive more tax money. ...

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This rise in the student population during a time of teacher shortage can only mean one thing. ... Department of Education, by 2006, America will educate almost three million more children than today--more than 54 million students. ... Some of these reasons that constitute teacher shortage are pay, environment, process of certification, student attitude, retirement, immigration, growing school population, demand for smaller classes, and multiple roles as teacher. ... Other reasons that go together are most often environment, student population and smaller classes. ...

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Does America honestly believe that segregation is gone? ... In comparison to European and Asian students, American student test scores are low internationally. ... However the issue is not that America has a bad education system, instead it is due to a large population of poverty. In 2013, when the effects of poverty were controlled, American students ranked near the top of the world. ... If America adopts Common Core then refugees would not benefit because they would remain poor. ...

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He designed an experiment where he came up with some insolvable math problems, and then gave them to both Japanese and American children. It turned out that the American kids gave up on the problems very easily and the Japanese kids tried harder and harder to find a solution to the problem. This shows us that the Japanese kids were willing to go the extra mile and try to find the answer, while American kids gave up if they didn't get it at first. ... This is a small portion of what makes up the children's population. ...

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In the early 1970's America's education system was at the highest of any other country. Since then America's scores have slowly plunged to which it now stands at thirty sixth in the world, while Finland a country whose education system was once one of the worst in the ˜70s has slowly made its way to the top. So what is it that Finland has figured out that the America has not? ... Finland does have the benefit of doing this because of the population size is not that large. ...

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The intention of the speech is to point out that America has a problem with education. America is being overtaken by a lot of other countries when it comes to educating their population, and therefore something needs to be done. ... First of all she uses her authority as the First Lady of the United States of America. ... She kind of uses the American Dream to motivate the students. ... She is aware that her authority makes people listen to her, and she knows how much the Americans love to hear a story that can be put in to perspective with the American Dream. ...

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If the schools do nothing, most of the population will know how to use computers in the next 10 years, just as most of the population learned how to drive cars without school instruction." ... American schools have already spent more than five Billion dollars this year on high-tech gadgets and training, and many educators think laptops rank among the most promising of all. ... If the schools do nothing, most of the population will know how to use computers in the next 10 years, just as most of the population learned how to drive cars without school instruction." ...

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Also dropouts make up nearly half of households on welfare and prison population (Anonymous Prison Inmates). ... Many high schools in America fall short in preparing young adults for the real world. ... According to Leon Botstein, the American high school does not serve the same purpose as it did years ago. ... Americans are prepared for life at an earlier age today than they were years ago. ... Botstein proclaims that this idea can work and America needs to face cultural facts and realize that high schools are simply out of date. ...

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It is important for me, as an African American, to learn more about other African American educators that made a difference for education and to also be a native to North Carolina's neighboring state of South Carolina. ... Moreover, when Mary was eleven years of age, a school opened its doors for the African American children to attend. "The Mission Board of the Presbyterian Church opened a school for African American children" (Botsch 1). ... Bethune knew that her school was starting to grow with the population of students increasing, so a larger facility was right on time for her. ...

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There has been lots of attention put towards Bilingual Education because of the large number of non-English speaking immigrants in America. ... Estimates of LEP students range from 2.5 million to 4.6 million, which equals up to 7 to 10 percent of the student population(Lang 61). ... The government could use the money in a more useful place like Medicare and housing for the people of the America. ... Teaching English only to all students could help build a common bond among Americans instead of dividing the nation. ... Without the knowledge of English, immigrants can't find jo...

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A big city with a small town feel, Memphis has one of the lowest costs of living of any U.S. city with a population of more than 500,000. ... UHCO is located in Houston, Texas, the fourth largest city in America. ... With a sizeable international population, Houston's restaurants offer Chinese, French, Italian, Indian, Mexican, Thai and Vietnamese cuisine, as well as good old Texas Barbecue. ...

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Can PE make kids fitter and is it effective? This is a question that people in the field of physical activity are always asking. The answer to this question depends on who you ask; some would say that it develops gain attention to physical activity and exercise. Other people would say that it is ...

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Some institutions had their international student population grown from 4% to 10% of total enrollments in the freshman year. ... With such fees adding up to about £2.5 billion a year overall, international students play an important role in British funding (Economist) as well as in America. ...

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In today's modern world there is a driving force that unfortunately gets a lot Americans out of bed in the morning and off to the task they engage in every day. ... Material goods are symbols of status, as Americans work our whole lives to amass them. ... Sadly today the modern University doesn't entirely represent the dissemination of truth, but also represents a leg up on the competition facing every American wishing to join the workforce. ... For example, Zinsser writes "once you have twenty or thirty percent of the student population deliberately overexerting," one dean points ou...

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"American school children typically attend school for about six hours a day, 180 days per year. ... "Fewer, vacation - days will dry up the industry's labor source and lead to huge losses of revenue for American hotels and resorts, " said Joe Mcinerney, President and CEO of the American Hotel and Lodging Association. ... A significant portion of the student population in our country lives in poverty and needs a variety of health and human services to overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of academic learning. ... Nearly 25% of all children, and 50% of all African American children ...

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Education of the Gifted and Talented Student The term "exceptional child" is a broad and inclusive label that refers to a significant percent of the child population. ... "Weaknesses in the American educational system is a waste of what has rightly been called America's most precious resource- the potential talent of it's ablest youth." ...

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While the cons pose that the standards "do not guarantee improvements in testing on the global scale", "cannot be tailored to all of the diverse population of our nation", and "a program created on ideal situations/aspirations in education by people who have funding and students already ahead of the learning curve." ... As teachers, we need to start working together in order to better educate the youth of America. ...

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