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. ... All the while in Finland a teacher must have a Master's degree and complete up to 60 credits of the subject they are to teach or 120 for secondary teaching and go through an interview investigating their integrity and passion. ...

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Some people say that the Columbine shootings happened because the kids had access to guns and the supplies to make bombs. I think they did it because their teachers and peers didn't offer them any moral support to help them through the problems that they had. This lead them to perform the actions th...

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Students across the nation are required to take exams in classes as a prerequisite for receiving course credit or a diploma. ... Expectable score levels are determined by the individual state. ... According to Lois Weiner, Ed.D., "I failed the essay portion of New York's Teacher Certification Exam that measures professional knowledge...My doctorate in education is from Harvard...The company that creates, administers and grades the tests [National Evaluation Systems] has refused to consider the challenge I've lodged against my score "(Wiener). ...

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Primary schools everywhere are beginning to cut music programs from their students' schedules. It is becoming less of an importance and becoming increasingly seen as a disruption to the students' lives and academics. "The required general music program in grades K–6 is less vibrant than it was at ...

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Overall better test scores because kids are no longer being interrupted, better behaving kids, and the teachers wouldn't have to worry about getting the students they teach to behave. ... I would then open the emails or ads only to find out I have to give them my personal information and my credit card number? ...

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