The importance of electronic technology for success is becoming more evident as students advance from grade school to middle and high school. Many middle and high school curriculums now include coursework that focus specifically on computer applications and programs; and most college coursework now requires the use of at the least a computer or laptop to pass the course. ... If children do not receive a foundation for these types of technologies in early childhood education, literacy rates will decrease as any education beyond that as well as professional success as an adult becomes in jeopard...

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My nephew goes to a suburban, mostly white, primarily middle-class and affluent school that teaches largely to tests while valuing less and less the language of a child's inner world. ... I cannot speak very much to my own early past views as a younger man, say up to the age of 24, on people who are disabled or many other subcultures because my own thinking then on the subject was undefined and nebulous. ... Multiculturalism in America gained ground after WWII with the influx of refugees from Europe and very rapidly throughout America in the late 20th and early 21st centuries in America. ...

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Many children of middle or higher-class families enter school with knowledge of a hidden curriculum such as having basic reading and numeric skills. ... Since the Supreme Court overturned segregation laws in 1954, segregation grew in the early 1990s and segregation of African American students grew significantly across the United States. ... Statistics on educational achievement by race or ethnicity show that white, black and Asian children have better school rediness skills than Hispanics ages 3-6.Inlater education, Asian and white students still achieve higher scores than black and Hispanic ...

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Justice and Equality in Schooling Education has been a predominant social institution in Britain since as early as 1300AD, when 100 English towns were known to have schools; although it wasn't until 1850 when the introduction of schooling for girls was established. (Microsoft Encarta 2002) The government abolished school fees up to the age of 10, theoretically establishing equality within society and gradually the process of schooling has been searching for a sense of equality. ... Hence "the instrument of communication" (Bourdieu and Passeron, 1997: 73) is considered greater among tho...

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Catherine Brekus, in her overview of religious history in the nineteenth century, asserts that revivals were, "a crucial part of American nation-building, [as] a religious response to the political upheavals of the early national period.... Even though America had the highest literacy rate in the world in the early 1800's, the country had no statewide system of free, public elementary schools. ... Very few children continued schooling after the age of ten. ... " Public Education united the country as schools were now open to the poor, the middle class, and the rich. ...

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However, Thornton believes that since the beginning of the social studies field in the earlier decades of the 20th century, curriculum has gone back and forth on what should be taught (Levstik 48), causing a struggle over social studies remaining the same or progressing as time changes. ... Thornton breaks his analysis into groups – character of the social science and social education position analyzing in detail their principles and problems, then comparing two eras 1920 – mid 1940s and late 1950s – early 1970s (Levstik 51). ... Would not these disciplines be useful even at...

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However, Thornton believes that since the beginning of the social studies field in the earlier decades of the 20th century, curriculum has gone back and forth on what should be taught (Levstik 48), causing a struggle over social studies remaining the same or progressing as time changes. ... Thornton breaks his analysis into groups – character of the social science and social education position analyzing in detail their principles and problems, then comparing two eras 1920 – mid 1940s and late 1950s – early 1970s (Levstik 51). ... Would not these disciplines be useful even at...

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Another type of accelerated learning is individual acceleration, in which a teacher, the parents, and the student decide to send the student through more advanced grades at an earlier age. ... Many educators believe that a student's biological age is more important than his or her intellectual age, and that students should develop among peers that exhibit similar social, emotional, and physical development. Conversely, there are teachers and other professionals who support the belief that the intellectual readiness of a student outweighs biological age. ... (Mackay) Talented children have...

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Compulsory school attendance laws and the great expenditures for education both demonstrate our recognition of the importance of education to our democratic society. It is required in the performance of our most basic public responsibilities, even service in the armed forces. It is the very foundati...

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Since the 1970s, Mexican-Americans in the United States have been identified as apathetic, indifferent, and disinterested in the process of attaining an education. Many Americans point to the high Mexican-American drop-out rates and the low number of Mexican-American professionals as a confirmation of this stereotype. This Latino group has struggled to dispel the characterization. In response, Mexican-Americans, as well as Anglo-Americans, have searched for ways to counter such misinformation. As a result, many communities have adopted bi-lingual programs, in order to help Mexican-American...

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According to the Philippine Development plan, the major education and manpower development objectives of the DECS are as follows: 1) To improve the quality and increase the relevance of education and training. 2) To increase access of disadvantaged group in all educational areas. 3) To accelerate the development of middle and high level manpower toward economic recovery and sustainable growth, as well as to enhance their employability, productivity and self-reliance. ...

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