Conceptualized leadership in professional counseling consists of a set of behaviors and attitudes that can be learnt. ... This serves as the foundation for leadership development and growth. ... Challenges continue to mount as counsellors strive to meet diverse challenges of the students they serve, while ensuring academic success for all students in a continuous-improvement environment. ... Utilizing their unique skill set to work not only at the individual level, but on the school and district stage can positively impact student achievement. ...

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Now that management of the external environment was established as an excellent means of discipline, the conduct of the mind was to be the next area educators set about measuring and monitoring. As before, the same concepts of knowledge and differentiation were now set to task on categorising and sub-categorising the mind, and assessing such processes asintelligence, aptitude, motivation, mental organization, creativity, morale, memory, attention span, critical reasoning, emotional stability, to name a few?. ... In concluding this chapter, Meadmore emphasises that, whilst all of the discussed...

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But it was only this year that America's two biggest cable-TV owners, TCI and Time Warner , said they would spend $2 billion and $5 billion respectively to deploy both technologies in their systems, which together serve a third of America's 60m cable homes. ... Mergers such as Time Warner, Turner Broadcasting, and Paramount have set the stage. These companies continue the race to be the first to lay solid infrastructure, and set new industry standards. ... In a complex world of constant change, where knowledge becomes obsolete every few years, education can no longer be something tha...

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To achieve academic success, parents can emphasize good work habits, set high but reasonable expectations for their children, stay informed about their children's progress, and monitor their children's activities. ... Schools seek parents to serve on advisory committees, sponsor certain school activities, and to help with fundraising. ... In addition, every school has a parent center that served as a base for parent volunteers, as well as a place where parents can work on improving their English skills. ... Business leaders can take an active part in school by serving as guest speak...

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Also now with school uniforms, parents have to purchase two sets of clothing one for school and another for after school and weekends. ... Now with these infinite possibilities to reduce violence and provide safer schools, making uniforms in schools obsolete and impractical to serve as violence deterrents. ...

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Geahigan further explains that a procedure's intent is to have " a set of activities linked together in consecutive order for the purpose of attaining some goal," like a surgeon " performs a set of activities to effect the cure of some ailment" (1998a, p. 294). ... It is important to understand that the inquiry-based learning process is recursive, hence the order in which one moves through the process is not set and there will be " back and forth movement between different stages" of the process (Geahigan, 1998a, p. 297). ... What better way to reinforce these habits, and strip stud...

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The main finding for this was due to the lack of interest in the meals being served (Moffitt, 1995). Most schools receive funding from the USDA in order to serve meals to children, so they must also abide by the nutrition requirements that are established (Bartfeld & Kim, 2010). ... These methods could include incorporating more local, seasonal foods into the meal programs, decreasing the amount of processed, packaged food being served, and even changing how meals are served (Moffitt, 1995). ... Not only are the school meal programs feeding children, but they are also receiving the necessary n...

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Each framework focuses on something different than the other; however, they all serve the same purpose and that is to assist in a course design that is suitable for the students. ... It serves as a guideline for developing sub-goals and it offers different ways of assessing if the goals have been met. ... The con is that many teachers tend to lose focus on the goals they have set for their class; because there are is no hierarchy or specific plan, it can be very easy for teachers to lose sight of what they're trying to achieve....

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According to the article Curriculum Support for Primary teachers Vol. 12 No. 2 (2007 p.1), when we set assessment tasks, we should ensure they have clear and explicit criteria for making judgments and that they promote reliability and validity and consistent judgments by teachers. ... "It is important for teachers to follow agreed procedures if teacher's assessment is to be sufficiently dependable to serve summative purposes. ... The final word on the function of assessment is best left to Michael O'Leary, when he states that assessment must serve the needs of our students firs...

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The teacher should be optimistic and set attainable goals that provide daily successes for each child. ... The school and the teachers must work on establishing and maintain resources to serve the community for which its students reside. ...

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When the state of Massachusetts created the Massachusetts Board of Education, Horace Mann served as its secretary. ... Mann used public service to achieve reform, he served in the House of Representatives and Senate, leaving both to work locally as Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education. ...

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Many of those in the teaching profession are of middle class and therefore operate an elaborated code, not only this but as education continues to serve as re-enforcing the class inequalities in society, it is almost impossible for working class children to thrive and succeed as they're up against the middle class child who develops to be able to achieve greater qualifications and to continue to function as members of a society in which educations operates as a sphere in which only the wealthy can do well. ... Jones encourages the notion that formal education serves to aid educational p...

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American history in the 1940s, seems to be set from a nation standpoint, educating 'loyal citizens' 'intelligent voters', 'good neighbors' and 'stable, well-rounded' individuals' (Levstik 52); Yet, Thornton believes it is inaccurate to claim that any social science can be taught for it's own sake, and the content was most suitable for the particular time in the school curriculum (52). ... • Gifted programs disproportionally serve white middle-class and white upper-class If this is true, therefore a conclusion can be made: The gifted pr...

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American history in the 1940s, seems to be set from a nation standpoint, educating 'loyal citizens' 'intelligent voters', 'good neighbors' and 'stable, well-rounded' individuals' (Levstik 52); Yet, Thornton believes it is inaccurate to claim that any social science can be taught for it's own sake, and the content was most suitable for the particular time in the school curriculum (52). ... • Gifted programs disproportionally serve white middle-class and white upper-class If this is true, therefore a conclusion can be made: The gifted pr...

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"Once federal programs and initiatives are set into law, states form their systems around the federal rules. ... "Federal programs benefit all students, and special programs exist to serve individuals with disabilities, those who live in poverty, American Indians, immigrants and those with limited English proficiency (Duncan). ... These requirements are "establish learning standards, create annual assessments to measure student progress in reading and math in grades 3-8 and once in high school, set a level at which students are considered proficient in tested areas, and report to the public ...

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Besides, the idea of educational equity is shown by the fact that every child has free early education and schools are provided with financial resources so they can better serve those with educational needs. ... They think that "teaching is the key element that makes a difference in what students learn in school – not externally set standards, standardised testing or alternative instructional programmes" (Sahlberg, 2012, p.7), this is why student's assessment is inserted as an integral part of the teaching-learning process and used to improve the teacher´s and student´s ...

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Teachers can enhance intrinsic motivation by arousing students' interest, maintaining curiosity, using a variety of presentation modes, and letting students set their own goals. ... Feedback and grades can serve as incentives. ...

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McDonald's has set the standard of consumer's ethics and culture, and has also exported it to other parts of the world. ... New York's Egg McMuffin will be in all respects identical to that served in Chicago or Los Angeles. ...

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The concept of school readiness typically refers to the child's attainment of a certain set of emotional, behavioral, and cognitive skills needed to learn, work, and function successfully in school. ... Recess serves as a necessary break from the rigor of concentrated, academic challenges in the classroom. ...

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One of the students in the interview stated that a college education should serve as a tool to "ensure a comfortable lifestyle " but not to "broaden their knowledge base, find a philosophy of life " or to allow a student to "become a lifelong learner"" (Grice ). ... Whether a student goes to college for the purpose of learning or for career preparation, each will be rewarded according to their performance, i.e. they will obtain a job specific to their skill set. ...

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The curriculum content is set at provincial and school board levels and there is very little room for teachers to exert any true academic freedom. ... Developing a greater and deeper understanding of both their legal duties and responsibilities and their ethical thinking skills will only serve to enhance and improve their practice. ...

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Other supporters argue that a working knowledge of two languages serves as useful preparation for a student's years after high school. ... According to Klein, many teachers who are uncertified or poorly trained serve to hinder the education of the student, because the Spanish-speaking student relies on the teacher's knowledge of two languages to help in the process of learning the English language. ...

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Abstract Western governments around the globe have become increasingly focused on the successful transition of young people from school to further education and/or training. It could be suggested that for many countries this is the key focus of their youth policies. Nevertheless, the divide between those young people who manage to successfully transition into a meaningful careers pathway and those who do not continues to widen. Establishing stronger welfare safety nets and better youth services that can respond more effectively to the needs of young people as they reach fruition have all been ...

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Abstract Western governments around the globe have become increasingly focused on the successful transition of young people from school to further education and/or training. It could be suggested that for many countries this is the key focus of their youth policies. Nevertheless, the divide between those young people who manage to successfully transition into a meaningful careers pathway and those who do not continues to widen. Establishing stronger welfare safety nets and better youth services that can respond more effectively to the needs of young people as they reach fruition have all been ...

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Organized to serve capitalist priorities of profit and labour market discipline, the educational system falls short of its potential of imparting equality rather than divisions in society. ... This serves as an introduction to the structure and the organization of the educational system, and how gender inequality emerged. ...

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