The article explains that the theory of schools being able to provide all of the socializing a child needs to become a productive adult is unrealistic. ... With such a loosely governed school system in Texas, children are educated, socialized, and developed into many different versions of a productive adult. On the contrary, surely, we as a society do not want our school systems to become a factory, producing cookie cutter children. ...

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Students would receive both the theory behind the practices in place as well as practical training in a field they are interested in for immediate future employment. ... If Americans want a trained workforce, critical thinkers, and motivated citizens, America needs to provide the youth experiences and training relevant to their occupational interests while they are still in the secondary education system. ... American high schools need to provide a dual system to address the diverse needs of the students today. ...

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Most subjects taught at school-in the state and in private systems-are taught primarily because they are part of the traditional curriculum. ... The assumption that people become good citizens, or well rounded individuals, simply by passing through a professionalized school system is a false assumption. ... (Letts, 2001) In contrast to the functionalist theory, Marxism took a new perspective on the school environment; who argued that education is a function in which to maintain class inequalities in wealth and power. ...

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The challenges to this theory however is the looming fact that the government may want to control what is being taught in the school system whereas the general public may not conform to that ideology. ...

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Police at School discusses the option of school systems hiring School Resource Officers (SROs) to help manage the behavior of students while at school. ... "One major creation that developed from this committee was a reporting system known as "Safe2Tell". ... This system is available to all students, parents, teachers, and community members in Colorado. This is clearly a hugely beneficial system. ... If more states were to implement this system, the issue of school violence potentially be completely dissolved. ...

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Now, almost 20 years and several reforms later, the public still thinks that American school system is falling and needs to be fixed. The solution most frequently proposed today is school choice, usually involving a voucher system. The present system began to take shape in the nineteenth century, when the states set up locally controlled school districts providing free elementary and high school education. ... Shanker argues that overall the American people do not want to participate in the voucher system. ... There are numerous finding that private, charter schools, and voucher system is grea...

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While research shows that the school counselor is an integral part of the school system (Militello, Carey, Dimmitt, et.al, 2009) some school systems have yet to understand their value. The need for change within the school counselor profession must start with the education of the graduate students and filter down to the school systems. ...

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Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of student led conferences on minority student achievement. The study focuses on the social problem of student achievement and understanding how parental involvement influences minority student achievement. It is important for parents, as well as school districts, to understand the role of parents and the districts in the success of students. The foundation of the study is based on the theoretical frameworks of parental involvement and minority student achievement from Ogbu and Cross. The key research questions will focus on what pa...

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Computers are evolving from complex physical information systems to microcomputing in radiowave technology, ie. ... Methodology I plan to examine and develop answers for my central research question by focusing on the discussion of the concepts as well as some theories that some particular authors present. ...

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Traditional schools teaching theories are not effective enough for the majority of students especially in urban areas. ... Because of the data we have presented above, we predict that between students of charter, public and private schools, when asked, the students of charter and private schools will rate their learning experiences, over all school quality, the way the school prepared them for life after school, teacher quality and in all other questions in higher regard and overall satisfaction than students who are products of the Chicago Public School system. ...

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Studies that Benson addresses reinforce the ideas that Latino students aren't getting the same education as whites, with data showing that more Latino kids are placed with less effective teachers within the education system. ... Many see black people as lazy and Hispanics as illegal immigrants who just want to work under the table and cheat the system, when the truth is, many are trying to graduate, get a degree, and better their lives. ... In theory, this was a good solution; it allowed for more minorities to get the opportunity for success. ...

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Psychological theories have been "psychodynamic and have implicated the parent-child relationship (Yarhouse, 1998)." This theory implies that disordered family relationships, death, divorce, family abuse and other elements of a dysfunctional family atmosphere contribute to children becoming GLB. ...

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Casserly, the executive director of the Washington-based advocacy group for urban school systems, characterized the findings of the report, "Beating the Odds II," as encouraging, pointing to significant improvements in mathematics since last year's analysis. ...

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