Beginning Teachers encounter many challenges during their initial years and this can be a particularly difficult time for these teachers as they learn to integrate into the education service (Rogers & Babinsky, 2002). ... In addition, it was also elucidated that students who attend such elite schools have parents who have at least a university education, while lesser than 14% of the parents of students from neighbourhood schools like Chai Chee Secondary School did. ... The segregated placement of students of varied academic capabilities in different kinds of schools in Singapore also prevents ...

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The act required American schools to enforce mandatory expulsions for any student found in the possession of a firearm on school property. ... By 1997, 3.1 million students were suspended annually as a result of zero tolerance policies; and in 1998, 87,000 students were expelled under the same regulations. ... A very small percentage of students suspended and expelled faced such consequences as a result of violent behavior. ... In the interpretation of this policy, Shanon was no different than a student who came to school carrying a loaded gun. ... In Palm Beach, Florida school police charged ...

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One of the main areas of concern is whether or not home schooling programs provide the student with a comprehensive education experience which is ideally strived for within the public school system. ... "The influx of supplemental teaching materials, subject area kits, video cassettes, internet sites, and educational television programs has increased the propensity of educational achievement for students who have been home schooled-(Pearson, 1996,146). ... Teachers strive to immerse their students into various cultures in order to teach them about different views and lifestyles around the worl...

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