Now I understand that for some people it works, especially if they have a simple mind frame, someone who just goes by the book and doesn't ask questions. ... Growing up I always thought being a cop would be a cool job, but I never really saw myself becoming one. ... This was my dream job I just never knew it. ... Or was I going to be responsible, move back home, and start working my way up in a job. ... It was a job that could feed and provide for a family with great benefits. ...

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• Approx Pages: 14
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• Grade Level: High School

I was in classroom number 102 with Mr. Harry Gonzalez who taught Bilingual Kindergarten to nineteen students. The day I went to observe one student was absent. The classroom was pretty much split equally between boys and girls and all of the students were of Hispanic descent. Mr. Gonzalez was also o...

• Word Count: 6745
• Approx Pages: 27
• Grade Level: High School

Abstract Charter schools are relatively new and are not without controversy. The purpose of this study is to understand how the people most affected by the development of charter schools (the students) feel about them. After a literature search and hypothesis development we created a self report mea...

• Word Count: 3194
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Dream Yet to be Realized. Almost fifty years have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court declared, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that laws separating the races in school are unconstitutional. Hundreds of lawsuits later, black and white students were bused back and for...

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Recently author Anya Kamenetz wrote a book called The Test. ... If half of the students a high school manage to do well in college and the other half ends up dropping out, Does that mean the school did a superb job or does it mean the school did the exact opposite? ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 9089
• Approx Pages: 36
• Grade Level: Undergraduate