As reported in the National Center for Education Statistics (Rahman, 2009), white students are still scoring higher than black students. Whelan (2007) reported that states that provide educational support to a higher percentage of poor students and those with limited English language skills need to provide more services to allow them to reach the same level as other age appropriate students around the state. According to Whelan (2007), reports show "rural schools, located in the states with the most impoverished, minority, and English Language Learner (ELL) students happen to receive the ...

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After a literature search and hypothesis development we created a self report measurement instrument based on the Likert scale asking about the education experiences of recent high school graduates from public, charter and private schools in our local area. 47 surveys were distributed using eight questions in four major areas: Perceptions of education quality, preparation for college, ratings of academic challenge and ratings of satisfaction of experience. ... Paolo Friere (1970) in his landmark book "The Pedagogy of the Oppressed" states that "education is the practice of freed...

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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 forth to desegregated schools in cities across the United States. ...

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Recently author Anya Kamenetz wrote a book called The Test. ... Instructors are reporting children hurling, losing control of their bowels, and expanded duties for psychiatric and uneasiness issues.There should be a way to the test students on materials without tarnishing their educational career. ...

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