Figure caption goes here xx Section 1: Introduction to the Study Introduction Give a little description of the overarching problem before jumping into the description of your study. ... As reported in the National Center for Education Statistics (Rahman, 2009), white students are still scoring higher than black students. ... 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 fewest resources" (p. 1). ... Friedman (2004) reported 40 percent families li...

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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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