Do you have a certain set of hours when the students can come and speak to you or do you have an "open door policy"? ... Do you have any special activities or clubs for students in which they can share their thoughts or feelings on a subject, for example: September 11, 2001? ... Have you ever had to take a student out of their home for any reason at all? ... Have you ever had to work with a group home or students from a group home? ... Finally I asked her if she has ever had to work with a group home or students that have lived in a group home before and she told me that none of her studen...

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Relabeling aptitude and intelligent test can reduce concerns about racial bias, but it cannot settle the issue entirely. ... Standardized tests as well as other tests can lead to prediction bias. Prediction bias can arise whenever a school uses a test to predict student's academic performance or an employer uses a rise whenever a school uses a test to predict job performance. ... The Effects urban communities and Families have on children Moreover, urban communities and families can have a good or bad effect on children. ...

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I grew up in a very work oriented home. ... Ever since I can remember we attended church every Sunday; we never missed a day. ... With that mentality only failure can be produced. ... Or was I going to be responsible, move back home, and start working my way up in a job. At the end of my second year I dropped out of Central Washington University and returned home. ...

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Each child taken from their home has been robbed of their own identity and their ill effects of their experience of abuse and neglect will affect future generations to come. ... The program involved removing children from their homes and kept in a civilized residential school, while lowering the influence of their parents or culture. ... In spite of children being removed from their homes many of the Aboriginal parents cooperated with the residential schooling and seen it as beneficial to have their children educated in nonaboriginal schools. ...

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Adolescents need relationships with adults they can trust, who will support them allowing them to be more successful (Bouffard and Stephen, 2007). ... Children growing up in impoverished homes or environments have different experiences than those who are not living in these conditions. ...

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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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New Zealand primary and secondary school curriculums have been changed and adapted regularly and considerably since the first nationwide mandated curriculum was introduced 1877. This essay will work to respond to the O'Neill, Clark and Openshaw (2004) statement; while identifying and explaining the ways in which the New Zealand curriculum has been changed and adapted from 1877 to 1970. This essay will do this by first, investigating the 1877 Education Act and examining the ways the New Zealand curriculum has been changed by several of processes over this time period. Second this essay w...

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Average class size can determine levels of participation. 2. Freedom to choose courses can give wider range of oppertunities. 3. Freedom of expression can bring out the best in oneself. 4. Using calculators can enhance speed in mathematical skills. 5. Activities can make education more effective and meaningful. 6. ...

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Asprin relieves the pain, but can also cause an upset stomach. ... The extra muscle mass can put a lot of extra pressure on the tendons, which can lead to ruptures in the tendons themselves. Steroid abuse can cause acne, cysts, and oily hair and skin. ... This can also happen at the points of the injection. ... When kids saw Mark McGwire break the home run record by hitting an amazing 70 home runs in one season, the trend of using performance enhancing drugs really began in high school sports. ...

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That all people can be created equal by education, but that some educations are more equal than others. ... Holt wrote: I do not think we can treat as separate the quality of education and the quality of life in general. ... ... The cultural origins obtained from primary socialisation can assist or hinder children in educational achievement. ...

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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...

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Charter schools are administered under a three to five year contract, which within those three to five years charter schools are held accountable to meet or even exceed the ambitious goals that are set for the student performance, and if the goals are not met, then charted schools will run the risk in being sanctioned by the home state. ...

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The birth of school uniforms can be traced back to the 16th century. ... A common concern about mandatory school uniforms, however, is making sure low-income families can afford them." ... Children can say goodbye to peer pressure because uniforms equalize everyone. ... Children are happier when they can come into school and be treated just as any other kid would. ... If a postman goes to a person's home and is not wearing his uniform, one would not know who it is delivering her mail. ...

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Although they generally agree that education can be obtained inside and outside school, they believe that the primary sources of knowledge are the schools. ... The supreme ambition of every Filipino family, therefore, is to send every child to college regardless of the sacrifices it might entail on the part of at least one of the children, preferably the oldest child, should get a college degree so that he or she can take care of a younger sibling's college education, who in turn can assume the obligation of supporting the next younger sibling's education. ... The quality of educatio...

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Uniforms have been used in an effort to try an reduce crime, and at the same time, remove peer pressure amongst students to try to "fit in" so they can concentrate on their school work. President William Clinton agrees with this saying "If uniforms can help deter school violence, promote discipline, and foster a better learning environment, then we should show strong support to the parents that try them".(21) By mandating uniforms in public school, school officials hope to see a reduction in crime and violence. ... (Lewis) Can uniforms really help in deterring violence and crime? ... They can ...

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Uniforms have been used in an effort to try and reduce crime, and at the same time, remove peer pressure amongst students to try to "fit in" so they can concentrate on their schoolwork. President William Clinton agreed with this saying "If uniforms can help deter school violence, promote discipline, and foster a better learning environment, then we should show strong support to the parents that try them". (21) By mandating uniforms in public school, school officials hope to see a reduction in crime and violence. ... (Lewis) Can uniforms really help in deterring violence and crime? ... They c...

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Are standardized tests effective? This is a common question asked by many parents, teachers, as well as students in the test-taking world. Standardized tests take a lot of time, money, and tools but what is the real purpose for these standardized tests. Most schools that are involved in standardized...

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According to the ACSM guidelines (2010) regular physical activity can help prolong life, reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, type-2 diabetes and some cancers, reduces the risk of falling by improving balance and agility, prevents weight gain and promotes weight loss, improves sleep and reduces symptoms of anxiety and depression. ... Derry and Phillips (2004) suggest that students can receive equal opportunities but this does not necessarily need to be through coeducational classes. ...

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Bush's principles of interest for education reform include seven specific points: achieving equality, promoting excellence, to stop funding failure, to restore local control, to provide parents with information and options, to ensure every child can read, and to improve school safety (George W. ... One of the school voucher's most compelling arguments is that individuals can use public tax dollars in the form of Pell Grants or subsidized loans to choose any public, private, and parochial higher education institution (Giraitis). ... Through voucher programs, access to a good school, ...

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In addition, one of the more controversial points of he plan involves a waiver system whereby parents who prefer "native-language" instruction for their children can request that the children be removed from the English-immersion classes. The request will be granted if they can find parents of twenty of more children on the same school who want the same thing. If they can not find enough parents, they are allowed to transfer to another school that will provide it. ... So it can be conclusive to state that one way or the other, immigrants will have to accept the fact that the need to "melt" i...

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One can recognize similar trends across the nation, as statistics from many other states follow such occupational patterns. ... Klein's program, as well as many others across the nation, offers raises in pay or other financial incentives to help "lure talented bilingual education teachers who can pass the test [or prove their linguistic abilities]." Thus, since 1968, school districts have attempted to find teachers who can successfully run bi-lingual classrooms. ... While bi-lingual education programs strive to prepare teachers for heavy demands, many programs continue to struggle to ...

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However, the word culture can be used to describe the way of life of much smaller groups, like the difference between men and women and their access to education. ... In the South, plantations were way to far apart to start schools and have students commit so private tutors came to homes to teach sons. ...

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