In schools around the nation, there is a hot debate about what literature students should be allowed to read. Many school districts have banned questionably some of the greatest books in literature, such as the renowned "To Kill a Mockingbird". ... To say to young people, even to older people, that you can't read these materials (is) a travesty because they're missing out on some of the finest literature written in the U.S" (Foxnews.com). ... Many times parents write notes saying that their child is not allowed to read a certain book, and then the whole faculty of the school must ...

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One requirement stuck out most difficult to me and was most the most important, it was an essay, called your information literature essay, or just a typical research paper, without writing one you were not allowed to graduate. ... Stewart assigned a research paper about Western Civilization in the 16 hundreds, it was a chance for the whole class to get their Information Literature paper out of the way. ... I could use a past research paper from senior year and he could go in through the schools gradebook and have it count as the information literature paper. ... Checking out five books from ...

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Army, and went on the graduate from NYU with a degree in Literature (without having a high school diploma). ... Placing a teacher that has been brought up in Ireland with different values with students from the poor boroughs of New York forces the reader to take note of the differences in cultural capital. ... He is set on teaching Economic Citizenship but is sidetracked by the students" moans and groans over opening their books. ... Demanding that they take out their books evokes more moans throughout the classroom and the teacher knows this is a losing battle. ... For example, when the...

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He goes on to note that a similar pattern of deficiency in knowledge achievement is revealed by the NAEP studies of mathematics, history, literature, geography, and civics. ... Use multiple resources and media for teaching and learning "such as electronic technology, primary documents, classic works of literature, and science laboratories "instead of relying upon textbooks as the primary or exclusive tool of instruction. ... Parents, Patrick went on to note, can play additional key roles in the achievement of high academic success. They can provide learning resources in the hom...

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An individual report into alternative visions of education, including views about the role of education and the relationship between education and other social institutions Education for Work ! Introduction School was engineered to serve the economy and social order. It wasn't made for th...

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