Most subjects taught at school-in the state and in private systems-are taught primarily because they are part of the traditional curriculum. ... The assumption that people become good citizens, or well rounded individuals, simply by passing through a professionalized school system is a false assumption. ... (Letts, 2001) In contrast to the functionalist theory, Marxism took a new perspective on the school environment; who argued that education is a function in which to maintain class inequalities in wealth and power. ...

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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...

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Traditional schools teaching theories are not effective enough for the majority of students especially in urban areas. ... Because of the data we have presented above, we predict that between students of charter, public and private schools, when asked, the students of charter and private schools will rate their learning experiences, over all school quality, the way the school prepared them for life after school, teacher quality and in all other questions in higher regard and overall satisfaction than students who are products of the Chicago Public School system. ...

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What is needed to improve the current educational system so that all Americans have an equal opportunity for education? ... Prince Edward County, Virginia School System, 1964 v/s The court declared that there had been "entirely too much deliberation and not enough speed" in implementing its 1954 decision, and held the closing of Prince Edward County schools while other schools in the state remained open to be an infringement of the equal rights of blacks. ... Montgomery County, Alabama, School System, 1969 v/s Moving toward its position in the 1970's requiring schools to be ...

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Furthermore, these policies have pushed many students out of schools and into the juvenile justice system for minor behavioral infractions and non-violence offenses. ... While the intention of zero tolerance was to reduce violence and create safer school environments, unintended consequences of these disciplinary rules have made schools less safe for many students by interrupting the learning process and paving a pathway from school into the juvenile justice system. ... Both adult and juvenile offenders were faced with the consequences of the major punitive shift of the U.S. criminal justice s...

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Psychological theories have been "psychodynamic and have implicated the parent-child relationship (Yarhouse, 1998)." This theory implies that disordered family relationships, death, divorce, family abuse and other elements of a dysfunctional family atmosphere contribute to children becoming GLB. ...

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Casserly, the executive director of the Washington-based advocacy group for urban school systems, characterized the findings of the report, "Beating the Odds II," as encouraging, pointing to significant improvements in mathematics since last year's analysis. ...

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Contents Title 2 Abstract 2 Introduction 4 Literature review 5 Methodology 9 Results and analysis 12 Discussion 20 Recommendations 25 Conclusion 26 Bibliography 27 Appendices 32 Title The reasons why females drop out of physical activity at the two transitional stages of adolescence. Key Conc...

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