One particular study in New York City schools used conflict resolutions and peer mediation training to reduce student fighting. ... New York's RCCP program is widely regarded as one of the most promising violence- prevention programs among public health experts. ... One school in New York, Martin Luther Jr. ... City -wide more than 3,000 were hurt badly enough to miss work-and most of the assaults were committed by the students. ... In my personal experience, having worked in the Public Safety Department for the City University of New York for the past 12 years the only way to curb this p...

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New York University's Neil Postman writes in his article "The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School" that "approximately 35 million people have already learned to use computers without the benefit of school instruction. ... At New York City's Mott Hall, 30 sixth-graders have been given laptops instead of textbooks. ... New York University's Neil Postman writes in his article "The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School" that "approximately 35 million people have already learned to use computers without the benefit of school instruction. ...

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The controversy over school prayer in the Engel versus Vitale case started over a prayer recited in the New York public school system, known as the Regent's Prayer. ... The New York public school system wanted to instill values into their students. ... Even in the New York public school district in which the prosecutor's children attended only twenty-nine of the four thousand five hundred students asked to be excused from the prayer (Haas 39). ... "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence on Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us our parents, our teachers, and our country," rec...

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The project focused on a group of parents whose children are in the 5th grade enrichment class at PS X, a Title 1 funded Public School in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. ... After five years at PS X, a Title 1 funded Public School in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York; this researcher felt it was an honor and a privilege to have been asked to lead this group of motivated learners. ... X, a low-income urban school in East New York, when parents are not directly engaged in their child's education, the student's level of achievement suffers. ... A...

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For example, thanks to birth control in schools, teen pregnancy is down twenty-seven percent in New York City. ... There are now about 19,080 teen pregnancies a year in the city- down from 24,815 in 2001. ... In spite of the decline, the U.S. teen birth rate remains one of the highest among other industrialized countries, although, if more schools take note of the way contraception in New York schools has helped them then the U.S. might make their way back on track of reducing teen pregnancy rates. ...

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In "From Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work", an article by City University of New York professor Jean Anyon, she explores the caliber of public education by social class. ... In her article, Anyon exposes the difference in the quality of education between wealthy cities similar to Beverly Hills, California and poor cities such as Compton, California. ...

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Growing up, as a child of seven, living in Brooklyn New York, was a complicated challenges for me, and as well my siblings. ... As they arrive in the city, Flyboy is fascinated by the expense of a particular toy item that far exceed is perception regarding the cost of it. ... This practice has been accepted because the city provides them with better infrastructure; therefore they sound more educated and ready. Another advantage these kids have is more security camera, and they don't have to worry about guns and gang because they are not tolerated by the city. ...

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Description of General Setting Frank McCourt's first teaching position out of college was secured in 1958 by answering an ad in the New York Times for an English teacher at McKee Vocational and Technical High School on Staten Island. ... 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. ...

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Michael considers himself a native of North Carolina, but was actually born in the city of Brooklyn in New York. ... After his father had a job opening in North Carolina, he then moved to a small city in that state called Wilmington. ...

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Youth Violence 1 Youth Violence A Growing Concern Youth violence is one of the most mentioned and discussed problem in most city and schools around the country. ... Here in New York it has been necessary to place police officers within and surrounding the schools all over the city to help deal and someway stop school violence. ...

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Ken Schroeder of Education Digest conveys a couple of interesting facts in that working high school students are predominantly white males coming from well educated middle class families living outside of big cities. ...

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Fact Sheet Zero Tolerance History of Zero Tolerance In public schools, "zero tolerance" means that students are quickly suspended or expelled for breaking the law or violating school rules. These policies were initiated on the federal level by the 1994 Gun-Free Schools Act, which responded to...

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Everyone has a narrative about their life, and this is my story. My life has changed for the better since I moved to America. I implemented into my life that created amazing, compounding change, and completely shifted the direction and energy of my life. That has totally changed my life, we left eve...

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