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- 81: Volunteering For A School Of Handicapped Children
- Volunteering For A School Of Handicapped Children I chose to volunteer for a school for mentally and physically handicapped children that is funded by the school district, located in Concord named The Spectrum Center. One of the main reasons I chose to do this, is that I have an adopted sister who is mentally as well as physically handicapped. My ...
- 82: Drug Testing For School Extracurricular Activities
- Drug Testing For School Extracurricular Activities Dear Editor, Over the past few years there has been debate about drug and alcohol testing for students taking extracurricular activities. Most debates are based on the constitutionality of the testing, but other ... types of extracurricular activities is unconstitutional. I also believe some of the portions of existing policies in schools around the nation are unconstitutional. “In our system, state-operated schools may not be enclaves of totalitarianism. School officials do not posses absolute authority over their students. Students in school as well as out of school are ‘persons’ under the Constitution.” Justice Abe Fortas, Tinker v. Des Moines (1969). The fact that a Supreme Court judge ruled that all students in the public school ...
- 83: Ebonics
- ... Declaration of Ebonics', the other by broadening my understanding of the fundamental concepts of Ebonics together with giving the viewpoint on the subject by a common American. These two Internet web-sites are: - Oakland Unified School District Web Page - EBONICS Pseudo-Intellectualism for the masses Interview An interview was performed via the Internet Chess-server "Caissa.com" in the form of a correspondence with my good friend edfdo from New York ... sounds with symbols. The word Ebonics was invented in 1973 as to describe an Afro-American speech pattern with roots in West Africa, but it was not until 18 December 1997 – when the Californian Oakland School Board released its declaration on language development policy – Ebonics suddenly came into instant fame. An excerpt of the revised declaration is enclosed in appendix 1. In a formal statement, the Oakland School Board recognises Ebonics as the primary language of many of its students and announces their intention of teaching their students in this primary language, in order to help the student to master standard English. ...
- 84: High School Drop-outs: Cause And Effect
- High School Drop-outs: Cause And Effect Dropping out of high school is an issue faced by many teens today. It results from a few main common causes. One is often a lack of involvement in extra-curricular activities. Another revolves around the parents not being forceful in demanding that their children commit to staying in school. A third cause is the absence of effort exerted by students to be successful in their studies. Why do teenagers lose their interest in school? When students are not successful with their studies it ...
- 85: Education History
- ... from one another, each reflected a concept of schooling that had been left behind in Europe. Most poor children learned through apprenticeship and had no formal schooling at all. Those who did go to elementary school were taught reading, writing, arithmetic, and religion. Learning consisted of memorizing, which was stimulated by whipping. The first "basic textbook", the New England Primer, was America’s own contribution to education(Pulliam, Van Patten 86 ... in Europe, then, schools in the colonies were strongly influenced by religion. This was particularly true of schools in the New England area, which had been settled by Puritans and other English religious dissenters. The school in colonial New England was not a pleasant place either, physically or psychologically. Great emphasis was placed on the shortness of life and the torments of hell. Like the Protestants of the Reformation, who established ... to teach all children as shall resort him to read and write. It is further ordered, that where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families…they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university. Old Deluder Satan Act.—Massachusetts Laws of 1647(Pulliam, Van Patten 51)] Puritan or not, virtually ...
- 86: Year Round School
- When students hear about year round schooling, many of them automatically shun the idea. Who wants to go to school for the whole year? But the idea of year round schooling is actually a very good one and is more beneficial to the students that the current school system. Year round schooling can be used as a means to keep kids out of trouble, it will eliminate excessive time wasted on review, and the student will have frequent breaks. Many people do not like the idea of year round schooling. It could interfere with athletics. Families cannot go on long vacations without missing school, and students will have more frequent breaks. Year round schooling could keep kids out of trouble. They won't have as much time on their hands as they would if they were on summer ...
- 87: Critique Pedagogy Of Praxis
- ... certain." Freire seems to have caught the essence of Gadotti, the man, while Gadotti, the philosopher, is reveled in his response to Carlos Alberto Torres's forward to Pedagogy of Praxis. " The objective of that school is the democratization of power within the school and the formation of an intellectually autonomous citizen, a participative citizen who is as qualified for social life as for the life of work. School should not merely transmit knowledge, but also preoccupy itself with the global formation of students from within a vision in which the act of knowing and intervening come together in reality." The first chapter ...
- 88: Danger in the Air At North Intermmediate School in Wilmington?
- Danger in the Air At North Intermmediate School in Wilmington? Is there danger in the air at the North Intermediate School in Wilmington? Apparently carbon dioxide levels have been found to be above acceptable levels in some class rooms. According to a report dated Dec. 9, 1996, by ATC Associations, an independent consulting firm hired by the Town of Wilmington to conduct Indoor Air Quality and Microbiological testing at the school. “All indoor air quality parameters were within normal guideline ranges with the exception of consistently elevated levels of carbon dioxide and low relative humidity levels throughout the school,” said the report. High levels of ...
- 89: Chris Moss vs. Dr. Terry Preece and the Edgewoord Unified School District
- Chris Moss vs. Dr. Terry Preece and the Edgewoord Unified School District May it please the court, counsel: My name is Zach Keeton and along with my co-counsel Chad Miller and Eric Page , we represent Mr. Chris Moss in this case. Your honor this is the case of Chris Moss Vs. Dr. Terry Preece and the Edgewood Unified School District. The evidence will show that Chris is part way through 12th grade, and in fact he can't even read. Your honor this is very alarming to us because of one simple fact: Chris has never failed one of his reading class. The evidence will show that there was educational malpractice in this case. We will also show that the Edgewood School district has a set of guide lines which is passed down from the state of Independence. The guide lines are better known as statutes. They state: 1. Each school shall develop proficiency standards which ...
- 90: Social Reproduction Theory
- ... For example, the middle and upper class youth will have a better chance of succeeding their parents because their parents have the money to have the choice to either send their children to a private school or even the means to move into a neighborhood where their youth can have the opportunity to attend a "better" school. Yet, those that live in low socioeconomic status areas are not going to have the same opportunity to do either of these tactics. Upper and middle class parents not only can promote their children to ... more of a loss because of outside sources. These could include thing like the influence of gangs, drugs, and possible violence within the schools themselves. Medal detectors being at each of the entrances of the school can also be a great hesitation for not only students but also for prospective teachers. If this is the case, the curriculum may be altered to suit the environment of which it is being ...
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