Are You Telling Me What to Wear' Quality education is critical to the future of America’s children. However, we cannot educate our children in schools where weapons, gang violence, and drugs, threaten their safety. Many local school districts have made uniforms an important part of an overall program to improve school safety and discipline. Students resort to violence and theft simply to

Areas of Negligence Must be Addressed in the Educational Environment Introduction Accusations of negligence in the school setting have been, and continue to be, a problem in the educational system of the United States. While negligence affect students, parents, teachers, and support staff, the issue should genuinely concern administrators, who need to be focusing on the education of

My View on Tution Cost English Composition 1 “My views on tuition cost.” In a country that compensates the educated, lies an almost gross oxymoron; you need a fortune to make a fortune, relatively speaking. With the cost of college continuing to rise out of proportion with that of inflation, it is no wonder why some people do not or even cannot afford, in some cases a higher education

Anti Bias The context in which early childhood programs operate today is characterized by ongoing discussion between parents, teachers, and the research community about how best to teach young children and what sort of practice is most likely to contribute to their development and learning. Recent studies show that many teachers who say they believe in developmentally appropriate practi

Are Grades Really That Important Are Grades Really That Important' I remember taking a class in high school called “post war America”. I loved this class so much because it dealt with all the neat stuff that people went through after a certain war. I also remember the teacher giving me back mostly all C’s or D’s on all of the tests. This really ticked me off because some kids just can’

Attention Deficit Dissorder Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: What is attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder' Is it a learning disability' A learning disability is a disorder that inhibits or interferes with the skills of learning, including speaking, listening, reading, writing, or mathematical ability. Legally, a learning disabled child is one whose level of academic ach

Article Critique Throughout the article "Development of Knowledge, and Commitments to Teach Diverse Student Populations", by Robert A. Wiggins and Eric J. Follo, researchers are reporting the results of a study on investigating the preparation and commitment of preservice teachers to teach in culturally diverse settings. Student populations have become increasingly more diverse while the

Artist Expression: Making Infrared Pictures Taking infrared pictures is an fairly unfamiliar art form, even to numerous photographers. What is neat about it is that if you already have a camera, you only need a few more things. After that, the process is fairly simple as long as you are somewhat familiar with computers. The first thing you will need to do is obtain an infrared lens. T

Author Studies Using Websites I began the assignment by clicking on Resources for K-12 Teacher’s Literature on the resources for Teachers web page. After browsing through a couple of sights, the Children’s Literature Web Guide seemed to have a few useful links. Here I found Bantam Doubleday Dell Teacher’s Center most helpful. I also browsed through the Children’s Literature Associatio

Autism Autism Autism is a neurological disorder that affects functioning, particularly in communication and social skills. Bodily impairments, abnormal movements, and sensory dysfunctions characterize autism. Although no known cure for autism exists today, doctors and scientists are exploring ways to help eliminate the causes. Researchers all over the world are linking autism to abn

Bilingual Eduaction For years, bilingual education has received criticism in the national media. The most recent attack has come from millionaire Ronald Unz. Unz had proposed an initiative, which would rigidly limit bilingual education in the state of Massachusetts. The implication of the initiative is that that bilingual education is a failed experiment. The proposed law would replac

Bilingual Education Bilingual Education Bilingual education programs have been implemented for decades. Non-English speaking students in bilingual education programs, however, have shown no academic or social improvement compared to similar students in English-only schools. The disadvantages of bilingual education programs outnumber the advantages. In addition, recent statistics suggest

Bilingual Educatio Bilingual Education: A Necessity in Today’s World' Education is a privilege offered in the United States that the children of America take advantage of everyday, but unfortunately not all the children can enjoy this opportunity because they do not speak the common language. Bilingual education is another avenue that needs to be explored by more school districts acros

Best Cookies Ever The Best Cookies Ever My favorite food in the entire world is cookies. I would even go as far to call myself a cookie expert. The best cookies I have ever had are the chocolate chip cookies that my mother makes. Each cookie is soft, fluffy and loaded with chocolate chips. I was home one week end and she showed me how to make them. It is an old recipe that she lea

Standardized Testing “Urban graduation scam needs to be addressed” Standardized testing is a very controversial topic among education administrators. Some feel that these tests are a good way to compare students city, state, and nation wide. While others feel that these tests are created unfairly and that they place too much pressure on teachers to “teach the test”. Tests that are d

Nurturing Yourself & Others Nurturing Yourself and Others Nurturing Yourself and Others was a self-encouraging book aimed at making you aware of the different ways to help improve your personal skills with yourself and others around you. Lee Schnebly did a very good job keeping the text of serious content reasonably cheery through her humorous personal stories and advice. Many tim

Bordieu + Habitus Explain Bourdieu’s notions of habitus and cultural capital and how you believe they might influence the art education of young people. The Concept of Habitus For Bourdieu, habitus refers to socially acquire, embodied systems of durable dispositions, tendencies and inclinations, which he calls ‘the embodied history of being in social life’. These are manifested into

Brown Vs. The Board of Education In assessing Brown vs. the Board of Education, there is often mention of its “failed promise”. There is concern as to how successful the Supreme Court ruling to desegregate public schools has actually been. In some ways, the decision has been a vehicle for social equality. It has opened the doors for the women’s movement, the gay rights movement, and

Attachment Disorder Summary Article Summary The article I’ve chosen to summarize is Attachment Disorder: An Emerging Concern For School Counsellors. The main points of the article will be reviewed in my own words, and then I will give my own point of view of the article’s ideas. Finally, I will discuss the implications the article has on the field of child and youth care practice. T

Career Decision Discuss the factors that influenced your career decisions to date. Also discuss your career plans and why you want to obtain an MBA. Since I was four years old, my father has left my mother and I for Indonesia to start his textile company. He has come back to Singapore once for a year. In order to enhance our relationship, we used to talk over the phone. As early as wh

Changing Teachers Salaries During nine months out of the year, millions of children worldwide go to school every day and learn new and important information. These children sit in a classroom and actively listen and participate to different ideas and adventures that challenge them. Some day, these millions of children will be taking on the world and will become our leaders. They will lea

Charter Schools I decided to do my essay on charter schools because of an article I read on charter schools located in Mississippi. I am from that state, and in August 2005 I will retire from the military and I plan to teach school in that state. I wasn’t surprised to find the Mississippi has the nation’s weakest charter school laws. It is also ranked number 38 and it has failed for t

Charter Schools: Are They Making The Grade' Independent Learning Strategies The best educational methods and philosophies are only valuable if they can be put into practice. Charter schools offer educational creators the freedom to design and put to work educational programs that must meet specific state standards and expectations but have a lot more flexibility in the way they reac

Charter Schools: Help Or Hindrance To The Public Education System' Charter Schools: Help or Hindrance to the Public Education System' Charter schools are a fairly new phenomenon in the American education system. The first charter school opened in Minnesota in 1992. Since then the movement has grown to almost 1800 schools operating nationwide for the 1999-2000 school year. The charte

Child Centered Education Defining Child-Centered Education Student-centered education is not a concept of this era nineteenth . As early as the nineteenth century many educators have had the notion that children are not just small adults and that they require different techniques of teaching. However this relatively innovative idea brings criticism with it from those that are not conv

Children Children I work with a toddler class at New Generations, and I can tell you that helping children grow and become independent is not an easy task. If you have children of your own then some of the examples I give you might bring up past experiences. I truly have a stressful job and if I were to give someone advice about this type of career, I would just tell that person one

Civics Ed. The Need for Civics Education Reform in the United States The lack of adequate civics instruction in United States' schools has led to a decrease in the knowledge, and interest, of the nation's youth in government and the political process. Not enough time and energy is put into civics education. Students are receiving little instruction in civics and government, and for s

Classroom Management Plan Classroom Management Plan A successful manager must practice preventative management when it comes to dealing with classroom behavior. I believe that it is very important to establish control over the classroom right from the first day of the school year. The rules and regulations of my classroom will be clearly outlined for the students on an agreement that wo

Classroom Management Seminar Only being in the classroom for a few weeks, I am already very aware of the fact that routines help the students transition and the school day run much more smoothly. I feel that establishing classroom routines is a very important past of classroom management. The following routines are few I plan to implement in my own classroom. There are several tasks

CLASSROOM SIZES Are class sizes to big in the America school system today' In my personal opinion, I feel that overpopulated classrooms are mainly a quandary in the lower elementary grades. The number of children in schools is prolifically increasing in the overpopulated areas of the country, such as; New York, California, new Jersey and other mid-west and east coast states. (www.ed.gov