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  • Education in the Colonial Era

    Education in the Colonial Era

    The Puritans are best known for fleeing to America to escape religious persecution in England. They settled mostly in the New England area as our school books tell us, they landed on Plymouth Rock. They built their new society entirely on the belief that the “Bible was God’s true law” (Kizer). Consequently, education became an important part of Puritan life. According to the Puritans, “Satan was keeping those who couldn’t read from the scriptures” (Education

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Monika
  • Education in America: Failing Schools

    Education in America: Failing Schools

    Education in America: Failing Schools Education in America is one of the most important issues that face our nation. If the education in America is not thought of one of most serious issues we face, our nation as a whole will fall. There are many debates and they seemly extend to all walks of life. The debates range from the decline in education, school vouchers, and the no child left behind law. As a nation,

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    Essay Length: 1,821 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: July
  • Education

    Education

    COMPULSORY EDUCATION The compulsory attendance act of 1852 enacted by the state of Massachusetts was the first general law attempting to control the conditions of children. The law included mandatory attendance for children between the ages of eight and fourteen for at least three months out of each year, of these twelve weeks at least six had to be consecutive. The exception to this attendance at a public school included: the child's attendance at another

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    Essay Length: 1,940 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Steve
  • Athens Vs. Sparta on Education

    Athens Vs. Sparta on Education

    The Athenians were better than the Spartans on so many different levels, education being one of them. The primary purpose if the Athenian education system was to produce thinkers, people who where well trained in art and science as well as military practices, people who were prepared for peace and war. On the other hand, Sparta educators were focused on one thing, creating soldiers, people who didn't think for themselves and did what they were

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    Essay Length: 338 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • The Higher Price of Higher Education

    The Higher Price of Higher Education

    The High Price of Higher Education In America’s society today, students are expected to follow the path of day care, grade school, middle school, high school and hopefully college. Growing up in America today, the importance of education is stressed starting at the earliest stages of development. In a world with a competitive job market and with citizens who want to make the most money that they can, a college education is key in success.

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    Essay Length: 2,170 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Artur
  • Bilingual Education

    Bilingual Education

    Bilingual Education Education is very important. There use to be a time when you didn’t have to go to school. When it was only important for men to have an education. Times have really changed. Now it is crucial for everyone in our society to have an education. Survival is the main reason: a cohesive society is another. Our schools today need to keep Bilingual education as a tool for teaching: not only for the

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    Essay Length: 1,718 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Women’s Education from the Rensaissance to the 18th Century

    Women’s Education from the Rensaissance to the 18th Century

    Women's education and potential for learning evolved from the Renaissance to the early 18th century. During the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the 17th and early 18th centuries, women's education slowly increased from period to period. The Renaissance was a period in time where women were taught to how to govern a household, encouraged to abstain from sexual relations, and how to conduct herself in the social class into which her marriage would place her. Women

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    Essay Length: 648 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Education

    Education

    Public compulsory primary school promoters used the Press to their advantage waging a public campaign that argued that the result of these children who were not in school would be criminals costing society more money than the cost of publicly funded compulsory primary schools. Their real aim was to get the public school system to include primary school aged children in the system. The result was not only to this end but also the appointment

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    Essay Length: 532 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Steve
  • Present Career, Career Interest and the Value of a College Education

    Present Career, Career Interest and the Value of a College Education

    Running head: APA writing style and mechanics Present Career, Career Interest and the Value of a College Education Present Career, Career Interest and the value of a college education My present career bores me to no end. Just something I fell into when I went to make a Sprint payment. Next thing I knew I was in class learning how to read resisters. My interests are more adventurous. Id rather be in Africa helping the

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    Essay Length: 335 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Poverty and Education in North Carolina

    Poverty and Education in North Carolina

    Poverty and Education in North Carolina I went to an average public high school in Chester County Pennsylvania. There were schools that achieved higher scores on standardized tests than us and there were also schools that scored lower. In my experience there, I had great teachers who I feel prepared us for college or what ever path you chose to take. We had a program where you could go to a trade school for half

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    Essay Length: 576 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Educational Legacy of War

    Educational Legacy of War

    I remember growing up and playing various video games as a young child. Many of these video games were extremely violent games, games in which my friends and I could learn how to control a gun and kill enemies. In addition to those games, I remember seeing commercials for movies in the theater that were violent movies filled with scenes of fighting and defending oneself against the enemy. Regrettably, I suppose I was brought up

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Education and the World Citizen

    Education and the World Citizen

    Education seems to be becoming more and more of a controversial subject not only among government, but also with school boards, teachers, parents, and even the students. Some of this controversy is attributed to the normal routine things such as starting times, funding for clubs and sports, and more recently the rise of violence in the schools, as well as outcries from the church for the return of religion in the schools. However, people of

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    Essay Length: 1,020 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Jon
  • Autism: Educational and Social Effects

    Autism: Educational and Social Effects

    Autism: Educational Social Effects As a student living with no impairing physical or mental disability, it is difficult to imagine life any other way. On the other hand, when taking the time to contemplate what people with disabilities, such as Autism have to cope with, I realize just how much I take for granted in every day life; such as options to any class, learning at a normal pace, and peer interactions, to name a

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    Essay Length: 907 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Title Ix - Single-Sex Education in American Public Schools

    Title Ix - Single-Sex Education in American Public Schools

    Title IX Single-sex education in American public schools has been essentially outlawed since the 1972 passage of Title IX, the federal statute that prohibits publicly funded single-sex education. At the time Title IX was passed, most "experts" thought that there were no educationally meaningful differences between the sexes, and therefore no justification for educating boys and girls in separate environments. Guess what. The experts were wrong. In the 29 years that have passed since Title

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    Essay Length: 3,826 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Edward
  • Why Should I Continue My Education

    Why Should I Continue My Education

    The last couple of years have been a long bumpy ride for me, as they have for everyone my age. Every teenager has experienced many of the same circumstances as I have and has dealt with them in their own way. As a student, I am an active participant in extracurricular activities. My first priority has always been to learn in school. During the past years of my high school career I have participated in

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    Essay Length: 298 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Parents’ Downfall Can Destroy Education

    Parents’ Downfall Can Destroy Education

    Parents’ Downfall Can Destroy Education Past studies have shown that every measure of a child’s social behavior is improved if a child has two parents. Two-parent families usually provide the best financial and emotional support for children. Although many single parents work extremely hard to support their children, generally they cannot fulfill as much financial and emotional support as a two parent household may. As John Gatto says in his article, “Why Schools Don’t Educate

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    Essay Length: 525 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Top
  • College Education

    College Education

    Many people find it hard to determine the value of a college education. Having a college degree can often bring about new opportunities, a higher salary, and self-fulfillment. These are the key factors that influenced my decision to obtain a college degree. Obtaining a college education is undoubtedly a career enhancer in many ways and also a personal goal for myself. It will promote leadership and team building skills needed in the workplace. With a

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    Essay Length: 643 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Jack
  • Measuring Competency Levels with Health Education Systems, Inc Exams in Schools of Nursing

    Measuring Competency Levels with Health Education Systems, Inc Exams in Schools of Nursing

    Measuring competency levels with Health Education Systems, Inc Exams in Schools of Nursing Research critique Title and Facts The article that I have chosen to critique is an article that was written by S. Morrison, C. Adamson, A. Nibert, and S. Hsia for who are all PhD, RN licensed. The article is entitled “HESI Exams: An Overview of Reliability and Validity.” The title of this article is appropriate and descriptive in that this article

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    Essay Length: 1,585 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Janna
  • Women’s Education

    Women’s Education

    Education is an important factor in a persons life now in the 21st century as well as it was in the past. The only differences between now and the past were the people that were able to receive a full education. In the present century, every one is entitled to the right to peruse an education. But in the past, men had the choice to receive a full education in a university, while women had

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    Essay Length: 1,004 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Yan
  • Northern Vs Southern States, Education

    Northern Vs Southern States, Education

    It seems important to understand the similarities of the colonial regions in order to comprehend the implications they had. By comparing the Middle Colonies and New England, and by contrasting the future North to the South, it becomes relatively easy to draw patterns. In 1760, the population in New England counts 16,000 Africans, 29,000 for the Middle Colonies whereas the South populates 205,000 Africans. Slavery is then mainly concentrated in the South, involving more agrarian

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    Essay Length: 369 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Mike
  • Special Education Inclusion

    Special Education Inclusion

    Summary: The article I chose focused on a first grade classroom in Stanwood, Washington. This class has eighteen children, eleven of whom are typically-developing children. The other seven have mild or severe disabilities, including down syndrome and autism. Inclusion is not an uncommon thing in classrooms, in fact, it is widely encouraged. This classroom is different, however, because of the severity of the disabilities. Typically children with down syndrome and autism are placed into solely

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    Essay Length: 913 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Philosophy of Education for Foundations of Education

    Philosophy of Education for Foundations of Education

    Outline: Philosophy of Education I. Introduction A. Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences B. My future classroom C. My role as a male educator II. Definition of Philosophies A. Philosophies 1. Existentialism B. Ways of Knowing 1. Eastern Ways of Knowing a. Chinese thought C. Styles of Teaching 1. Humanism III. Conclusion IV. References Introduction Education is an ongoing process based upon experience. The old adage you learn something new everyday is very true, and

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    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Online Education

    Online Education

    Online Education Education is an important part of people’s lives; it will either make them or break them in the future depending on the careers they choose. Education is greatly diverse today in comparison to the 1950s because of advancements in teaching and other great inventions that provide easier techniques of teaching. One major issue that has been raised is distant learning courses and online education. Distant learning could be any format from VHS videos,

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    Essay Length: 1,369 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Regal Education Consulting

    Regal Education Consulting

    REGAL EDUCATION CONSULTING Ltd. your ultimate online education solution. . . . . Executive Summary Study abroad can be an enriching and eye-opening adventure, where learning extends to the world beyond the classroom walls. There is no substitute for living and studying in a foreign country if we want to gain in-depth knowledge of another culture's customs, people, and language. In addition, we will find that living and studying or working in another country can

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    Essay Length: 2,049 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Education

    Education

    Most controversies over education are centered around the question of how strictly standards should be upheld. The concern over whether or not flunking students is appropriate or even in the best interest of the student is a widely discussed topic. The argument often begins with students just starting school where the question of standardized testing for kindergartners arises. The majority of people are actually against such testing because they feel that a child who

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    Essay Length: 1,219 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Bred

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