School Essays and Term Papers
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Graduate School Swot
Strengths - Graduate school has good regional reputation for certain courses of studies - Substantial autonomy with MSC, along with no responsibility for college overhead - Classes offered to accommodate a variety of schedules - Large population in the metro area - Satellite campus classes held at high-schools where they do not pay rent - CE program growth Weaknesses - Satellite campus draw students from a smaller radius than the main campus - Previous required
Rating:Essay Length: 277 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: December 9, 2009 -
Einhard and Charlemagne’s Palace School: A Mechanism for Wealth, Prestige, Power and Success
Einhard was a courtier in Charlemagne's Frankish Kingdom. During Charlemagne's rule/life (768-824), he dedicated a vast amount of time and energy into supporting the notions of classical learning. He went so far as to start a school comprised of many scholars within his palace. Their role was to educate the nobility, the priesthood and the people, as well as hold counsel with the king. This is where Einhard and Charlemagne first encountered each other. Einhard
Rating:Essay Length: 1,252 Words / 6 PagesSubmitted: December 9, 2009 -
Shades of White: White Kids and Racial Identity in High School
Shades of White is an ethnographic study of two high schools. One, "Valley Groves High School," was suburban, and the "whitest" high school in the region. Here the student body was comprised of non-Hispanic whites (83 percent), Hispanics (7 percent), Asians (5 percent), Filipinos (2 percent), and African Americans (2 percent). The other, "Clavey High," was metropolitan and more thoroughly multiracial--African American (54 percent), Asian American (23 percent), white (12 percent), Hispanic (8 percent), Filipino
Rating:Essay Length: 878 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: December 9, 2009 -
The Historical Foundations and Purposes of School
The Historical Foundations and Purposes of School: Throughout the evolution of American education many ideas and concepts have played a large role in the way we now educate our children. For as long as schooling has been around, equality of education has played one of the most crucial roles in educating all of America's students in a fair and just manner. All schools strive to educate students in a way that they may be successful
Rating:Essay Length: 808 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: December 10, 2009 -
Expanding Knowledge to Decrease School Violence
Expanding Knowledge to Decrease School Violence A Make a Difference Project Critical Need: School violence currently exists in the United States educational system. The number of children who are becoming victims of school violence is increasing annually. Since 1992, the term �school violence’ became widely used in describing violent and aggressive acts that are occurring across all school campuses in the United States. Furlong (2000) describes school violence as being “composed of the perpetration of
Rating:Essay Length: 3,072 Words / 13 PagesSubmitted: December 11, 2009 -
Home School Vs. Public School?
Home School vs. Public School? Home schooling or public education; which is more affective? Most people do not realize this, but being home schooled is not some type of prison for young people. There is not a student sitting at a window dreaming of the local public school. This same student is not yearning for the mystery-meat debate or the extraordinary amount of peer pressure to fit in. This student is in fact living
Rating:Essay Length: 592 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: December 11, 2009 -
School Voilence
School violence is in the headlines again, 6 years after Columbine, the tragic Colorado school shooting in which many students died. Now, sadly, 2 school officials and 6 students have been killed in a shooting at Red Lake High School in Minnesota. As horrible and frightening as incidents like these are, they are rare. Although it may not seem that way, the rate of crime involving physical harm has been declining at U.S. schools since
Rating:Essay Length: 512 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: December 11, 2009 -
School Violence: The School’s Responsibility?
School Violence: The School’s Responsibility? The focus of American schools these days have so changed from the “basics” of teaching children to read, write and do arithmetic. Instead of just being an academic institution that was entrusted with teaching our children skills that would enable then to be intelligent contributing members of society, the schools are now looked at as “extensions of the community”. Therefore, according to John Dewey, “ schools should share social burdens
Rating:Essay Length: 695 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: December 12, 2009 -
Literacy in Public Schools
Literacy in Public Schools Public schools currently have problems with children and their ability to read. In the early years of a child’s education he or she may not have the maturity to handle the pressure of the next grade level. Parents, seeing this as a hindrance, ignore any recommendation to hold their child back. Then their child may develop what may seem to be a learning disability. This learning disability can make school much
Rating:Essay Length: 582 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: December 12, 2009 -
Prayer in Public Schools: Should It Be Constitutional
Prayer in Public Schools: Should It Be Constitutional The courts have ruled against prayer in school. Many agree with decision; yet many disagree including myself. Prayer should be allowed in public school because it is already practiced, it prevents immoral acts, and it enhances the learning environment. The issue of prayer in school has been debated in the U.S. since the North West Treaty (1787and 1789) which states: " Religion, morality, and the knowledge being
Rating:Essay Length: 601 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: December 12, 2009 -
School Bus Seatbelts; Are They Really a Good Idea?
School Bus Seatbelts; Are they really a good idea? School buses today always seem to be upgrading with different safety features. But the question I’m asking is if these features are really as safe as they are said to be. There are many parents worried about the need for seat belts on a school bus and why they are not enforced and required like they are in other vehicles. Seats are higher now, with significantly
Rating:Essay Length: 1,153 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: December 13, 2009 -
Aids and Schools - Educating the High-Risk
AIDS and Schools - Educating the High-Risk The general population of America today is having great difficulty facing a very frightening situation. Unfortunately, rather than seek information which might lessen anxiety about the subject, many people just choose to ignore the problem. Unwillingness to deal with a problem, however, only makes matters worse, and in this case, avoidance often leads to unrestrained disgust and hatred for those members of our society who are directly affected
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Schools and American Society
After reading about some of the schools that are described in No Excuses I was very impressed with some of the methods that were used to help disadvantaged students. One of the teachers at Hobart Elementary School is one that I was quite impressed with. Rafe Esquith, a 5th grade teacher shows a genuine care about his students. Although school does not start until 7:58, “Esquith opens his classroom doors at 6:30 every morning
Rating:Essay Length: 823 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: December 14, 2009 -
Should Sex Ed. Be offered in Public Schools?
Should Sex Ed. Be Offered In Public Schools? By: Jessica Blanton “ Should Sex Education be offered in Public Schools? ” Sex can be traced back as far as Adam and Eve, the first two people on this planet. Today, all age groups encounter things associated with sex, but it is not a problem that concerns everyone. The problem that has been at hand for more than thirty years is should sex education classes be
Rating:Essay Length: 2,290 Words / 10 PagesSubmitted: December 14, 2009 -
The Need for School Uniforms
The Need for School Uniforms A safe and structured learning environment is the first requirement of a good school. Children who feel safe and secure will better learn basic American values. In return they will learn the basis of good citizenship and become better students. In response to growing levels of violence in our schools, many parents, teachers, and school officials have been forced to look toward school uniforms as one potentially positive way to
Rating:Essay Length: 1,588 Words / 7 PagesSubmitted: December 14, 2009 -
The Breathalyzer at School Functions
Recently at Longmeadow High School it became mandatory to pass an “alcohol-screening test” before entering a school dance. This breathalyzer will detect alcohol on one’s breath. No student that has been drinking will be admitted to the event. Longmeadow High School has recently purchased breathalyzers which teacher chaperones administer to all students entering a school function. This issue has brought about much conflict. Many people see it as a positive thing; however, the breathalyzer at
Rating:Essay Length: 926 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: December 15, 2009 -
School Violence
Even though we live in a capitalist society, I still cannot help but believe, despite my own cynicism, that people are more motivated to achieve something for personal satisfaction rather than monetary gains. Look at Chekov's short story, "The Bet." A man agrees to sacrifice fifteen years of his life in prison in exchange for a million dollars. Obviously his motivation for such an extreme bet is wealth, but by the end of the prison
Rating:Essay Length: 972 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: December 15, 2009 -
High School Dropouts
High School Dropouts Entering high school is the beginning of a whole new learning experience. Transitioning from middle school, high school presents more classes, students, and a bigger campus. It brings new expectations and responsibilities to each of us. High school also offers fresh chances to make new friends, try new sports and activities, and really explore who we are as individuals. The goal is to maintain good grades, score high on the SAT test,
Rating:Essay Length: 2,355 Words / 10 PagesSubmitted: December 15, 2009 -
Can Parents Leagally Home School Their Children?
Running Head: INDIVIDUAL PAPER ON CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: TEACHING V. Individual paper on Constitutional Law: Teaching V. Home schooling Can a parent illegally home school their child? Yes, according to a recent ruling by a California appeals court. This current ruling is leaving an estimated 166,000 children in the state of California as a probable truant in addition causes their parents the risk and possibility of being prosecuted under the law. The home schooling movement never
Rating:Essay Length: 1,188 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: December 16, 2009 -
School Truancy
In this Speech by Mr Frost His his intention is to form an argument against the statements put forward by the Principle in her previous speech, his first statement outlines this “To Speak against the proposal”, which immediately informs of us of his Differing view. Mr Frost begins with a simile about how the proposed ideas are too harsh that there isn't a need in his opinion for such strictness, that they are extremes. His
Rating:Essay Length: 515 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: December 16, 2009 -
Public School Funding
Education: Public School Funding All across America students go to school to learn and prepare for their futures. Imagine students of all ages walking into a classroom with new desks with four stable legs, new chairs that aren’t cracked or missing parts and sitting down to their personal laptop provided by the school. This sounds like a school that most parents would want their children to attend. But how would parents find a school like
Rating:Essay Length: 274 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: December 16, 2009 -
4th Amendment in High Schools
Introduction: March 7, 1980: two freshman girls in a New Jersey high school were caught smoking in the bathroom by a teacher. The teacher sent both girls to the principle’s office since smoking in the bathroom was a violation of a school rule. Both girls were questioned by the Assistant Vice Principle, Theodore Choplick. In response to questioning by Mr. Choplick, one of the girls admitted that she was smoking in the bathroom. However, the
Rating:Essay Length: 5,200 Words / 21 PagesSubmitted: December 17, 2009 -
Dress Code in High Schools
Some of the rules set fourth by the government in the Rio Rancho Public Schools district are irrelevant to the needs of the students. These rules are not helping to provide the proper quality of education, but instead are interrupting classrooms to deal with this so-called problem. The students these days do not need rules such as: dress code, identification cards, and truancy (not attending school). We are old to understand the consequences of our
Rating:Essay Length: 1,199 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: December 17, 2009 -
Why Go to School?
Why go to school? Have you ever wondered why people have to go to school? Well, the answer is simple. School is important for your future. There are many reasons why this is so. First of all, schooling provides you with the education necessary to get a job. Secondly, school teaches you many skills that you need for the future. Lastly, school provides us with a sense of social responsibility. Consequently, school plays a significant
Rating:Essay Length: 785 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: December 17, 2009 -
Essay to Convince Your Teacher to Allow You to Go on a Trip to the North Eastern School of Communications and Wlbz
NESCOM/WLBZ Given that the purpose of this paper is to persuade you to allow me to attend the trip to NESCOM as well as the WLBZ television station, I'm going to cut right to the chase and tell you why you should choose me over the many other students applying for this opportunity. Forgive me for being lengthy in my reasoning, but I didn't feel that a 200 word paper was nearly enough work to
Rating:Essay Length: 556 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: December 18, 2009