In public schools today, there is a decision to be made in creating a dress code. Initiating a dress code in public schools can prove to be beneficial in many ways. Is a dress code more beneficial with or without uniforms? Mandating a dress code in public schools results in both costs and benefits. ...

Sex education courses in public schools are a tense topic among parents, and educators. Some groups believe that the sex education curriculum that focus on abstinence, and safe sex disrupts the school unit of educating its students, and argues that sex education should be sanctioned only between chi...

"Deschooling Society"Institutionalization in education was a fundamental concern for Ivan Illich. The arguments of the Illich in "Deschooling Society" seem rather obviously naive to many people yet in my opinion they are based on some quite profound arguments about knowledge and learning. One of t...

An Analysis of the Sources of Disagreement between Ebel and Melby The arguments of Robert L. Ebel and Ernest O. Melby on abolishing the grading system in schools, show disagreements of value for the most part. They both agree on need for reform of the grading system. Ebel thinks teachers must d...

It was supposed to be a simple homework assignment. It was all for a simple homework grade. This assignment was to read a book and summarize the events that unfolded. The book was Ishmael. In my environmental science class, analyzing the views of environmentalists and formulating opinions of our own...

There no shortage of opinions about what is the best way to teach. Teaching styles can range from a completely independent learning environment to a one-on-one relationship between teacher and student. But regardless of the approach taken by the teacher, all classes should be held to one common stan...

High school teachers are too easy on students and as a result students begin to believe all teachers are lenient. My teachers in high school need to prepare students for the future, and not only get them through high school. With lack of preparation, students' nervousness may be accentuated,...

Do you remember your first elementary school Christmas program, your little sister\'s piano recital, or those Friday night football half-time shows? What about the first musical you sat through on a field trip or the band you wanted to form when you were fifteen? These are all common experiences for...

One of the biggest riddles of the human being is the brain. How do our minds work, and what makes them work best? We are able to process and store large amounts of information, and then reason with it. Since the days of Ancient Greece the Western World has sought to institutionalize the learning ...

"So that nobody has to go to school if they don't want to", by Roger Sipher states that compulsory attendance laws should be abolished. His argument is that students that don't wish to be in school are antagonistic to the school and prevent others form learning, and therefore not be forced to attend...

Argumentative essayShould drug tests be given before a person is hired for a job? Yes, they should. Take a teacher for instance. Before a teacher is hired he or she would have a drug test in order to make a students parents feel secure about sending them to school, set a better example for the chi...

A leadership is someone that does different things and other people are following you. For example, if you start to talk about people behind their backs, other friends follow your example because they think that you are cool, so they want to be cool too. Another example is that if you are n...

Imagine being an immigrant from a country where the Spanish language is practically ubiquitous. Now imagine trying to learn in an American school using a foreign language and being expected to move into the mainstream with the other children. For most English-proficient people, this scenario may be ...

There are contradicting view points regarding whether or not physical education should be mandatory in high schools. Some believe that, students in high schools should not be force to take physical education class because that will make them feel embarrassed and humiliated. This argument fails to a...

Should Schools Have Uniforms Or Not? What's the big deal? Don't most students dress the same anyways, so should schools have uniform or not? School uniforms are necessary. There are two sides to this argument and a definite result. Some people say that school uniform is pointless. ...

Why Kids Need Uniform Having students wear school uniforms has been a big debate among communities across the country for several years. The issue of school dress code has both strong supporters and opposition. This essay will consider arguments that school uniform should not be a part of our ch...

Against School Critique In John Taylor Grotto's Against School, he argues that the public schooling system cripples children. He makes arguments that the public schooling system suppresses children from learning at their maximum potential. He offers home schooling as an effective altern...

Whose Standard? Teaching Standard English How would you feel if you thought every thing that you said was wrong, getting put down and discouraged by others? Most likely you would stop talking and blame yourself for doing those things that were incorrect. Growing up, I had a teacher that would mak...

Dear Martin, First off, I just wanted to let you know that I love you very much. Despite our differences in recent times, you are still my son, whom I love dearly. I remember when you were young you wanted to be just like me; listening to every word and following all my advice with a passion. I ...

1 Everything in our government runs on a chain of command. In the education system, the chain order is student-school-city-state-federal government. Some argue that the last link in the chain has (or should have) no part in individual state education systems. However, for the growth and advance...

How Can I Help To End Violence In My School? Being from High School, I have not had the disadvantage of growing up in a violent school system. Although the school systems are quite calm, there is an occasional fight or argument. I believe that there are ways ...

In the article, "Rally at CSUN", students in California State University, Northridge are protesting for budget cuts and the war in Iraq. The thesis statement is to "fight for the student's education by protesting millions of dollars in planned state budget cuts" because it...

Prayer in School To pray or not to pray in our public school voluntary prayer in public schools has been a controversial issue since the court ruling in 1963 the changed everything. "Moment of silence", Prayers said in class, and teachers leading bible reading are all forbbiden in public...

Despising a CoachWhy do people argue and fight? Arguments and fights start for various reasons such as anger, tempers, and disagreements. When a disagreement occurs, there can be negative outcomes over something so minor. The situation that I was involved in caused a great deal of hatred and ten...

The big controversy in education today is the way children are taught. Many of the same arguments that are made regarding what is taught can also be made regarding how it is taught. Theories of educational psychology are attempts to describe how people behave in satisfying their physical and psychol...