Academic literacy has a great impact on how a person expresses and presents themselves in a scholastic environment. The tools to effectively read, write and critically think are skills that not only help a person in the scholastic environment but also in personal discovery. Through positive experien...

Introduction Are boys and girls distracted by one another in school? Are boys embarrassed to ask a question or do well in school when girls are present in their classrooms? Are girls more concerned with their looks and actions then class work, when boys are present? Are boys and girls better off in...

Students with Special Needs in the Classroom Environment: Who Benefits? No topic has sparked as much recent controversy in the public school system as have equal education laws, particularly laws protecting the rights of students with disabilities. Before the passage of the Education for Han...

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...

To Think Is To Know In today's society education has been formed to be a systematic cycle in which certain standards, set by Americas' forefathers, must be reached in order for one to become "knowledgeable. The government calls on "enforcers," properly known as...

INTRODUCTION One of the great benefits of living in America is the free education that the nation provides to its students. Whether one is sick, wealthy, Black, Mexican, or White one has the same right to attend the schools in this country and do so without cost. For the average student with average...

Abstract The study conducted explored the elements, which affect male and/or female students in a learning environment. The results indicate that male students may be more likely to be considered bourdons in the educational process than assets. Also, the consideration of implementing single-sex c...

Capitalism and Government Spending When economic times are good it is easy for many of us to forget the important part government has played in these economic game. In times of economic crisis many people look to government for assistance, many times blaming it for not being more involved before...

Living in a society where technology is virtually unavoidable, it is inevitable that tasks that have been done in the past will need to be altered in order to accommodate the fast-paced, technologically enhanced world that we live in. Our every day tasks have changed in one way or another due to te...

Safety issues within schools were once thought to only be a problem in urban areas. Schools all over the United States and the world have issues with safety. The main concerns of every school administration should be the safety of its students, faculty and staff. You would think that searching susp...

I. Introduction Right now as we speak, in some private and public schools, students are passing one another in the hallways getting prepared for another day at school. They are all dressed alike, boys wearing Khakis and solid colored Polo's while the girls are wearing pleated skirts and white ...

Service learning has become a integral part of educational curriculum from the youngest to the oldest learning populations. The challenge at a college level is to both instruct students in an informed and engaging manner and to offer opportunities for learning that hold the six tenets of ...

Students across America with special needs have been integrated into classrooms with populations of general education students. This integration of students with special needs and students in general education is called inclusion. Inclusion is no longer an option for schools to choose or not choose....

There has been a great deal of discussion that centers on the education of our youth and the relationship of the education and related employment to the overall economic well-being of the country. This discussion also extends to global business and the economic crisis that evolves from inadequate ed...

Five Design Styles Schools were originally set up to handle a society in which it was imbedded in a society of farms and factories (Reinventing Schools). Today only about twenty percent of employed population now works in these areas (RS). Schools not only have to deal with career changes in o...

A school seems to be a small, safe, confined area. This is where a student meets new people and learns about life (life includes history, math, science... anything needed to make it outside of High School). Not many people actually think about how it is run or what all is involved in running a bui...

Constitutional violations occur far too common at Highland Park High School. Articles about controversial subjects written for student newspapers are censored. Lockers and backpacks are searched without reasonable suspicion. Minority students get excessively thrust in lower level programs. Teachers ...

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...

Philosophy Paper Learning is a lifelong natural activity. Environment plays a vital role in our education. Two stages in childhood can be distinguished: the first, taking place within the family or nursery school; the second, in elementary school, when the child, beginning to leave the family ci...

Dress Codes Have you ever been in classes where a student was wearing clothing that was too distractive or too revealing that made your attention go elsewhere? Do you ever feel like you need to go buy the popular trend of clothing? Have you ever not been included in activities because of your cloth...

Teen Violence Teen Violence has become an appalling problem in the US today. Statistics show that teen homicides have gone up 300% in the last 30 years. Suicide rate for 15 to 19 years olds has tripled to 10 per 100,000 in the past 30 years. Firearm death rate for 15 to 19 years olds has gon...

The solution to most of the nation's major crisis' lies in the educational reform. The education system is responsible for turning out the future of our nation, and it is severely failing at it. Current emphasis on money and capability of teachers is not where the solution of the problem...

Prayer in School According to the First Amendment of the Constitution, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise there of..."(Patterson A-11). The writers of the constitution made it an important point in prote...

Almost everyday in the news, we hear about a problem with undisciplined children. Sometimes there is a report of a school shooting or a child who went on a rampage against his entire family. It is absurd that the United States, one of the most powerful countries in the world, cannot control a sit...

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education," (Mark Twain). This, coming from arguably one of the best writers in western literature, is saying that education and schooling are two very different and separate things. The way he words this, he is implying that his education ...