Essays Tagged: "school districts"

"Uniforms Shouldn't Be Mandatory In Public Schools" Essay could use a bit more directly cited evidence such as specific statistics or facts.

ades kindergarten to 12 are being forced to wearpolo shirts, khakis, jumpers and skirts everyday to school. School districts feel that this isa great idea are enforcing it throughout the United States ... feel that this isa great idea are enforcing it throughout the United States. I am against what the school administrators of those districts believe. My reasons are uniforms aren't the exact way to so ...

(2 pages) 136 0 4.1 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Teenage Parenthood

a child. In these cases, their parents often provide a home, financial support and childcare. Some school districts even provide special programs for teen parents which include instruction in careers ... even feel humiliated and ashamed after her pregnancy begins to show; so then she refuses to finish school. When teenage mothers are pregnant, they are least likely to get early and regular prenatal c ...

(3 pages) 96 0 3.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Homeschooloing.

ducate their children at home because of security, morality and educational quality reasons. Public schools are worried about the accreditation of home schools and their loss of enrollment. Either way ... accreditation of home schools and their loss of enrollment. Either way, authorities usually require school officials to cooperate with the parents of home schooling.Home schooling is on the rise accor ...

(2 pages) 41 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Is standardized testing a good idea? The lack of equality in today's school systems often decide a student's future. Is a standardized test the measure of a student?

he current trend of "high stakes" standardized testing can be both a blessing and acurse to today's school systems and students. The repercussions felt by the outcomes ofthese tests often determine th ... s. The repercussions felt by the outcomes ofthese tests often determine the financial well being of school districts, the careers ofeducators and the academic future of the students who take them. One ...

(5 pages) 459 0 3.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Educational Budget cuts in iowa (negative)

gh possibility that this status will drop. The budget cuts are creating devastating effects on Iowa schools. School budgets cannot afford to be cut anymore without sacrificing the quality of education ... Education should be the number one priority of the United States.Last year, eight of Iowa's largest school districts had a combined loss of $20.1 million. Although school districts have the option of ...

(3 pages) 82 2 4.5 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Censorship of Huckleberry Finn??

e public. We are here to discuss the matter of Huckleberry Finn and should it be banned from public schools. The first amendment states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of ... e boys to read. For black children, I have come to realize, it is a brutal slap in the face."3.Many school districts have banned this book for the use of nigger.4.Some people pretend that race no long ...

(2 pages) 60 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Walking Proof" Lewis Lapham's point of view in his essay "School Bells".

nute news program is far too great a cost in exchange for the funding that channel one gives to the school districts that air their programming. On the other hand, Earl Shorris believes that "activity ... not stop education with its programs it encourages it.Lapham also raises the issue that in today's school system the social classes are separated into two categories: the well educated and the babysa ...

(3 pages) 27 0 3.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

School Uniforms In Public School Systems.

School Uniforms in Public School SystemsEvery year, school districts think of better ways to increas ... SystemsEvery year, school districts think of better ways to increase their student's performances. School district officials gather student's performances and evaluate them. After evaluating their pe ... uate them. After evaluating their performances, they analyze them to integrate better results. Some school districts think the idea of mandatory school uniforms may result in better student performanc ...

(5 pages) 214 1 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

AIDS.

"Somewhere among the million children who go to New York's publicly financed schools is a seven-year-old child suffering from AIDS. A special health and education panel had deci ... ral Centers for Disease Control, that the child would be no danger to his classmates. Yet, when the school year started on September 9th, several thousand parents in two school districts in the boroug ...

(12 pages) 74 0 4.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Request for Service Plan for the Ohio Schools

At The Ohio SchoolsEvery school's mission is to provide education to its members. It is also every school's miss ... lso every school's mission to provide a safe environment to its students and faculty. However, many schools have harmful chemicals that should be eliminated. Some of the chemicals are extremely hazard ... wrong. Such careless acts can cause permanent injury, an explosion, and even death.Surveys of Ohio schools in 1990-1991 indicated a need for removal of hazardous materials, especially those chemicals ...

(5 pages) 98 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

School Uniform Controversy

In recent years, school districts have been permitted to establish dress codes. Former President Clinton, in his 1996 ... o establish dress codes. Former President Clinton, in his 1996 State of the Union address, endorsed school uniforms in public schools. There are school districts that have established written dress co ... ress codes. Other school districts have established dress code policies that include the wearing of school uniforms. Many school districts have opted not to get involved in a dress uniform situation f ...

(4 pages) 189 2 3.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Crimal Mind

t agencies havebegun using a method called profiling to identifyserial killers and terrorists. Some schooldistricts are looking into the concept as a way ofearly detection into the minds of troubledch ...

(5 pages) 211 5 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

This essay covers the issue of single sex schools in America

Same Sex SchoolsA young girl walks down the hall of her elementary school, smiling at all of the familiar fac ... s deprived the chance to smile at the face of one from the opposite sex. At the elementary and high school level, private single sex schools still exist. In the last few years there has been a resurge ... chools still exist. In the last few years there has been a resurgence of the support for single sex schools and classrooms at the elementary and high school levels (O'Reily 1). The Bush Administration ...

(5 pages) 99 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Linguistics

Brown v. Board of Education

eme Court of the United States unanimously declared that it was unconstitutional to create separate schools for children on the basis of race. The Brown ruling ranks as one of the most important Supre ... the time of the decision, 17 southern states and the District of Columbia required that all public schools be racially segregated. A few northern and western states, including Kansas, left the issue ...

(1 pages) 91 1 2.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Should Mnadatory School Uniforms be implemented in public schools?

Should Mandatory School Uniforms Be Implemented In Public Schools?This question is one that comes up often. In some c ... tion is one that comes up often. In some countries, especially in the Caribbean, uniforms in public school is standard practice. Even in New York, there are some school districts that use uniforms in ... enced that when uniforms are worn, there are indeed benefits to it. For one, it has been cited that school performance is improved. Second, it has been seen that behavior is also improved. There can b ...

(2 pages) 84 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Report on "Children in America's Schools", a documentary movie based on a book by Jonathan Kozol called "Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools".

Report on "Children in America's Schools", a documentary movie based on a book by Jonathan Kozol called "Savage Inequalities: Childre ... y Jonathan Kozol called "Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools"."Children in America's Schools" is a documentary movie based on the Jonathan Kozol book "Savage Inequalities: Children in A ... ed on the Jonathan Kozol book "Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools" and looks at the school system in America circa 1996. The movie describes the disparate quality of education that exi ...

(3 pages) 95 0 3.3 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

IS DARE PROGRAMME WORTH THE AMOUNT SPENT ON IT

rents "A different look at D.A.R.E" stated that "today, D.A.R.E is present at more than half of U.S school districts, in all 50 states and thirteen foreign countries, and has gained enthusiastic suppo ...

(2 pages) 37 1 3.7 Sep/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

UNDERNEATH WORDS

have "good standards of living". According to the Lowell Rose's statistics on May-June 2001, 68% of school districts of CA state that education funding plays great role in education quality (Lowell Ro ... owell Rose, "The 33rd Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitude Toward the Public Schools"). At the same time college tuitions became more expensive. And while students are looking f ...

(4 pages) 49 0 0.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Drug Testing of Student Athletes

a major problem in our society as a whole and increasingly within our youth. In recent years, many school districts have implemented student athlete drug testing programs within their schools. Athlet ... nt of many courts, resulting in different rulings.A student athlete drug testing case, in an Oregon school district, resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court hearing. In the Vernonia school district all stude ...

(4 pages) 93 1 4.8 Nov/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Public Education in US

, programs of instruction offered to children, adolescents, and adults in the United States through schools and colleges operated by state and local governments. Unlike the nationally regulated and fi ... d societies, American public education is primarily the responsibility of the states and individual school districts.The national system of formal education in the United States developed in the 19th ...

(19 pages) 501 0 3.9 Apr/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education