Essays on Department Of Education

Caucasian and African women are segregated by the differences in their salary and education. With the persistence of racial-based wage and education gaps in modern society, the status and role of colored women, specifically those from the African descent, remain discriminated due to the prevalence of indissoluble racial and gender stereotypes. Although the philosophy of racial and gender equality has, in essence, created “equal education opportunities” for all females, the provision of racial equity has yet to be fully realized. In reality, however, the education and economic gap between Caucasian and African women evinces that the school and professional ...

How to Use Policy to Change Public School’s Funding and Resources Allocation

Ph.D. in Education-Leadership, Change, Policy in Education

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the funding disparities deprive many minorities and low-income families of the opportunity for education success. The research endeavors to explore different ways policy can be used to equally allocate educational resources and use them to the advantage of the less fortunate sections of the society. As one of its important goals, this prospectus paper informs the research as to how to weigh the options available to the school managements and the education policy makers. The paper provides a purpose to the proposed study by dwelling upon ...

LITERATURE REVIEW: ONLINE VS TRADITIONAL COLLEGE COURSES

Abstract This paper explores three published articles on the problem of the choice between online and traditional way of education by analysing their pros and cons, evaluating their perspectives and looking through similarities and differences of both. The first article deals with the results of the research conducted by the U.S. Department of Education, Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning, which showed good marks among online students and characterised online classes from the positive side. The second article suggests the idea why with all its benefits online education cannot overtake the traditional one. The article also pays reader’ ...

Introduction

FERPA require the integrity and confidentiality of education records to be maintained at all costs. Thus, all information relating directly to college and university students must be safeguarded against access by unauthorized entities and individuals. However, FERPA gives an institution the legal right to access the records containing information of its students (United States, n.d). Therefore, administrators and faculty members with educations interests may access the confidential information relating to the students, but in some cases, the consent of students is sought before such access is legally permitted. Students are given legal rights to make corrections of their education ...

Rancho Solano

Rancho Solano Private School (RSPS) is a private school founded in 1954. Until 2013, the school continued to open educational establishments across the country. However, after 2013, the economic recession started to take its toll on the educational industry. In 2014, the school started announcing closure of several of their schools. These closures have continued over the past two years. At the same time, school enrollment is increasing across the country. In Arizona, K-12 enrollment is expected to grow by 23% by 2023 (Oke, 2015, p. 3). The RSPS campuses in Arizona closed in 2014. It is a necessity ...

Q1 (a)

Traditionally, the federal government has defined absolute poverty with the emphasis on the monetary aspect of it. As such, according to the government Absolute poverty refers to a situation where a person’s financial ability is insufficient to maintain the minimum standard of living ((Bogenschneider, 2016). With the increase in scrutiny on social welfare issues, experts find several drawbacks on the government guidelines used to define absolute poverty. These drawbacks could affect the effectiveness of public assistance programs; therefore, it is vital to take note of some of the crucial disadvantages. As mentioned, the government lays emphasis on money ...

The court ruling in the landmark case of Eisel v Board of Education of Montgomery County, 324 Md. 376 (1991) has a significant impact to the counseling profession. The main issue of the case is whether or not the duty of counselors to intervene to prevent the commission of a suicide extends to school counselors as a duty owed to prevent the suicide of Nicole Eisel, who is a 13-year old student of Montgomery County. The antecedent facts of the case involve the manifestation of Nicole’s tendency of committing suicide after she openly told her friends about her ...

If I had an opportunity to advise a presidential candidate on the preparation of children for college, I would stress the importance of reforming education funding policies. The current policies do not create equitable access to education leading to an amplification of the wealth gap. The tuition fees and other costs have been rising disadvantaging the poor. Lyndsey (2015) reported about the federal data of 2013 stating that for the past fifty years, a majority of the public school students from prekindergarten to the 12th grade came from low-income households with 51% being eligible for the federal program offering ...

Dear (Editor)

I am writing in regards to the current issue about our education. There have been some cases of bullying in schools, which I believe a problem that must be addressed. I would like to propose an initiative that I believe, will help student’s educators, parents, and institutions understand why this is worth paying attention to. Although the state government has already created guidelines on how to prevent bullying in schools, I believe that it is my part as a member of the community, to present what I think would contribute to the success of anti-bullying campaign in our ...

This paper will summarize the legal issues, reveal the outcomes, and formulate a rationale for how the court reached its decision in three separate special education policy reviews. The cases to be reviewed are; 1) Doug C v. Hawaii, 2) PV v. Philadelphia and 3) Phyllene W. v. Huntsville City, AL, Board of Education. These cases will shape the futures of children with special needs and how they interact within their schools. Each case deals with laws that are already in place such as the; 1) ADA (American with Disabilities Act), 2) IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Act) and 3) ...

Abstract

This project serves to focus on the country of Saudi Arabia and how the nation, handles school preparedness when it comes to disasters. Saudi Arabia is a developing country. The researcher argues that more need to be done in making sure children are protected in a developing society when a disaster happens. Some of the disasters explored in the discussion include fires, earthquakes, hurricanes and terrorist attacks. The researcher believes that while there is potential to rectify this issue, more future research needs to be done. In the exploration of the topic, the author found that there were vulnerabilities ...

I-Search 1: Does the influence of technology make education more effective?

This topic could be discussed in a class that discusses the success or failure of technology in making education effective. Education is traditionally dependent on the teacher-student relationship. A student learns as much as or as little as the teacher is able to teach. Can technology help remove this dependency and therefore be more effective in educating people?

What I Knew

I have heard about smart classes in school and increasingly at universities too, technology is replacing chalk and blackboards. We are more likely to attend lectures that have a slideshow presentation than a professor writing or illustrating a concept on the ...

It May not Work in Politics

Representative Maxine Waters of D-California was charged with an unspecified ethical violation which rooted from a requested meeting with then-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson. “After the meeting, the Massachusetts bank received $12 million in taxpayer aid from the $700 billion Wall Street bailout” (Jaffe, 2010). House Ethics Committee suspected Waters, who was believed to benefit from the transaction and from the meeting with Paulson, a cabinet official. The committee said that having a meeting with a cabinet official is not something to be easily done by a state representative. However, Waters defended that the meeting was called due to an ...

The Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) process is a three-tiered strategy that aims to give quality education to all students through giving quality instruction that meets the needs of the students (Gamm, 2012). The three-tiered system aims at combining a standard system of evaluation with exceptional instructions to ensure that the needs of all students have been addressed. The system also understands that students are not the same and the level of understanding is also not the same. Therefore, they come up with implementations of different levels of intervention as well as services to the struggling students. In other ...

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Organizations around the world come together to create products with enhanced nutritional value, to minimize losses, and help millions of people in need of food. The world has enough food to feed everyone, however, the United Nations estimated that today about 800 million people worldwide (approximately one person out of nine) suffer from malnutrition. Most of them live in developing countries, where more than 14% of the population do not get food in the quantities needed to meet the energy needs of the organism (Butler, 2016). For 25 years develops a cooperation of Food Bank Task Force with the ...

The internet provides a great educational setting for evidence-based practice for DNP-prepared nurses. Four of the most common online continuous learning techniques include distant learning, online research, peer sharing, and patient-nurse interaction. While most of these techniques existed before the advent of the internet, they included rather tedious processes. Some of the processes include making numerous trips to school libraries, manual cataloging, taking notes, as well as attending meetings and conferences. The internet, however, has advanced the DNP-Prepared nurse’s learning experience by offering a limitless capacity of skill acquisition and course development strategies. The following, therefore, are some ...

Introduction

The movement from a certain state to another is known as a transition. The informal transitions are part of an individual’s daily life. An example of an informal transition is a movement from home to school or to work. In addition, the formal transitions are part of the individuals’ experiences. For example, a formal transition between institutions, a movement from home to a certain health institution. Another formal transition is the movement from early childhood education to school. Particularly, one of the major transitions is the transition from home to work or to school. The main reason of ...

Gender separation in schools has been a controversy for decades in the United States and many other countries. People argue whether public schools should give a choice to parents to have single sex or mixed sex education. Single sex education has existed all around the United States and is common internationally. Public schools in the US are mostly coeducational; however, single sex schools occurred after the legislation of single sex schooling. Public single sex schools number has increased dramatically due to several causes. This paper views single sex education and mixed sex schools proponents, as well as opponents claims, ...

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RE: IN REGARDS TO THE NEW EVERY STUDENT SUCEEDS ACT (ESSA)

This letter confirms my firm support for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) that was signed by President Barak Obama on December 10, 2015. It takes over from the old law known as No child left behind Act (NCLB) that helped children see the progress they made and the areas that they needed to improve in providing support despite differences in culture, language, background, abilities and socio-economic status. The change to ESSA however is because the NCLB stopped working for schools and educators over time. The ESSA provides ...

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Brief Overview In the work of a school counselor, ethical code of conduct plays a central role identifying the quality of the profession. A failure to comply with the ethical rules may lead to the disciplinary and legal consequences that will affect the career as well as the entire educational establishment. It is essential to remember that school bears a list of responsibilities for the life and well-being of children and adolescents that are both legally and ethically safeguarded by the state and the entire community. Consequently, the educators have to preserve a balance between their personal beliefs and ...

Part 1

General Information There are approximately 900 students in the Mudgeeraba State School (The State of Queensland: Department of Education and Training, 2016). They are all from the Prep level to year 6. There are many cultural and sporting events that all school’s attendees as well as staff are extremely proud of (The State of Queensland: Department of Education and Training, 2016). The partnership among community, school and home is cherished and considered extremely important for the children’s development. In order to apply to the school, the following process is conducted:

Filling in of the enrolment form downloaded from the website

Local students are given priority, so residence ...

Section 1 (a): Introduction

Learning environment must be conducive and organized in order for effective learning to take place. The Australian Government has established a legal framework anchored on Child Protection Guidelines of United Nations General Resolution Assembly Number 44/25 of 20 November 1989. Australia ratified the Convention on the Rights of Children in December 1990, thereby joining the world in committing to child rights protection. CRC integrates holistic aspects of human rights focusing on civil, political, economic, social and cultural aspects. The convention spells out particular rights that protect children and young people. In addition, the National Government of Australia formed the ...

Introduction

Making sweeping social changes in any educational system is a hard and often-times very long process. The changes are made even harder when they are indirect, and not necessarily institutional. The way students are taught and awarded for achievement has evolved over time in order to create a more balanced structure for them. Yet, even with these changes, bullying still occurs at all grade levels in primary school. There are multiple ideas on how legislatures can handle this issue, by introducing bills that incentivizes anti-bullying programs, by requiring schools to have specific programs, by ensuring that bullying can be ...

It is a well-known fact that literacy is a key factor of success. Every educated person has a good writing and reading command of the language. Moreover, there is no respectful person that does not know at least one or even more foreign languages, which is now a necessity. Literacy nowadays plays an extremely important role in the up-to-day society. In the article Why Adolescent Literacy Matters Now written by Jacy Ippolito, Jennifer L. Steele, and Jennifer F. Samson the importance of literacy, namely adolescent literacy is discussed. Why adolescent literacy? Mainly because the basics of adult literacy lies ...

In view of the case provided, the following observations, suggestions and prospective solutions are put forth which outline the path that the new head of the institution should take towards reforming the current scenario and restoring the college to its former glory.

Tasks at hand (What needs to be done)

Firstly, there has to be an attempt to instil the emotional element that was once associated with the school by rebranding it to the public. Keeping in mind that it began as a boys only school and changed to co-ed, a huge element of emotion associated with the earlier legacy was lost. The first task is to ...

Reply 1: JW

I started my online field trip by visiting the Illinois Education Association (IEA) website. The organization was formed in 1853 and is afflicted with NEA (National Education Association). IEA comprises of educators and teachers seeking to serve the public educational interests in the state of Illinois. The organization aims at affecting equity and excellence in public education and be an advocacy group for all employees in public education. The website allows educators and teachers alike to be updated with educational legislation in Illinois and also provides other useful information. A link on the website links you to the Danielson ...

Section 1. The Problem

Asthma is a chronic airway condition affecting 6.3 million children or 8.6% of the population younger than 18 years (CDC, 2016). School-age children spend 6-7 hours of each day in school for 171-182 days per year (NCES, 2011). As such, the school is a suitable environment for asthma prevention and management. For instance, there are schools which have implemented asthma programs to educate students about asthma and self-management, develop asthma action plans, and create safe environments for learning (CDC, 2015). The chosen setting is a school district in a county in a northcentral U.S. state. It is composed of ...

Inclusion and Children with Disabilities

Exclusion of children with disabilities is a controversial issue. All over the country, children with disabilities as well as their families are not fully enjoying their fundamental human rights and are facing constant barriers to inclusion in society. Marginalization of disabled children deters them from realizing their full potential in life. Though there has been a positive change toward positive perception of children with disabilities, what people refer to as inclusion is not what inclusion implies since there are many incidences of differential treatment not only to children with disabilities but also to their families.

Different people describe inclusion ...

Education being one of the most crucial aspects of human life requires to be addressed with great concern, especially during the early stage of learning. In the 21st century education has received views attributing it with great importance. Therefore, for this to be achieved it means that emphasis will have to be put in place from the beginning of the curriculum for the young learners. As explained by California preschool framework (California Department of Education.2010), is that young learners enter preschool with a lot of anxiety, wondering in on what they will find there and they also have the ...

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Introduction

Education is a fundamental human rights recognized by the international community as a critical part of human development. On the other hand, the right to equal education opportunity is often hindered by disabilities particularly among children in which learning becomes a challenge. The United Kingdom is among the countries in the world that demonstrates an active role in ensuring access to education regardless of disability. The discussion will highlight the context special education needs (SEN) or otherwise referred to as inclusive education. In addition, the context of inclusive education will be examined based on the ...

There is a growing trend among American families to abhor the traditional education model where students studied in groups and general classrooms. Families with such apathy for traditional classroom model prefer homeschooling, which is a new concept in the American education system (Lubienski, Tiffany & Jameson378-392). The U.S. Department of Education postulate that there is estimated about 1.1 million school going children who would rather be educated at home as opposed to attending the traditional classrooms (Cooper, Bruce & John 110-131). Some experts who argue against homeschooling postulate it as a threat to the traditional education model; however, it is a ...

Long range plans

SECTION I In the classroom, the students were highly communicative and very willing to give the instructor information regarding what they have covered in the classroom. After some observation, the students seemed to have a very thorough understanding of the topics the instructor informed me that they had covered already. The willingness that the students had regarding their interest in sharing learned information gave the impression that the instructor encouraged students to engage verbally in the classroom. There is a high level of parental involvement. Football is the most vastly discussed interest. Students tend to behave with turbulence often. ...