Essays on Elementary Schools

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Young, A., Dollarhide, C. T., & Baughman, A. (2015). The voices of school counselors: essential characteristics of school counselor leaders. Professional School Counseling, 19(1), 36-45. The article under the study puts light on the qualitative research, which lacks in majority of schools. Most of the schools focus more on the quantitative analysis instead of qualitative analysis. The article argues on different practices of the leadership in elementary schools, which are seen to play an important part in the lives of the young students. Many elementary schools fail to realize the importance of certain characteristics which needs to be developed ...

Childhood Obesity

The study by Datar, and Nancy Nicosia (2012) has Level VI (level of evidence), and is of sufficiently good quality as the research is empirical in nature and has minimal level of bias due to the appropriate data collection procedure and instrument validity. The study is significant as it is working on one of the most important healthcare problems in the world, i.e. childhood obesity. It is also important as the study deals with Early Childhood Longitudinal Study—Kindergarten Class (ECLS-K) along with instrumental variables, so that the outcomes would come on the basis of well-documented facts. With the ...

Despite the enthusiast nature of using computers in learning, research disputes its effectiveness especially in elementary schools like kindergarten. Learners in elementary schools are raw and naive and require proper guidance from educators as opposed to exposing them to technology. Therefore, the following steps would inform best learning strategy in elementary schools. Arithmetic and simple reading techniques is another step in producing knowledgeable elementary students. It should be emphasised that learners require the basics of academics as opposed to the direct exposure to technology. When fundamentals of simple arithmetic and reading skills are realised in a student at elementary ...

Art-related disciplines are critical to educating citizens and students of every age. Nevertheless, the arts have declined significantly in schools and public participation. According to a recent study by Rabkin and Hedberg (2011), fewer eighteen-year-olds in a 2008 survey reported receiving arts instruction in their childhood than a similar age group surveyed in 1982. The research suggested that the provision of arts education dropped from 65% in 1982 to about 50% in 2008 (Rabkin & Hedberg, 2011). Moreover, it included survey data gathered in 2002 and 1992 with each successive period indicating a severe decline in Americans’ access to arts ...

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Introduction

U.S. schools are known for low performance on international tests which measure 15-year-old students’ literacy in science, math, and reading. According to the 2007 report, the United States ranked 29th in science among 57 countries participating in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Gonzalez and Kuenzi, 2012, p. 9; McFarlane, 2013, p. 39). The problems with school attainment were linked with students’ reduced interest in science and instructional approaches to science teaching (McFarlane, 2013, p. 39). In this regard the gaps highlighted administrators’ ineffective practices and teachers’ quality problem, which was ...

The purpose and primary objective of Idol’s (2006) program evaluation was to examine and describe the provision of special education programs in a metropolitan school district using four elementary schools and four secondary schools. The second objective was to determine how each school provided a least restrictive environment for students with special education needs. This review will discuss whether the model, design, and data collection strategy were consistent with the aims of the program evaluation, and it will also identify the stakeholders, outcomes, and limitations of the evaluation.

Evaluation Model

The evaluation model used by Idol (2006) is the advocacy ...

History is the study of past events especially involving human affairs. It also includes the study of following past incidents in the history of humankind connected to someone or something. Studying history assists humanity in understanding how the society has transformed in time. It also helps students relate various modern trends in the society and compares them to the progression from the early times (Bartolome 4). History is also an element of filtering the learned from the unlearned. Historians believe that by use of historical knowledge of facts and figures one can be able to determine the level of ...

Part 1

Health Promotion Proposal: Elementary School Age Obesity The goal of this project is to establish the major factors contributing to the increasing numbers of school-aged children been diagnosed with childhood obesity and its co-morbidities and recommend meaningful ways to stave off this alarming health problem in the present and future generations.

Interventions to Address the Goal

The role of the healthcare sector is to ensure the quality of health and wellbeing of every person in the society (Rice et al., 2013). Increasing numbers of obese children in the U.S. raise a health risk that requires quick intervention from health care stakeholders such as the ...

Health promotion Goal

The goal of the project is to establish major factors contributing to increasing numbers of obese school-going children and recommend effective plans to prevent the health problem in the future.

Interventions to address the goal

The role of the healthcare sector is to ensure the quality of health and wellbeing of every person in the society. The increasing number of obese children in the United States raises a health risk that requires quick intervention from health care stakeholders. Weight-related conditions traditionally associated with adults are currently more common among the young generation, especially school-aged children compared to the past. Addressing the project goal demands ...

Should Teacher Pay be based on Student Performance?

In order to implement any pay system and merit-based pay in the companies it is essential that these organizaions define their terms and goals as well as clearly outline the pupose of the programs that ar being implemented. Educational field is not an exception (Gratz, 2009) and many organizations are looking for effectibv ways to implement performance pay. But what Performance Pay actually mean and how shoud it be defined and measured? It is critical to understad that perfomance-based compenation is a way to reward employees and demonstrates areas for improvement. This only works in the environment, which offers ...

Sponsors of the Bill

The New Jersey Assembly Bill No. 834 was sponsored by Angelica Jimenez. The sponsor is the assemblywoman for District 32 (Bergen and Hudson). The Bill seeks to reform mental healthcare in the state of New Jersey by making changes regarding treatment of mental healthcare cases (Assembly, No. 814). It discourages the construction of mental health facilities and alcohol rehabilitation centres near schools in the State.

Summary of salient features

The legislation seeks to introduce amendments to mental health reforms by supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes. It prohibits the development of certain structures within 1000 feet radius from elementary schools within the ...