Essays on School

Teachers, parents, school administrators, and students are considering the question of if school uniforms are appropriate for their classrooms. While school uniforms have been used in private schools for years, they are increasingly being considered and used in public school systems. Students, parents, and even some experts have concerns about uniforms such as expense, suppression of individual expression or creativity, and whether or not there is are any positive effects for schools. However, many experts and studies show that there are big advantages for schools that adopt school uniform policies. Schools with uniform policies have, better safety, better attendance, Continue reading...

Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment

Public Health
November,2014
Abstract
Type II diabetes has negatively influenced millions in the United States. Adverse impact of type II diabetes in children is ever increasing and needs some serious strategic and professional input from nurses deployed at schools. Unfortunately, the sensitivity of diabetic issue is never addressed appropriately. Moreover, the lack of research on the topic has also resulted in a significant increase in childhood type II diabetes. The research indicates that controlling type II diabetes in children is possible. School nurses employing the knowledge of physical exercises, dietary plans and emergency response can readily cope with Continue reading...

Introduction

This current projects deals with the budgeting of Norristown Area High School (NAHS). The Norristown high school was established in the year 1870 in the Borough of Norristown and in the year 1972, this school relocated to West Norrition Township. In recent year, the total population of this school was 1900 students in grades ninth to twelfth. This high school utilizes a modified block schedule which offers all core courses in a college prep and weighted honors format.
This school has entered into a partnership with Montgomery County Community College which offers a dual enrolment in a number of Continue reading...

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Currently, it has been assumed that with the declining prevalence of racism and seemingly reduced rate of bullying in the neighborhood, schools in the United States of America are no longer affected by the negative vices of bullying, whether based on the race, gender or otherwise. In this regard, it is further assumed that the counselors within the schools have the ability to eliminate bullying within the schools. However, there is a very great difference between the reality and the assumptions taken so far. In addition, there Continue reading...

Introduction

Parents who work often think about what activities they can allow their children to participate in, especially if the activity will occur after school hours. Most of them are looking for programs that can help their children academically, while some parents prefer that their children join these activities to keep them off the streets while they, the parents, are away. Many students from disadvantaged families or environments do not have the opportunities of experiencing activities that would help stimulate their emotional and intellectual development. As a result, these children end up either lacking in knowledge or becoming street-smart kids Continue reading...

Abstract This paper aims on analyzing The Special Music School in New York which is as school for gifted music students. The importance of the school is to produce professional musicians who would lead to the development of the music industry not only in the New York but also in the world. To ensure that the students grow morally upright, the school utilizes core values which are linked with the development and conformity of the society values and norms. The focus is on matters related to its management styles. The aim of the paper is to apply the organizational Continue reading...

Results for the Relationship between the Principals Demographic Factors (Age, Gender and Years of Working Experience) and the Students Academic Experience
Again, there is very little in the way of significant results between a principal's age, gender, or years of working experience, and the overall academic experience that students have on campus. There are several reasons why this is probably true. Again, an additional metric that would be worth exploring with further research would be a principal's tenure on the specific campus in question, as a principal who has been on seven campuses in fourteen years, including just a Continue reading...

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This paper analyzes the pros and cons of mandatory school uniforms and whether the compulsory wearing of uniforms adversely impacts the development of students. The research comprises two main parts – our own research conducting using interviews and questionnaires to seek the opinions of students, teachers and parents, backed up by data made available to us regarding suspension rates before and after school uniforms were introduced. The second part is a study made by Dreilinger (2013) which primarily examines the costs aspects of school uniforms, supplemented by opinions, views and concerns of parents, school authorities, uniform suppliers, and a representative Continue reading...

Children must live as children; they must get affection and love and in the process, they must build their abilities and experience traumatic situations such as; be exposed to drugs and porn. We all want children to be the productive force of the nation, in spite our good thought on the well-being of children issues, there are still some places in the US where children do not live as one, especially in the inner part of Chicago city. Alex Kotlowitz in his book “There Are No Children Here” talks about the children who live in the mess violence of Continue reading...

Dropping Out or Pushed Out: The Impact of High School Dropout Rate Relative to High Stakes Testing Policy in Wayne County, State of Michigan

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Dropping Out or Pushed Out: The Impact of High School Dropout Rate Relative to High Stakes Testing Policy in Wayne County, State of Michigan
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Introduction
The high school dropout rates in the USA are high such that only 70% of students in public high schools graduate Green, & Foster, 2003). High dropout problem is what school administrators, parents and policy makers have had to deal with for the past several Continue reading...

Even though diabetes is a medical condition, its negative effects are observed only in an individual’s physical health. Diabetes also has far-reaching effects on the individual’s social condition, as well as on his or her financial and economic capacities (National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2010).
According to the National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2010), diabetes has been known to cause blindness among older individuals. Diabetes has been the leading cause of blindness among adults 20-74 years of age (National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2010). Worldwide, diabetes is the Continue reading...

Security among public schools has been in the limelight for the past years and triggered growing concern of the safety of students at school. This was a result following numerous violent incidents in school in which some of them resulted to the death of students and school officials. This had resulted to growing concern of parents with school-aged children. Likewise, this has also brought increased alarm in the society. Public schools in particular have taken the first steps in accessing and improving security measures in their respective school are implementing. However, even if the schools reason for applying these Continue reading...

This is a quantitative study using descriptive statistics on principals’ perceptions of the role of speech pathologists in elementary schools. The project will involve interviews with principals from traditional public schools. The researcher will transcribe the interviews and use descriptive statistics to look for common strands in the principals’ perceptions. The study will be organized around a description of the speech pathologist’s role, personal attributes needed for the job of the principal and the speech language pathologist, and support given to principals by the special education department. Continue reading...

Introduction

This proposal shall seek to address the various ways that I will incorporate in order to reduce incidences of bullying in Alharawy School. Bullying involves threatening a particular individual or some individuals by a person, group of persons or a gang by using verbal communication, physical assaults or other methods. The victim of the bullying undergoes tremendous psychological pressure and mental stress that can have a serious impact on the life of that victim. The practice of bullying is considered as one of the techniques to frighten people from carrying out something that are unacceptable for a person or Continue reading...

“It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate”. Such was the opening assertion of the United States Supreme Court in deciding the landmark case of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, decided in 1969. What followed in the constitutional history of what came to be known as “school speech” involves a number of cases that have essentially followed Tinker’s holding, only modifying its nuances and contemplating the ever-changing concern of the state over the welfare of its students and their Continue reading...

Works Cited

Bodine, Ann. “School Uniforms, Academic Achievement, and Uses of Research.” The Journal of Educational Research 97.2 (Nov./Dec. 2003): 67-71.

This article presents information on why schools desire to use school uniforms, addresses the issue of a study that says school uniforms have a negative effect on academic achievement, and claims that more research shows that the majority of schools find that school uniforms offer positive effects in academic achievement. This article provides a study based on a National Education Longitudinal Study, is written by an expert in the field, and published in a peer-reviewed journal, so it is Continue reading...

Introduction

In this paper, I am going to show the effect of school quality on price of housing in the metropolitan area. In the next paragraph, I will conduct a literature review on the various factors that influence the choice of schools by parents and the value of the residential property. In the next section, I shall discuss hedonistic pricing model that can generate effects of school quality on house prices. I will analyze the data collected, explain the method of data collection and discuss the results obtained in the study. The last section is the conclusion of the study.
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“It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate”. Such was the opening assertion of the United States Supreme Court in deciding the landmark case of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, decided in 1969. What followed in the constitutional history of what came to be known as “school speech” involves a number of cases that have essentially followed Tinker’s holding, only modifying its nuances and contemplating the ever-changing concern of the state over the welfare of its students and their Continue reading...

This study attempts to show the close connection between the quality of schools and residential property values in the metropolitan area. In as much as the quality of education has been integrated into pricing models of residential property, other factors such as the close proximity to each school where the house is zoned and certain neighborhood characteristics have been found to have an impact on property house values. The closer proximity to schools has a positive value to the house prices while an increase in the distance has a negative impact. The quality of education at all levels (elementary Continue reading...

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Post the global economic recession of 2009, the government announced budget cuts across states. This placed great pressure on public schools to save costs in order to continue functioning. One of the cost saving measures employed by schools in several districts of the United States was to make cuts in the school. While this measure surely saves schools a Continue reading...

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Bullying in schools is an overall issue that can have negative results for the general school atmosphere and for the right of students to learn in a safe environment. Bullying can also have negative long lasting results both for students who harass and those being harassed. A great part of the formal research on bullying has occurred in the America and other parts of the world. The issues connected with bullying have been noted and deeply discussed about wherever formal educating situations exist. Bullying involves immediate practices, for example, teasing, insulting, undermining, hitting, and abuse fellow students. Furthermore, bullying Continue reading...

Dropping Out or Pushed Out: The Impact of High School Dropout Rate Relative To High Stakes Testing Policy In The State Of Michigan

Introduction

The demand for advanced standards as well as better accountability within the US educational system has caused a nationwide raise in high stakes testing. To answer this increasing demand, in the year 2002, the act ‘No Child Left Behind’ was introduced to assure that all school children in US will get the chance as well as the resources to attain educational achievement. This act made state educational accomplishment standards and state evaluations mandatory (Cavendish, 2013). It Continue reading...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

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This vision paper is based on Jhone Dewey and William James Vision on Schooling. The paper discusses their views and pedagogical methods on teaching in schools. A brief background on Schooling in America is made. The Human Resources Management aspect of staffing the school is discussed. The various reasons for educating our children are elucidated in this paper. The future school attributes and characteristics are identified based on the feedback of the children and considering other stake holders of the school perspectives, the school of my vision is stated at the end of the paper.

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Introduction
Health care is provided in different settings. The role of a nurse in these settings is indispensable, as will be discussed in this paper. The school health community setting is very vital. This is not to negate the importance of the other settings. However, the fact that this setting deals with the health of the children warrants a special focus. This is because children have been considered very important to the future of the nation, and as such, their health. This paper delves into the role of the school nurse. In vetting this role, the paper will justify Continue reading...

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The scientific research deals with the problem of school gangs. The first section of the paper gives insight into the state of affairs in the American school system and the criminogenic nature of educational establishments, with statistics provided reflecting major social trends. The second section considers the rationales behind schoolchildren’s gang affiliation. The third part of the project provides the analysis of preventive measures and their implications. The opinions of prominent philosophy doctors and journalists constitute the backbone of the research paper.
Keywords: school, gang, affiliation, students, rationale, measures
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The issue of whether or not to institute school uniforms in American public schools is a debate that has been going on for many years. Everyone seems to have an opinion on the topic, and neither side has more convincing arguments than the other for the most part. However, there are significant advantages to instituting the use of school uniforms in American public schools, and these advantages definitely sway the debate towards the use of school uniforms in public schools. In the United States, school uniforms are often associated with private schools, because many public schools do not have Continue reading...

The Reasons Schools Contract Out their Services to Private Companies

The use of contracting services out to specialized service providers is increasing in school districts nationwide. Two of the most frequent areas where this practice occurs are in the custodial and transportation areas. The primary reason that this subcontracting of services is initialed is to save money. Many districts are struggling financially and service providers tout a huge savings while saving the school district’s administrative and other headaches in the process.
Relieving some of the headaches from administrators might sound well and good, but in truth, however, that in some cases, the subcontracting of services does save school Continue reading...

B. Thesis: Improving the nutritional context of school lunches can make a difference in health of America’s youth.
II. Background
A. Current meal policies at public schools.
B. Public Health statistics extent of problem.
III. Can changes in school menus resolve the issue?
IV. Change eating habits
C. Conclusion

Abstract

This research project investigates how parents, teachers and school administrators could work together in creating an eco-friendly school environment. While the concept eco-friendly may have an ecological connotation its adaptation to the school surroundings in terms of meals fed to our children could be interpreted way beyond this perspective. Continue reading...

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Truancy is an old problem in the society and there have been umpteen evidence of effectiveness of existing strategies and interventions in curbing truancy. Most of the intervention methods or initiated programmes focus on the school, environment, and psychological aspects that contribute to the truancy. Thus, this paper aims to delineate the importance of school-based interventions in battling truancy. In line with this, this paper discusses types of school-based programmes, taking into consideration the backgrounds of the programmes, the structures and the effectiveness of each programme, based on the collected evaluations. Also, the paper expresses the consequences, type of Continue reading...

Introduction

In today’s modern society, life after graduation is certainly one of the greatest puzzles of life. Because of the extreme job competition, many underprivileged students who were not able to continue their education up to college may end up looking for a job as their primary source of income. There are companies who offer jobs that specialize in operating heavy machinery and doing jobs which are related in everyday living such as cooks, computer technician, carpentry, artisans and many more. There are also high school students who work part time in order to earn money for their education Continue reading...

Organizational Chart

For the purpose of this discussion, the organizational set-up for a typical school shall be examined. The organizational chart for a school is shown below.
Figure 1 Organizational Chart for a School

Job Description

Four (4) critical positions from this organization are considered, the school principal, the assistant school principal, the classroom teacher, and the school nurse. Job descriptions and job guides are based on the US State Board of Education descriptions. Job descriptions for similar positions in a different educational institution may vary. Job guides for each position are listed below.

Position: School Principal

Job Description:
- Direct reports to the School Superintendent
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Introduction

Bullying in schools is not a new phenomenon but is an activity that has been in existence for ages. A good proportion of students and adults have accounts of their experiences with bullying or have witnessed their peers bullied in what a turned out to be a serious problem in the society with variant detrimental effects that range from emotional effects to negative effects on a student’s academic performance. Teens between the age of 13 and 19 year are perhaps the greatest users of the technology, particularly the internet. The National Crime Prevention Council (2007) contends that teens Continue reading...

It is a well-known fact that school is a place for students to gain a great amount of knowledge and develop new skills. Therefore, it is of high importance to create appropriate environment for such purposes. In this paper, I will describe and present my opinion considering the possible actions a school administration can take to ensure that all the students are safe and able to study without any threats of discrimination or concern about achievement in today's society. Two main areas of diversity – race and age – will be discussed based on review of the school's implicit and explicit Continue reading...

Issues of poverty, discrimination and inequality in today's American schools

The number of poor children in America today is higher with a percentage that is three times more than white children are. Today, about thirty three million people in America are poor meaning that in a group of seven, one person is poor. About 40% of black children are born into poor families compared to only 8% of the white children and, there has been an increase since 2009. Two thirds of the children born to poor families have a high probability to remain in the same condition for the better part of their childhood life. The likelihood of Continue reading...

1.1 Overview of the Topic

Middle school is a level of study that involves the transition of students from being children to teenagers, and such children are faced by both internal and external changes. Internally, they are facing the onset of hormonal changes occasioned by the onset of adolescence while externally they grapple with esteem issues and the need for freedom. Children in middle school present a complex disciplinary conundrum that requires tact and skill to manage effectively. This is in part due to idea of figuring out criteria for social interactions and in part due to minimal or lack of understanding on matters relating to respect (Eriwn, & Soodak, 2012).

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Background

This research paper illustrates ways in which a clinical nursing problem is addressed by various researchers in the medical field. In this research, a PICO question will be used as a tool that will help in developing a clinical question; does exercise vs. diet education reduce obesity in school children? Overweight and obesity are increasing in children and this has become a global concern. The reason behind this is the children’s low levels of physical activity, in concert with the rise in their inactive behaviors, jointly impelling research programs and strategies. The research and strategies are to enhance Continue reading...

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Charter schools have been increasingly sponsored as a means for supporting innovation in public schools; valued as an advantageous and growing element of the educational sector. Charter schools are tuition-free and viewed as an alternative option to public schools as they are not governed by the same state laws and regulations as public schools. The authors reported that using Meta-Analysis methods demonstrated that the effects and performances of charter schools are similar to traditional public schools. Depending on the locations, grades and subjects, a percentage of charter school children would score better on tests than their public school counterparts. Continue reading...

The term culture has been defined by many people to mean different things in different situations. In a schools perspective, the culture is looked at as interplay between three factors which are; the school, parents, and the community. Looking at all these factors, one can realize that each one of them play a very important role in the development of the school culture. We are going to divide these factors into two broader factors that have a great influence towards the culture of a school or the learning culture. The internal factors that include the school surrounding the culture Continue reading...

Psychology the Developing Child

Psychology the Developing Child

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In the current world, child development and transition into school life has gained currency across the world. Children transition stage to school is an important phase in children’s development process. Parents have been presented with myriad responsibilities for their children as they begin new roles. There are various challenges accompanied by a child transition process to school life. Parents are, therefore, obliged to get ready in facing the new role and in the development of children. There are myriad issues connected with the children transition and its application in improving the learning and development Continue reading...

Education is valuable. Every person is working hard to empower their children to get the best education. On the other hand, governments are working harder to ensure that children nationwide get good education. Despite these efforts, a many children start school but do not finish the program. There are many reasons that explain why students drop out of school without the education related while others proceed studying. Some students drop out of school, because of the financial constraints, and others - due to the social factors. A school dropout rate is a big problem affecting many schools across the Continue reading...