A Proposal to Reduce Highschool Hispanic Drop-out
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A 12 page research proposal designed to evaluate the effects of a specialized class on Hispanic dropout. The author suggests that twenty-two students be randomly selected from a school and entered into a special program emphasizing positive educational networks and continuous exposure to material patterned after the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). The idea is to compare these students pre and post test scores as well as their future drop-out rate to other Hispanic students in the school. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPedHisp.rtf

A Proposed Study for Evaluating the Benefits of Ability Grouping
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This 6 page paper looks at the benefits and detriments of tracking. Several articles are reviewed and a proposal for an experiment to show whether or not ability grouping is beneficial for gifted students, as well as other groups, is made. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: SA138SpE.rtf

A Reflective Paper on an Interview with a Gifted Individual
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of an interview with a person who is gifted, and considers the nature of peer relations and challenges. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MHInGift.rtf

A Sensitive Awareness To Disabilities On Campus
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On college and university campuses throughout the United States Awareness Programs have been - and are continuing to be - formed that provide a means whereby attitudinal, as well as physical, barriers to the integration of disabled people are questioned in the hope that they might be understood and, eventually, eradicated.. This 7 page paper provides a background into the need for awareness programs, explores the programs that are currently in use and leads into the use of sensitivity training. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWdisawa.wps

Abuse in the Aboriginal Residential Schools in Canada & The Mushkegowuk Cree of Fort Albany, Ontario
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This is a 10 page paper discussing abuse in Aboriginal residential schools in Canada and in particular that in Fort Albany, Ontario. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries in Canada, the federal government in partnership with a number of religious organizations ran over 130 “residential schools” for Aboriginals. Originally intended to promote the assimilation of the Aboriginal people within white society, by the time the majority of the schools closed in the 1960s and 1970s, it soon became obvious that in addition to religion and education being promoted within the schools, so too was a horrific amount of physical and sexual abuse being performed. Generations of Aboriginals who passed through the schools have suffered a great deal from the abuse and are trying within their own communities to heal from their ordeals. The federal government in addition to providing funding to aid in the healing programs has also released a formal Statement of Reconciliation and several actions plans for the communities. The Mushkegowuk Cree of Fort Albany, Ontario is one such community affected by the horrors experienced in their residential school. Ste. Anne’s residential school in Fort Albany run by the Roman Catholic diocese has not only be accused of hundreds of cases of physical and sexual abuse but was also known for its use of a home-made electric chair with which it punished and tortured its students. In addition to a number of legal claims against those who ran the school, the community has also undergone a recent rejuvenation process which has included the renovation of the old school in addition to the building of a new educational complex where the children do not have to leave their families for their education; one of the many needed steps for healing. Some tutorial language is used throughout and inserted with square brackets to assist the customer with the writing process. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TJMCree1.rtf

Academic Achievement and Children from Single or Two-Parent Homes
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This 10 page report discusses the differences that exist in academic achievement of children from a single parent home and those from homes in which two parents are present. Convincing arguments have been made for all sides of the question. In fact, there are those researchers who believe that it is not possible to accurately determine a child’s academic progress or capability based on just the issue of whether they are from one- or two-parent family homes. For example questions should be asked about socio-economic status, whether the child has a meaningful and positive relationship with the parent living outside the home, and if the child’s parent has never been married, has been widowed rather than divorced, and whether or not one of the parents is a step-parent. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BWacad12.wps

Academic Performance of Children in Care
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There is a great deal of evidence that shows children looked after by the state perform poorly at school, gaining low grades and few qualifications when compared to the general populace. This 12 page paper considers how and why this disparity in academic performance occurs and what can and is being done to improve education for children in care. The paper focuses on the UK. The bibliography cites 11 sources.
Filename: TEcarepr.rtf

Accountability and Assessment in One School Setting
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This 12 page paper outlines the issues of accountability in the educational setting, and the use of specific types of assessments. This paper considers these issues in a single school setting. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: MHEduQua.rtf