Implementing The "No Child Left Behind" Act
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5 pages in length. Contemporary society has a significant challenge on its hands: to provide students with a strong enough education to meet the ever-growing standards imposed by society. As a means by which to address this tremendous need, President Bush instituted the No Child Left Behind Act, which calls for the implementation of solutions to what he deems as the ten most important concerns within the nation's school system: Achieving Excellence Through High Standards and Accountability; Improving Literacy by Putting Reading First; Improving Teacher Quality; Improving Math and Science Instruction; Moving Limited English Proficient Students to English Fluency; Promoting Parental Options and Innovative Programs; Encouraging Safe Schools for the 21st Century; Enhancing Education Through Technology; Providing Impact Aid; and Encouraging Freedom and Accountability. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Inadequate Educators: Issues of Liability
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A 5 page discussion of the growing concern over unqualified and ineffective teachers and educational administrators. Examines the legal background which keep these employees in place and the potential liability of doing so. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Increasing Education Value Through the Use of Increased Funding
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This five-page-paper presents a discussion on the need and use of increased funding to the American public school system. Bibliography lists one source.
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Inequalities in Education
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This 5 page paper focuses on Jonathan Kozol's book Savage Inequalities that highlights qualitative differences in educational districts around the nation. The system is criticized for not being fair to districts that contain a high number of minorities. Solutions are explored. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Inequality in Education
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A 6 page argumentative essay arguing that only the government (State and Federal) can repair the current educational system. Even though parents who can afford it are sending their children to private schools to make up for the government's error, many parents cannot do so. Therefore, the federal guidelines handed down by President Clinton may be the only solution for most of the children in public school today. In any case, based on the evidence, the public school system must be reformed for future generations. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Influence of Corporate Capitalism/Education
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A 9 page research paper that examines how education was addressed during the first decades of the twentieth century. The writer outlines the educational debate at that time and argues that the structure of public education was largely influenced by the needs of corporate America. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Influence of Language
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Language is the determining factor to the basic tenets of life and living. Language is what defines the human race and sets it apart from the animals and minerals. This 5 page paper explores a number of theories and circumstances that reveal the influences of language on society. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Integration After Brown v. Board Of Ed
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The Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) decision is highlighted in this 8 page paper that looks at school segregation. Several cases, such as Missouri vs. Jenkins (1990), which have served to demonstrate a reversal of the original order, are included. The paper concludes that despite the problems with Brown, which are also noted, integration is sorely needed in a society that is still racially divided. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Is Affirmative Action Constitutional?
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6 pages in length. The real life application of affirmative action is anything but what it was originally designed to address. Double standards are prevalent throughout educational institutions as minority groups have been instrumental in taking advantage of a system that was supposed to offset racial discrimination, not make it worse from the other direction. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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John Dewey and James Banks On Education
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This 4 page paper compares and contrasts these two theorists' ideas in the realm of education. Dewey's concepts are related to creativity and freedom in education whereas Banks is concerned with multiculturalism. No bibliography.
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John I. Goodlad's "What Schools Are For"
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4 pages in length. Wholly dissatisfied with the manner by which contemporary academics prepare children for the challenges of living in a democratic society, John I. Goodlad contends that the school system has all but failed in its objective. His "What Schools Are For" describes in great detail, infused with the author's obvious anger, how the fundamental purpose of education has completely fallen by the wayside when otherwise failing students are being pushed through the system because of pressure, apathy or both. No additional sources cited.
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Kozol And Savage Inequalities
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Jonathan Kozol has become the 'Ralph Nader' of education, only his message is centered on the inequalities brought about by disparities in educational opportunities rather than finding the defects of products on the market. This 5 page paper answers a series of questions concerning the book, Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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