Tag: School
Schlesinger’s Canon Vs. My High School’s Canon
In school, whether it be at the high school or college levels, there are usually lists of books thought as being essential reading. Arthur...
The Breathalyzer at School Functions
Recently at Longmeadow High School it became mandatory to pass an alcohol-screening test before entering a school dance. This breathalyzer will detect alcohol on...
Prayer in Public Schools: Should It Be Constitutional
The courts have ruled against prayer in school. Many agree with decision; yet many disagree including myself. Prayer should be allowed in public school...
The culture of American schools
Some teachers are better than others. This is a simple and, I hope, obvious fact. But the culture of American schools is not friendly...
Will school choice significantly improve educational standards
This is the fundamental question in school choice policy debates. Are vouchers the solution or do they just compound the problem? Teachers unions believe...
What You Never Learned in High School
Welcome to a world full of sleepless nights, endless responsibilities, and computerized solitaire. Welcome to the land where coffee beans reign and Vivarin rules....
Censorship in Public Schools
-A principal in a California high school bans five books written by Richard Brautigan because he thinks they might contain "obscenities or offensive sexual...
Exploring the Literacy Practices of High School Debaters
My personal literacy development has not always been easy. In grade school I struggled with dyslexia. Additionally my family moved several times and new...
Schlesinger’s Canon Vs. My High School’s Canon
In school, whether it be at the high school or college levels, there are usually lists of books thought as being essential reading. Arthur...
Life Experiences In Farewell To Manzanar
The book, Farewell to Manzanar was the story of a young Japanese girl coming of age in the interment camp located in Owens Valley,...
Private School Vouchers
Proposals to use private school vouchers, a marketplace strategy, as a mechanism by which to improve the general quality of public education have produced...
Catholic Schools Vs. Public Schools
Many parents struggle over the important decision to either send their children to Catholic school or public school. Clearly, they should choose public school...
The role of processes in schools in producing different educational achievement among pupils from...
Differential educational achievement is unquestionable affected by different social groups however this is not the only factor that affects the educational success of students....
School Choice and the Public’s Interest
Recent trends toward privatizing schools and relieving them of state requirements wrongly imply that schools should mirror the desires of parents and ignore the...
Year Round School: An Annual Mistake
Throughout time education has been considered a process that every so often must be improved. The education quality in the U. S. has declined...
Secrets of the C.I.A: America’s Premier Chef’s School
This narrative school portraiture will introduce the reader to one of the world's finest culinary schools, and the leader in American culinary arts training....
The New Age Fashion “School Uniforms”
A group of small boys and girls all warring the same colored uniforms assembled in front of a catholic school is what I imagine...
Private School Vouchers
Proposals to use private school vouchers, a marketplace strategy, as a mechanism by which to improve the general quality of public education have produced...
The New Age Fashion “School Uniforms”
A group of small boys and girls all warring the same colored uniforms assembled in front of a catholic school is what I imagine...
High School Journalism: Breaking the Barriers
Throughout the many trials and tribulations of the adolescent years teenagers try to find many different ways to express themselves and discover who they...
The Topic Of Standardized Testing In Schooling
When first introduced to the topic of standardized testing in schooling, and how it affects us as students, I was completely neutral on the...
School Of Assassins
Due to the incredible amounts of human rights violations committed by graduates of the School of the Americas as a direct effect of their...
Year Round School: An Annual Mistake
Throughout time education has been considered a process that every so often must be improved. The education quality in the U. S. has declined...
