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  • What Is the Best Way to Educate Our Children?

    What Is the Best Way to Educate Our Children?

    What Is The Best Way to Educate Our Children? Western Governors University Collegiate Level Reasoning and Problem Solving Janie Davis What Is The Best Way to Educate Our Children? Education has been in a crisis for a long time in America, but few can agree on a solution to this open-ended problem which debated by both experts and lay persons. Federal and state policies need creation and enactment for targeted assistance to schools needing improvements,

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Mike
  • Education in a Burkian Society

    Education in a Burkian Society

    Education in a “Burkian” Society The Enlightenment period was host to a variety of reforms spanning social structures and government infrastructures. There is no better example of these reforms than the French Revolution which Edmund Burke saw unfold and led him to write Reflections on the Revolution in France. Burke was strongly against these reforms and argued for tradition and rigid social structure. Had Burke written an education plan, like Rousseau’s Emile, the pupil

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    Essay Length: 2,067 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Education

    Education

    Education There are many definitions of education, many people have different options of education and how it should be taught. I however will explore three definitions. William James’ definition who was a philosopher and psychologist will be explained. I will use an online dictionary. Lastly, Webster’s Universal English Dictionary definition for education will be explored. William James states that, “Education, in short, cannot be better described than by calling it the organization of acquired habits

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    Essay Length: 486 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • The Importance of Sexual Education

    The Importance of Sexual Education

    Title X is a Federal program designed to issue contraceptives and health awareness to anyone in need and puts low income persons ahead of the list. Title X clinics are known for giving teenagers contraceptives without parental consent which is cause for alarm according to those against the program. While Title X is one of the most controversial programs, Title X provides much needed family planning services that have lowered the number of unwanted

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    Essay Length: 1,370 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Janna
  • Small Groups in Education

    Small Groups in Education

    The role of schools is not only to educate children on classroom subjects but also to socialize them and put them in a position they are not used to at home or their nuclear community. The use of small teams or groups inside a classroom environment is useful to not only teach the lesson but also help kids learn these socialization skills. In groups, children learn to interact between associates in an environment that a

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Monika
  • Brown Vs. Board of Education

    Brown Vs. Board of Education

    The 1954 United States Supreme Court decision in Oliver L. Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas is amongst the most noteworthy judicial turning points in the progress of our country. The Supreme Court jointed five cases under the heading of Brown vs. Board of Education, because each sought after the same legal outcome. The combined cases came from Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington, DC. Originally led by Charles H. Houston,

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Educational Inequality

    Educational Inequality

    The United States is a country based on equal opportunity; every citizen is to be given the same chance as another to succeed. This includes the government providing the opportunity of equal education to all children. All children are provided schools to attend. However, the quality of one school compared to another is undoubtedly unfair. Former teacher John Kozol, when being transferred to a new school, said, “The shock from going from one of the

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    Essay Length: 574 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Monika
  • Male Vs. Female Education

    Male Vs. Female Education

    Male Female Education Different people have different ideas and opinions as to whether it is more important to educate boys or girls. Some believe that the education of boys is more important than that of the girls, and meanwhile others disagree. In reality, the choice depends on what country, culture, or society we are talking about. In many nations including many Asian countries, tradition demands that men provide the family with income, food, clothing, etc.,

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    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Steve
  • The Effect on a Student Athlete’s Education in College Athletics

    The Effect on a Student Athlete’s Education in College Athletics

    The Effect on a Student Athlete’s Education in College Athletics The reason that a person goes to college is to get a better education and prepare them for what may lie ahead in the future. But it is becoming more and more evident that education is not the priority of most student athletes or some coaches. It is because of the win-at-all-costs motto that so many athletes and coaches believe in nowadays. Some student-athletes do

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    Essay Length: 961 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Jon
  • Education in France

    Education in France

    Education in France Julia Wilkinson France is a nation focused on culture. It is in many ways the "cultural capital of the world". France has always been an inspiration for many artists. Due to its strong culture and other moral factors, France is a country afraid of change and its education system is subject to this fear. In France today, the education system is very similar to what it has been in the past. As

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    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Education as a Developmental Agent

    Education as a Developmental Agent

    Martha Nussbaum (2004) writes an emotionally charged article about the importance of educating women in the global south. She disparages some developmental theories that the economic growth in a country would automatically lead to better educational opportunities for women. (2004, p. 328) Nussbaum believes that, in fact, the education of women would have a domino effect on economic, social and political growth of women. She challenges government to make education for women a priority and

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    Essay Length: 1,443 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Education

    Education

    Our Education Is America’s education system falling behind to countries like India? As America is slowly regressing, it must reconsider the lifestyle of its youth because in the near future they could be left unemployed. Countries such as India are gaining up on America because of their value placed on education and work ethic, replacing Americans in a lot of professions; to stop this from happening we must re-evaluate the culture of our youth Education

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    Essay Length: 741 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Artur
  • Educational Vision

    Educational Vision

    American public education is in a crisis because the U.S. does not towards any type of democratic reform with the inherent belief that U.S. democracy has reached its highest achievement. This lethargy extends into an American public that does not actively participate in government elections, climbing illiteracy rates among the general population and people who do not actively criticize society or fight for social change. At the heart of this, public education is not used

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    Essay Length: 633 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Edward
  • Is the Cross Training of Customer Service Effective? the Case at the Nyc Dept of Education

    Is the Cross Training of Customer Service Effective? the Case at the Nyc Dept of Education

    Is Cross-Training of Customer Service Staff Effective? The Case of Integrated Service Center at the NYC Department of Education. ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND Currently the organization I am employed with is the New York City Department of Education. The New York City Department of Education is made up of 1,200 schools and is increasing steadily as new public schools as well as charter schools are added each school year. The school system is now organized into ten

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Victor
  • New Schools for Quality Education

    New Schools for Quality Education

    New Schools for Quality Education A local issue in the community of Los Angeles is the necessity of building new schools to relieve overcrowded classrooms and to improve the quality of education. The funds that the schools receive from the board of education vary from one district to another. The schools should have more after-school programs to help the parents with their children’s education. In addition, the schools should have educational programs to help the

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    Essay Length: 310 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Mike
  • Educational Psychology

    Educational Psychology

    With the number of educational psychologists rising today, they are finding more and more ways to help out the students in our schools now. Many projects are being done, experiments being made, research being conducted, and tests being run so that educational psychologists can help fix problems that a lot of people are generally tending to have. They deal with many different aspects in their job from cognitive, to social, to behavioral problems or difficulties.

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Philosophy of Education

    Philosophy of Education

    First off let me state that a philosophy is not set, and philosophies change. They can change over time through trials or in an instant from one experience. And maybe I haven't thought this out enough or I am thinking to hard, but I don't have a philosophy of education yet. I do have ideas, I know how I want to teach and what kind of teacher I want to be, but since I have

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    Essay Length: 701 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (idea)

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (idea)

    The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is also known as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The IDEA legislation "needed to assure that students with disabilities receive free appropriate public education (FAPE) and the related services and support the need to achieve" (Jeffords 1). IDEA was created to make sure that disabled children are receiving fair and equal education and support. This act has several parts to it which include providing grants, funds early

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Max
  • The National Aquarium in Baltimore: An Educational Experience for Everyone

    The National Aquarium in Baltimore: An Educational Experience for Everyone

    Did you know that the frog species were the first animals with vocal cords? Did you know that seahorses are actually fish not little serpents or mermaids as legend tells us, and that it is the male who becomes pregnant, not the female? Did you know that an area of a rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed each second? If not, then you should definitively consider making a visit to the

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    Essay Length: 1,782 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Artur
  • Education in Nazi Germany

    Education in Nazi Germany

    Education In Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party heavily focused their attention and effort towards the German youth. It was Hitler's goal to create a super race of pure young, Aryan men so that the country would be ready for a long European war, where the Nazi's wished to expand their empire. They did this by changing what children learnt in school and creating certain youth groups for both girls and boys. These

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    Essay Length: 1,231 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Max
  • Comprehensive Sex Education

    Comprehensive Sex Education

    Comprehensive Sexual Education In 2002, there were an estimated 0,000 unwanted teenage pregnancies and over 15,000 new cases of HIV among 15-21 year olds in the United States. Most of these cases occurred because the teens did not know how to use contraceptives and protection effectively when engaging in sexual behavior. The type of information a student receives from sexual education, if they receive any at all, can either prevent or accelerate the negative consequences

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Mike
  • Case Brief: Denver Area Educational Consortium V. Fcc , 518 U.S. 727

    Case Brief: Denver Area Educational Consortium V. Fcc , 518 U.S. 727

    CASE BRIEF Communications Law & Ethics 1. Title and Citation Denver Area Educational Consortium v. FCC , 518 U.S. 727 2. Facts of the Case Various regulations implementing the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act, which regulated indecent and obscene programming on cable television, violated the free speech rights of cable access programmers and cable television viewers under the First Amendment. 3. Issues It involves three sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: regina
  • Education: Kepping Close to Home

    Education: Kepping Close to Home

    In the essay “Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education” by Bell Hooks, she argues against the statement that “assimilation is the way to gain acceptance… for those in power. Seeing from her college experiences and from other examples, one can argue that one can survive by staying true to one’s cultural identity. My personal beliefs lead me to support Ms. Hooks in this argument that assimilation alone is the only way to survive.

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: David
  • Prime Time for Education

    Prime Time for Education

    Prime Time for Education It would be a wonderful world if we could give our children a better future. Why not start by filling their little minds with a handful of education at an early age? In Arizona it has been a controversial subject on whether to fund full day kindergarten. In my research on the subject and the experience I have had with my own children full day kindergarten is all around a wonderful

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Foundation of Education

    Foundation of Education

    Philosophy Of Education What is the goal or the purpose of education? What is education for? My definition of education would be to learn or to gain knowledge of something through the teaching of others or through ones self. One of the definitions from the Webster's dictionary states that education is the activities of educating or instructing or teaching, activities that impart knowledge or skill. Both definitions of education appeal me the most important two

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    Essay Length: 1,716 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Wendy

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