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"Preparing for Power: America's Elite Boarding Schools", 2005.
Analyzes and evaluates the book "Preparing for Power: America's Elite Boarding Schools" by Cookson and Persell.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper examines "Preparing for Power: America's Elite Boarding Schools", which was first published in 1985 and was marketed again two years later in a reprint edition published in 1987 by Basic Books. The paper shows that the authors, Peter Cookson and Caroline Persell, visited more than sixty American boarding schools as they conducted research and gathered institutional, student, and instructor data concerning the curricula, class composition and goals of these elite schools.
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"Preparing for Power: America's Elite Boarding Schools was first published in 1985 and was marketed again two years later in a reprint edition published in 1987 by Basic Books. The authors, Peter Cookson and Caroline Persell, visited more than sixty American boarding schools as they conducted research and gathered institutional, student, and instructor data concerning the curricula, class composition, and goals of these elite schools."
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Indian Boarding Schools, 2002.
This paper discusses Indian boarding schools that were designed to assimilate Native American children into the greater American (white) culture.
600 words (approx. 2.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 21.95
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The paper discusses the Indian boarding schools that represent an early attempt to subjugate the Native American culture. The author believes that the schools disappeared due to reports of mistreatment of the children and financial concerns. The author states that the schools should serve as a reminder that our nation has learned much about cultural diversity.
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"Boarding schools first became vogue prior to the American Civil War. During this time, idealistic reformers put forth the idea that Indians could become "civilized" with the proper education and treatment. Prior to this time, most white Americans had seen the American Indian population with great fear. Captain Richard Henry Pratt was one of the leading proponents of this movement and believed that he could "kill the Indian and save the man." "
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American Indian Boarding Schools, 2004.
This paper discusses the history of the American Indian boarding schools and their influence in developing ?pan-Indianism?, which connected individuals from different tribes.
2,245 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 69.95
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This paper explains that the "Friends of the American Indians" believed that education was the only answer to the "Indian problem" to assimilate Native Americans into Euro-American society. The author points out that, whereas, the mission schools were traditionally located on the reservations, the ?retraining? process meant that the government-influenced boarding schools were located off of the reservations, usually many miles away from families, so that many children were not able to see their families for years at a time. The paper relates that, although the tribal traditionalists strongly were opposed to families sending their children to distant schools to learn the "white man's" ways, grinding poverty and the overwhelming hopelessness of reservation life caused many Indian parents to consider the possibility of sending their children to find a more prosperous life.
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"Many times the child was not told ahead of time that they would be leaving home to attend the boarding school. This resulted in a child resisting or fleeing home and hiding in the woods or with sympathetic relatives. The child might also runaway upon reaching the boarding school. One student?s account is recorded at the Clark Historical Library (1999). He remembered that on the day that he left, his mother pack his lunch, simply handed it to him, and sent him off to a day school he was attending. When he arrived at the school, he was then told that he was to leave immediately. He and several other children were told to get into a truck prepared with a wire cage. The cage was to keep them from fleeing, and they were then driven to the nearest railroad station."
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The Role of School Boards, 2004.
An examination of the important role of school boards in determining educational policies.
1,458 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper analyzes the group dynamics of school boards through a general understanding of the group dynamics of a school board and a case study example of a particular school board. The writer states that this work is especially important given the current climate of public and institutional demands for sweeping change within the whole public school system.
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"It is clear through the evaluation of current local political issues in almost any community that the tasks facing school boards are varied and often extremely challenging. The tasks assigned the group include issues associated with curriculum, safety, infrastructure and last but certainly not least both long and short-term fiduciary concerns. (Hamilton & Reutter, 1958, p. 117) One example is noted in the 1994 Kirst analysis on school board reformation, "School boards play an executive role when they implement policy. Many school boards approve not only the budget, but also almost every expenditure and contract for services?.Many boards approve the appointments of principals, vice principals, categorical program administrators, and even teachers." (Kirst, 1994) This example represents an idea of just one of the seemingly all encompassing functions of the local school board."
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Residential Schools, 2005.
This essay looks at the history of the residential schools and the impacts they have had on the Native Canadian population.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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In this article, the writer looks at residential schools in Canada. The writer explains that residential schools were boarding schools for native Canadian children in which the authorities and churches tried to make the children more 'white'. Further, the writer notes that they were not allowed to speak their native languages and they did not learn any of their traditions and culture. The writer also points out that many children were abused and this still has consequences today.
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"Residential schools are a dark chapter in Canadian history. It is an example of a state-sanctioned mistreatment of an entire population and total disregard for a culture and a way of life. Furthermore the impact of residential schools is still felt today and many of those who attended these schools bear scars even now. Residential schools were schools for Native Canadian children initiated well before the Confederation. The Government of Canada estimates that "there are 86,000 people alive today who attended Indian residential schools"."
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Mayoral Control of Public Schools, 2005.
This paper analyzes the rationale for and against mayoral control of the public schools.
2,780 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 82.95
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This paper explains that, in recent years, the mayors of a number of large cities, including Chicago and New York, have asserted varying degrees of control over the schools in their cities, even though these cities often have independently-elected school boards, in an effort to improve educational quality. The author indicates that mayoral control can range from the mayor publicly supporting a slate of school board candidates to having the power to appoint several board members to having budgetary authority over the schools and the power to appoint the chief administrative officer. The paper relates that the research is not conclusive; however, in the cases of Chicago and Boston, where mayoral control has been in place the longest, the successes can be attributed to the right kind of mayoral takeover with clear authority and a highly motivated municipal leader.
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Introduction
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Rationale in Support of Mayoral Control of Public Schools
Rationale Opposing Mayoral Control of Public Schools
Likely Impact of Greater Mayoral Control
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"Citing the example of the first public schools system to adopt mayoral control, Chicago's public schools were by all accounts among the worst in the nation when Mayor Richard M. Daley received the authority to resolve the crisis - and a crisis it was: "By the time the Illinois Legislature gave Mayor Richard M. Daley control of the Chicago public schools in 1995," Merl says, "the system was by most accounts a mess. It was running a $1.8-billion deficit, schools were crumbling and student test scores were in the basement. A few years earlier, then-Education Secretary William Bennett had called Chicago schools the worst in the nation" Chicago in particular had invested much time and effort to reverse the trend toward big city government and a powerful mayoral office, so the Illinois legislature was clearly reaching for solutions."
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Improving Public Confidence in Schools, 2002.
The following in-depth paper discusses ways in which schools can improve their own public confidence in a specific school district including communication between schools and community.
9,070 words (approx. 36.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 188.95
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This report discusses schools and community relations with reference to four different models proposed by Grunig and Hunt for public relations: Press agency/publicity, information, the two-way asymmetric model and the two-way symmetric model. The author contends that it is imperative for a school board to work for the betterment of students. This paper stresses the importance of having the students' interests first, when coming up with ways to improve community relations. It also deals with ways in which to improve relations between staff and board members, parents and children by building forum structures in order to discuss problems. In addition ways in which to ensure quality education and strict discipline are also proposed amongst other issues.
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"The schools in the district should do an effective job and let the public know about the success and challenges faced by the school. The confidence of the public in the schools should be increased, by encouraging more residents of the school district to participate in the school decisions. It was determined that education is rated as the highest concern by the public-higher than crime and taxes. The schools should make the public aware of the difficulties experienced in the classroom such as: disruptive behavior by students, students disrespect for authority and resistance of the student towards learning. Regular school district meetings may help the school get suggestions from the public in handling these problems. Schools should be personalized to suit the community that it serves. All involved should be aware of their individual roles in the operation of the various schools in the district. Educators should collectively try to gain the public and legislative confidence and support. Educators should stop fighting among themselves and form better working relationships with the business community in the area."
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Creationism in Public Schools, 2001.
Discussing the controversial question about what theory of creation should be taught in public schools.
2,607 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This research paper explores the widely disputed concept of which forms of evolution, if any, should be taught in public schools. Did God create the universe, or did it stem from the Big Bang. What educators and school boards think. Current schools? policies are examined, and many experts? opinions are analyzed.
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"Since Charles Darwin published his Origin of Species, a constant battle between creation and evolution has arisen. Darwin offered a new explanation of where man came from. He believed that humans, and all other living things for that matter, evolved from less complex forms of life, allowing only the fittest species to survive and adapt. Furthermore, evolutionists, the supporters of Darwin?s theory, believe the universe was created in a massive explosion billions of years ago called the big bang. Creationists, on the other hand, believe that some higher power, usually God, created the universe as described in the Genesis chapter of the Bible. The debate over how the universe was created eventually spilled over into America?s public education system, leading to a major controversy. Because of laws mandating a separation of religious beliefs and public institutions, like public schools, a decision on which theory of the universe?s creation should be taught could not be reached. This poses a new question. To what degree, if any, should creationism and evolution be taught in the public schools? Based on current scientific evidence, waning public opinion, and the violation of the separation of church and state, it is negligent for creationism to have a place in America?s classrooms."
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Charter Schools, 2004.
This paper takes a look at the issue of charter schools and makes arguments for and against them.
2,158 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper explains that charter schools, like public schools, accept any student within their districts and receive public money. However, the schools are run by corporations and boards of directors and have no set curriculum they must follow, being instead free to create and follow their own unique curricula. This paper examines the pros and the cons of charter schools.
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"Charter schools have been gaining in popularity across the nation over the past ten years or so. More and more students are finding today that they just do not fit into the traditional public school environment. Public schools are not offering children things to maintain their interests or to develop their minds. Teacher to student ratios are at an all-time high. Homework is increasing in stratospheric amounts, even for kindergarteners. Strict codes are followed by many schools that allow problematic or violent children to be put back into the same classroom over and over again, increasing disruption and decreasing the feeling of safety of the other students, and there is nothing the teachers can do to change it. Strict codes of conduct or inflexible curriculums, poor schools with no money for appropriate supplies, and lack of appropriate accommodations for gifted students and students with special needs abounds in the public school system. Parents are frustrated. Students and teachers are frustrated. Charter schools have seemed to many to be a welcome alternative. Some even see charter schools as the savior of public school students."
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Music in Schools, 2005.
A discussion about the importance of music programs in schools and budgetary problems in implementing these programs.
1,260 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper argues that participation in music classes and other music activities helps students find success in junior high and high school, as well as boosting brain activity and the development of intelligence. It states that students who study music are more productive members of society, and they will achieve higher personal success than those who did not participate in music studies. The writer argues that narrow-visioned school administrators, school board members, and politicians do not often enough recognize the vital role that music classes and programs play in the health, happiness, and success of all students. Strained budgets and attempts to focus on education "basics" have minimized or cut out music programs in many schools, and students who do not have access to music education are at a serious disadvantage for the rest of their educational career and in their life beyond high school. The writer concludes that it is vital that music education be incorporated into the overall curriculum of every junior high and high school for the benefit of the children and the future of our society.
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"The quality of education for American students is a major concern for parents, educators, and politicians. New initiatives such as the No Child Left Behind act have been put into place by the Bush administration in an attempt to satiate the nation's desire to believe children will come away from school with the experience and knowledge they will need to be successful in life and to improve the world. Unfortunately, policies such as this do not actually take the full needs of students into account. In fact, putting a high priority on standardized test scores has deprived many schools of the ability to provide a well-rounded and in-depth education because all resources such as time and money must go towards curriculum that matches the superficial content of these tests. Even though music is designated as a core academic subject by the No Child Left Behind Act, many schools are still forced to cut "nonessential" programs that do not contribute to raising standardized test scores; the arts are among the first programs cut in most strained districts. This creates a void in children's education, because the arts are just as important as reading, writing, history, and math to the development of healthy, critical-thinking, capable students. Music programs are especially vital to student education, yet many Junior High and High Schools are minimizing the availability of music classes. According to the philosopher Socrates, "Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul, on which they mightily fasten, imparting grace, and making the soul of him who is rightly educated graceful, or of him who is ill-educated ungraceful." (Plato) Music classes are an essential part of the educational experience because of they help children become successful in school, in society, and in life."
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English in Hawaiian Schools, 2008.
Looks at the problem of Hawaiian Creole English (HCE) and standardized English (SE) in Hawaiian schools.
1,035 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper explains that, in Hawaii, researchers have been able to follow speakers of Pidgin, Standard English (HE)and Hawaiian Creole English (SE) within the same community. The author points out that the use of HCE has caused significant concern within educational settings. The Hawaiian Board of Education mandated that SE must be the only method of communication between students and staff in all school settings because educators believed that HCE use was associated with low academic achievement, low socioeconomic status and a negative community stereotype. The paper stresses that, within Hawaiian society, it is reasonable to believe that SE is not superior to Hawaiian but rather a more logical choice in that SE is easier to understand by persons outside of the community and more effective in terms of intelligibility.
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"Hawaiian students were to be encouraged to become primarily fluent in Standard English. This belief was that fluency and subsequent improvement in academic achievement would allow students greater opportunities in education and in life. Teachers were to encourage the speaking of SE in the classroom and model such speaking for their students. Because no provisions were made to support teachers and their students, the board's action essentially maintained the status quo."
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James Joyce?s ?The Boarding House? and ?Araby?, 2002.
The writer looks at two of James Joyce?s short stories: ?The Boarding House,? featured as the seventh chapter in The Dubliners; and ?Araby?, the third chapter.
1,423 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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The paper traces how Joyce tells the plight of the young boy in ?Araby?, raising the question: ?How much can man influence his environment, and how much is the reverse?? In discussing the problems faced by the main characters in ?The Boarding House?, the reader is asked ?Are people really in control of anything, or are we just slaves to our surroundings?? and ?Can man make any substantial changes in his world, or is that merely an exercise in futility??
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"The young boy in ?Araby? was faced with a challenge by some changes that were happening in his environment. The bazaar had come to his neighborhood, and he wanted to go to get something for his ?girlfriend?, who couldn?t be there herself. The challenge, which was actually a two-fold decision that he had to make, was Joyce?s way of illustrating an obvious point: ?Every person is faced with an important choice at some time in one?s life.? "
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"The Boarding House", 2005.
A look at how the female characters are portrayed in James Joyce's short story, "The Boarding House".
1,086 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper analyzes and reviews the portrayal of the two main female characters in this short story taken from Joyce's famous collection of short stories, "Dubliners". The paper explains how Joyce has painted the female characters in this story, and in all the short stories in "Dubliners", as predators out to trap any man into marriage. The paper then compares this portrayal to Joyce's portrayal of the male characters in "The Gallant" and shows how Joyce's message is that, while men are only after one thing with women, namely sex, women also only want one thing, marriage or the man's money, and this is a more base and elemental need.
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"Mrs. Mooney does not think of her girl gaining her own advancement through hard work. Polly seems to have no will or desires of her own, beyond fulfilling her mother?s desires for her to get married?Polly never objects to either male offers, but neither does she resist her mother?s constant overseeing and controlling guardianship. Every emotion of Polly?s is either calculated or dominated by her mother or both, as Polly ?had been made awkward by her [Polly] not wishing to receive the news in too cavalier a fashion or to seem to have connived, and Polly had been made awkward not merely because allusions of that kind always made her awkward, but also because she did not wish it to be thought that in her wise innocence she had divined the intention behind her mother's tolerance.? (2) The oxymoron ?wise innocence? shows how much of Polly?s appearance of innocence or desire is ?put on? with the transparent (to the reader) intention of snaring men."
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Two Indian Poems, 2002.
Comparing "Indian Boarding School: The Runaways " by Louise Erdrich with "For The White Poets who would be Indians" by Wendy Rose.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 26.95
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This three-page undergraduate paper compares "Indian Boarding School: The Runaways" by: Louise Erdrich with "For The White Poets who would be Indians" by: Wendy Rose. The paper discusses and then analyzes the tone, speaker, theme, and imagery in both poems.
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The Desegregation of St Paul, Minnesota Public Schools, 2002.
An examination of the controversy involved in the implementation process.
6,750 words (approx. 27.0 pages), 52 sources, $ 135.95
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Examines controversy involved in implementation process. Segregated education; de facto housing; Brown v. Board of Education; Busing, Racial discrimination; Civil Rights Movement. Reasons for delays in segregating schools. Funding problems. Establishment of voluntary policies such as City Learning Center & Magnet Schools. Curriculum plans. Resolution.
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"In the late 1960s and early 1970s, St. Paul, Minnesota, underwent a protracted and at times highly charged school-segregation controversy. This study examines how the encounter between patterns of de facto school segregation arising from a history of de facto housing segregation in St. Paul and the process whereby integration of elementary and secondary schools was resolved. As Foster, a Chicago lawyer active in public-interest class action litigation, noted (172) in 1963, "problems raised by de facto segregation are more sophisticated and more subtle, and they stem from complex causes." St. Paul was typical of this situation, inasmuch as housing and employment patterns had the effect of concentrating minorities in poor neighborhoods with poor nearby schools and facilities. In these neighborhoods, there were fewer property owners, fewer property taxes paying for that..."
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