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Clinton's Indian Education Policy, 2002.
A discussion of Clinton's education policy of the native American population.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 12 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper discusses the new Indian education policy put into effect by the Clinton administration. This paper explains Clinton's strategy is to evaluate the role Native language and customs play in Indian education, establish baseline date, report and develop. The goal is to implement the policy within two years.
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Education Policy, 2002.
A comparative study of the educational policies of France and the UK.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 44.95
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This is a paper that discusses comparatively the educational system and policy of both the UK and France and presents a recommendation for improvement.
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Education Policies in Chosen Texts, 2002.
The paper reviews six articles which appeared in various published texts to show how special needs for individuals are catered for in the educational field.
1,455 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 6 sources, $ 48.95
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A review of six published texts to show how the special needs of individuals are treated in the field of education. Each article looks at special needs from a different angle and shows how this topic is covered by the media in America today.
The subjects and their texts reviewed are:
Individuals with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders (?Supreme Court: Private schooling for ?Confinement? Does not Qualify for District Funding.? Special Education News);
Individuals with Hearing Impairments (?Online Literacy Project Targets Kids with Hearing Disabilities.? Special Education News);
Understanding Depression/Suicide (Pierson, T. ?Suicide: Questions Most Frequently Asked.? Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, 1996);
Gifted Individuals (Berger, S. & Winebrenner, S. ?Providing Curriculum Alternatives To Motivate Gifted Students.?);
The Law and Disability (?Bush Calls Education 'Civil Rights Issue of our Time'? CNN.com)
Individuals with Learning Disabilities ( ?Adult Learning Disabilities - Moving beyond Humiliation.? CNN.com)
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"This article describes statements made by President George Bush about education including that education is ?the great civil rights issue of our time.? Bush describes his plan to make changes to education in America. The focus is especially on children with learning difficulties with Bush being quoted as saying ?we must have high expectations for children who are more difficult to teach or who have fallen behind.?
Bush describes a plan increasing funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a federal program that aids disadvantaged schoolchildren and also recognizes that schools cannot meet the high costs associated with providing education to children with disabilities."
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Educational Inclusion Policies, 2005.
This paper discusses the problems of full educational inclusion policies for emotionally disturbed children.
835 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper explains that full inclusion, which means the all children get the same education to the fullest extent possible, presents a problem with emotionally or behaviorally disturbed children that disrupt the classroom and whose needs are exceptional, requiring carefully considered instruction. The author points out that the situation for these children is made worse by behavior standards called "zero-tolerance", a policy that dictates that no instances of bullying will ever be overlooked; however, the student in question may not have better skills in place to replace bullying to meet his needs. The paper relates that one solution is to provide services in a "wrap-around" manner, a program works on all the stressors on the child's life rather than focusing only on the school day and emphasizes solving the child's problems within his natural environment.
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"Under some circumstances, it is easier to think about inclusion for a student than under some other circumstances. It might be very easy to think about inclusion for a sweet boy with an IQ around 60 who tries hard and who rarely deliberately misbehaves. For some educators, it might be easy to think about inclusion for an autistic child who has academic potential, especially if the district has a good support system in place, with experts who can help them as they learn to meet that child's unique needs."
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The Educational Standards and Policies of China and the United States, 2002.
A paper which compares the educational institutions of China and the United States with a general focus on secondary education (high school).
2,470 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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The purpose of education is to prepare an individual to be a productive member of their society. Therefore, this paper draws conclusions as to the best educational system, with specific regard to secondary education, for a given social structure. The paper analyzes the policies of Communist China and Capitalist United States. Though the paper focuses on all types of education, it has a more detailed description of policies/standards in secondary education. Also, some attention is given to describing the governmental structure of these nations, as the thesis suggests that different governments require different educational strategies.
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"When exploring the educational institutions of China and the United States, it is most logical to first examine the model that each nation claims to support and how its social and political institutions affect its educational standards. The academic model, or the ?Western model,? as explained by Theodore Chen is, embraced by the U.S. and is designed solely for the promotion of academic learning. The academic model emphasizes the school as the central place of learning. The United States, in following with this model, puts high priority on the building of schools and universities. While the U.S. education system does promote some learning outside of the classroom, all learning is designed in some way to return to the school system for evaluation. Emphasis is placed on the classroom, laboratory, and library as places of learning."
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Legal and Policy Issues in Education, 2008.
An examination of education policies and legal issues related to intelligent design and religion with schools in the United States.
1,395 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 46.95
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This paper discusses education policies and legal issues surrounding education in the United States. It begins by providing a functional definition of education policy and the importance of education policies. The paper then looks at examples of how the educational policy can go too far. The paper specifically looks at how intelligent design and religion can cause legal issues in education.
Table of Contents:
Educational Policy: A Functional Definition
Legal Issues in Education: Intelligent Design and Religion
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"Intelligent design will continue to be a significant legal challenge for educators in the coming years in the United States, but also in other Western nations. Intelligent design is the latest attempt by religious institutions to blur the line between church and state in public institutions by wrapping religion in the cloak of science. Educators who are tempted by the possibility of bridging this divide would do well to remember that their primary responsibility is to the students in their care. It will only do them harm to teach them that religion has the explanatory power to supplant science--it is the historical equivalent of erasing the last five hundred years of scientific progress in favor of medieval religious dogma. Educators should collectively take a stand against intelligent design and commit themselves to providing the most accurate education possible to their students."
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Zero Tolerance Policies in Education, 2004.
A look at both sides of the argument concerning the zero tolerance policies of the educational system.
4,406 words (approx. 17.6 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 115.95
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This paper reviews extant literature on youth violence, its extra-curricular motivations, its inappropriateness in a curricular setting, the role of television, gangs and drugs, and alcohol in creating a culture of youth violence that stems from unsupervised time, and the polemical argument between advocates and opponents of the zero-tolerance policy as it is presented as a way of reducing school violence in terms of both actual effect and perception.
Introduction
Literature Review
Areas for Further Research
Conclusion
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"This policy is restricted by nature to within the walls of the institution, but unfortunately, the root of school violence may not be in the school setting itself. In fact, most students do not spend most of their time in the school setting: most students spend up to eight percent of their time away from school, with their school hours making up only a small minority of their total time. Therefore, although the root of school violence may lie in what students are doing during this unsupervised time, during their supervised time at school, a zero-tolerance policy can target behavior at its ends rather than its means and keep the time that students do spend at school safe, with the assumption being that students will be shocked into line by a set of policies that monitors their time at school strictly enough to deter them from even playacting or fantasizing along themes that suggest violent behavior within the school itself. The zero-tolerance policy differs from school to school, but predominantly, the policy seeks to cut down on a youth culture that
too often expresses itself anti-social activities such as gang violence and drugs instead of more productive, future-looking activities."
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United Nations Policy Formulation and Policy Implementation, 2004.
Provides an overview of United Nations policy formulation and policy implementation in the context of international public administration organizations.
1,478 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper examines, through a literature review, instances of policies that were developed and not effectively carried out, as well as recent requirements for the formulation of policies put into place at the UN. It looks at how a sustained public information campaign is extremely important for the success of the UN?s attempt to reinvent its system of policy formulation and policy implementation due to all the ?bad news?, including terrorism and war and AIDS, etc., dominating the TV and print news agencies.
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"There are myriad examples of the UN?s good work ? in many and diverse areas where there are desperate human needs throughout the world ? and also, on the other hand, there is no shortage of evidence that some policies, although they were drawn up with the best of intentions, failed in their mission, or were thwarted either through no direct fault of the UN, or because the UN?s policy implementation could not match the promises in the policy formulation. One example of the apparent failure of a policy which was to be implemented was recently reported by the British Medical Journal (Tayal, 2003). The journal claimed that a UN policy designed to tackle the health and human rights needs of ?indigenous people? ? a policy which was formulated in 1995 ? has not been very effective in its implementation."
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Chinese Monetary Policy as Foreign Policy, 2008.
An analysis of how China's monetary policy has been used as part of its foreign policy to influence international relations.
3,815 words (approx. 15.3 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 104.95
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This paper discusses China's economic policies. It focuses on its monetary policies and the use of its artificial control over its exchange rate as an unofficial brief of its foreign policy. It shows how China uses its monetary policy internationally to improve its positions on trade, foreign relations, and bilateral agreements with various countries.
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Abstract
Overview
Chinese Monetary Policy
Foreign Investment as Policy
Foreign Trade
Conclusions
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"For many years the Chinese Yuan was pegged to the U.S. dollar and, until recently, this was not a foreign policy issue. However, as the U.S. as well as other markets, have seen their import markets grow far beyond their export markets and consequently maintain extreme trade deficits, the artificial manipulation of the Yuan has now become a matter of foreign policy. Many foreign markets view China's exchange regime, managed float or not, to be an economic weapon and one in which it has not been reticent to utilize."
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Federalism and Special Education, 2007.
A comparative study of Australia, New Zealand and the United States in terms of their federal special education policies.
4,572 words (approx. 18.3 pages), 47 sources, APA, $ 118.95
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This study proposes to compare current federal special education policies in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. It outlines the policies and guidelines of each nation, specifically addressing accountability standards, funding and eligibility criteria for students with disabilities in state-sponsored education systems. This research draws on current literature and statistics to provide a comparative analysis of patterns and trends in existing policies.
Table of Contents:
Research Topic & Significance of the Project
Literature Review
Federalism in Education
Education Policy in Australia, New Zealand and the United States
Special Education Policy across Three Nations
Methodology
Research Questions & Hypotheses
Data Collection
Statistical Analyses
Special Education Typologies: Analysis and Discussion
Towards a System of Best Practices: Conclusion and Recommendations
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"This first analysis will be qualitative in nature. It will review the existing special education policies relative to development and content in relation to the nation's degree of federalism and other discovered variables. Individual traits in each nation that may play a role in policy development will also be defined. These potentially include terminology, history, population density, constitutional foundations, and organizational levels of interest/advocacy groups. I anticipate that this comparison may lead to a discussion of the cultural, structural, and political factors that influence policy development and implementation, and the degree to which policies adopted elsewhere can apply across countries. If this anticipated outcome is realized, than it will be clear that federalism is not the only variable that affects special education policy in each of these nations."
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Arts Education, 2005.
An argument regarding arts education and current policies.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper presents a classical argument that the current policy towards arts education is harming the arts discipline. Specifically, this paper argues that by stressing the usefulness of an arts education, policy makers and educators who are trying to get more funding are actually marginalizing and undermining the arts by making the arts into a supportive skill set rather than a discipline in its own right.
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"In today's education system, the arts are often either minimized as unimportant or are translated into a "useful" discipline on par with the sciences in order to justify continued spending on arts courses. This places educators in a difficult position. Either they must make claims that the arts are utilitarian or risk facing program cutbacks or even shut-downs of arts programs. Although policy makers and educators can gain funding in the short term by depicting arts education as practical and useful, and although there can be little doubt that the arts do have useful applications, this approach tends to marginalize and harm arts education in the long run by making the arts into an auxiliary solution rather than a valuable discipline in its own right."
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Inclusion Models for Special Education, 2007.
This paper describes the education policy of inclusion for special needs children.
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 32.95
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This paper describes several approaches to implementing inclusion policies for special needs students. Inclusion is defined as keeping special education students in the "least restrictive environment," which often means within the regular classroom. Five models of inclusion are examined. These include one regular teacher and one support teacher; station teaching, parallel teaching, alternative teaching, and team teaching.
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"In some inclusive classrooms, one classroom teacher has expertise on the topic being taught while one has expertise regarding academic skill strategies that can be used to help struggling students master the work (Daack, 1999). This approach is sometimes called "teach/support." The curriculum-based teacher does the planning and grading while the special education teacher focuses on helping individual students master core concepts or survival skills (UM, 2006). In this approach, the two teachers collaborate, but each teacher has a different approach to instruction and brings different strengths to the collaborative teaching setting."
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Kenya's Education System, 2003.
Examines colonial government education policy.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 7 sources, $ 23.95
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Covers the period from 1920 to 1939. Discusses racial stratification of education, the colonial education system as a method to control Africans and keep them in a secondary position. Contrasts with schools for European settlers.
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"Education in Kenya during its colonization was racially stratified, with varying curricula and facilities for Europeans, Asians and Africans. Sentiment in the colony was strongly in favor of such segregation. For ..."
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On the Role of Education in a Democracy, 2002.
A look at the link between the emphasis on education and the policies of democracy.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 7 sources, $ 64.95
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This paper is a dissertation on the necessity for education in a democratic society. It deals with the problems ignorance can cause with regard to freedom and some possible explanations for these current problems.
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"The link between education and democracy is well documented. Philosophers from the likes of Plato to Booker Washington to the late John Dewey as well as many others understood this point well. As Dewey begins a chapter in his book, Problems of Men, ?It is obvious that the relationship between democracy and education is a reciprocal one, a mutual one, and vitally so.?(34). Dewey goes on to further drive home the point that with liberty lies a tremendous responsibility, ?Do you want to be a free human being standing on your own feet, accepting the responsibilities, the duties that go with that position as an effective member of society?? (34). It is these duties that are neglected in a civilization unlearned. Democracy in a true form is likely impossible, however the continuation and evolution of a democratic society requires informed involvement from all of the population. Effective involvement requires at least moderate thinking ability and knowledge."
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Education in Thailand, 2001.
Historical roots. Modern education and official policy. Special and welfare education. Teacher training programs. Educational reforms and new technology.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 10 sources, $ 103.95
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"Thailand?s educational history can be said to have begun in the middle of the Sukhothai period (13th Century) when King Ramkhamhaeng invented the Thai alphabet. Stone inscriptions of that period tell of moral, intellectual and cultural education. Early education was, however, limited to mainly the aristocracy and the Buddhist clergy (Sudaprasert, 1973).
"The alphabet was created so that the many princes of the land would be literate enough to administer their provinces and communicate with the palace in the capital, while monks had to know how to read the religious texts from which they preached sermons to the peasants. The great bulk of the people was either in service or engaged in farming so they had little need for reading skills..."
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