Public schools are schools that are provided by state and federal funding. Ninety percent of the children today in America attend public school. Private schools include both parochial schools and non-parochial schools. According to a special report published by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in 2002‚ in 1999–2000‚ approximately 27‚000 private schools accounted for 24 percent of all schools in the US and 12 percent of all full-time-equivalent teachers. Clearly‚ there are many
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My philosophy of the role of the school counselor is that school counselors play a tremendous role in the life of their student and is very important for us‚ school counselors to be aware of our role in the students’ life. We play a big role in their development of different areas such as personal development‚ career/academic development‚ and social development. As stated by Erford (2010)‚ The range of concerns and problems that professional school counselors are expected to address continues to
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School Safety In the last decade‚ school violence cases have drastically increased. Between 1997 and 1999‚ there was a rash of school shootings‚ the most notable occurring at West Paducah‚ Jonesboro‚ and Columbine. These examples are just a few instances in the long list of tragedy that occurs in the school setting. There is a broad spectrum of school violence and misconduct that keep school officials on alert: handbook violations‚ drug use‚ harassment‚ bullying‚ fighting and school shootings
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There are numerous educational issues teachers‚ school administrators‚ parents‚ and students face each and every day ranging from acceptable dress codes to Common Core standards to teacher assessments to effective sex education‚ but none as life threatening as the issue of gun control. Many schools across the nation have been the unfortunate victims of violent crimes. In 1999‚ 12 students and one teacher were fatally shot at Columbine High School in Colorado. In 2007‚ 32 college students were shot
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School Uniforms Many public schools are now going to some form of dress code or school uniform for its student’s body. Take a stand for or against a dress code or uniforms. I’m for school uniforms for it’s a great idea for schools to implement a policy on school uniforms because statistics show that students who wear uniforms make better grades‚ then the students aren’t distracted on what others are or aren’t wearing. Students would feel a sense of equality with one another as they are wearing the
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This paper is for adolescents who have started a sport in middle school or grade school and want to play at a high school level. Soccer is a sport that changes skill level. For instance‚ I remember when I was playing midfield in middle school. It was one of our biggest games and we were down in the second half. The other team had the ball and it looked like they were going to score again to put the game out of our grasp. A forward from the other team was dribbling at me. I stabbed at the ball‚ got
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it’s a one-day story” (as qtd. in Kemp). Barack Obama‚ as well as the residents of the once top-notch country of America have witnessed in disgust the well-known‚ unfortunate phenomenon that has faced the nation since the eighteenth century‚ school shootings. School violence is arguably one of the most controversial topics in America‚ mostly because the causes and methods of prevention are debated frequently. The only undoubtable detail is how catastrophic the outcome is. The devastating issue has only
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focuses on charter schools and the legislation related to charter schools. A focus will be on policy and the major driving force the policy and how it affects academic achievement across the state. The controversial charter school is one proposed method to provide a better education to students. A charter school is a school which receives public funding but operates independently. Charter schools are an example of alternative education. The accountability for charter schools is typically the same
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A six-year-old boy is expelled from his school. This child is merely worried about his friends making a fool out of him‚ but a lot more is at stake than a little teasing. The boy will have this black cloud circling above him his whole life. The black mark will affect acceptance into college‚ finding a job and every part of his life and the boy may never be successful because of this one mistake he made while he was too young to truly understand what he did wrong. What is so bad about that fun little
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Attending driving school in Toronto is a fantastic idea for just about anyone. If you have never had a license before‚ you may even be required to attend certain driving education courses‚ receive driving practice lessons‚ and log in so many hours driving on the road before your license can be issued. Going to this type of school to prepare for your licensing exam is a great idea because it gets you started driving correctly‚ you get quality and personal driving instruction‚ it may take less time
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