William Bennett's Influence On Education
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A 5 page paper. As Secretary of Education, there was little about the educational system that Bennett did not criticize. During his first year in this cabinet post, Bennett managed to alienate legislators and educators at all levels with his very candid remarks about what was wrong. By the end of his second year, he had more supporters. This paper discusses some of Bennett's criticisms and concludes that he had an impact. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Year-Round Schooling
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6 pages in length. In the ongoing pursuit of lowered costs, higher academic retention and expanded space, many schools across the nation have adopted the concept of year-round schooling, a trend that has students attending classes every single month with small breaks dispersed throughout the year. The controversy surrounding this alternative to the conventional education format is decidedly strong, particularly from the instructor's point of view; however, there is just as much support for year-round schooling due to its non-conformist nature. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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�Effective Communication Between Teachers and Parents�
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A ten page paper which looks at methodologies of communication between school teachers and parents, including traditional systems of reports and newsletters and more modern advances in internet technology, with regard to establishing efficient and positive interaction between home and school. Bibliography lists 6 sources
Filename: JLedcomm.wps

�History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past� by G.B. Nash, C. Crabtree and R.E. Dunn
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This is a 6 page paper discussing the book �History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past� (1997). The publication of �History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past� which describes the heated controversy surrounding the formation of the National History Standards in the mid-1990s, has in itself several controversial issues which makes it a useful tool in discussion forums in the social sciences. The authors of the text, Gary B. Nash, Charlotte Crabtree and Ross E. Dunn were involved in the selection of the committee working on the standards and have provided a background look at the events which took place during the development of the standards. Different issues discussed were the fact that while several historians approved of the constant updating and reinterpretation of historical events in the past and the inclusion of addition of multicultural issues while others believe that history as it has traditionally been taught should not be altered to any extent. The authors provide criticism of their own critics but their close proximity to the situation also provides additional limitations to the work which is provided to the reader as highly subjective in its context. Overall however, it is in a sense a historical document in its own right which like any other event from history is open for discussion or controversy and widely resembles many of the points outlined by the authors. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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�Hooked on Phonics� -- A Product Designed to Take Teaching Reading Back to Basics
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This 14 page report discusses the reading program �Hooked on Phonics� that is used to help children in learning to read and write. Proponents of the program believe that it is vitally important to understand that a great number of the children who appear to be unable to understand a concept or a set of directions are actually having problems recognizing actual words. As a result of having to direct their focus so carefully and devote so much attention to slowly and carefully figuring out the words, they focus less attention on what the text means. Children who recognize words more readily can focus more attention on meaning. That recognition can be enhanced through understanding the relationship that exists between sounds and letters in an alphabetic code. Phonics then establishes the basis for that process of decoding words. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: BWphonic.wps

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