Print Article Page 1 of 14 A Year in the Life of an Elementary School: One School’s Experiences in Meeting New Mathematics Standards by Karen Dorgan — 2004 This qualitative research project studied the efforts of a small public elementary school over the course of 1 academic year to meet higher standards imposed by the state. The state’s department of education defined school success in terms of the percentage of students passing a set of multiple-choice‚ standardized tests in four core areas
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Nurse Educator in the Staff Education Role Stephanie Calabrese‚ RN BSN South University October 17‚ 2008 Nurse Educator in the Staff Education Role Nurse educators in a healthcare setting serve many roles and have many responsibilities and skills. They are a teacher‚ a role model‚ a leader‚ an educator‚ a critical thinker‚ an analyzer‚ and a mentor. Responsibilities include possessing the knowledge and the ability to facilitate learning‚ plan appropriate learning
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Meeting Vera‚ you are amazed at her energy. She is confident in herself as a young woman‚ as leader‚ and a game changer. Her Afro centric demeanor and her outspokenness are part of the driving force that makes her to decide to paint landscapes with poetry instead of a paintbrush. She was born in Malawi then later moved to Botswana as a young adult‚ youngest of two girls – she was always the outspoken one. Never one to back down from the status quo‚ refusing to confine herself in the boxes provided
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many school systems have banned or want to ban these items from school grounds. Why? The one says it is due to the ‘potential problems’‚ such as texting during class and the use of social media. Others say it is because they interrupt the learning environment. Whatever the reason is the school gives us‚ should mobile phones be banned in schools? In daily life almost everyone now is reliable of their mobile phones. It is the wonderful technology for communication‚ especially for high school students
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Transitioning from high school to college can be stressful when a person does not know what to expect. Although the clear distinction between the two is that high school is required‚ while college is optional; college and high school present more differences than may be expected by an entering freshman. Time‚ responsibility‚ and difficulty play crucial roles in the transition from high school to college. First and foremost‚ college includes more free time throughout the day than in high school. While
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I recently attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in a comfortable house in Santa Monica‚ California. The room was occupied by approximately 70 attendees‚ and even more sitting on the outside porch. The focus of this particular day’s meeting was step six of the 12-step program. The sixth step is stated as follows: “We’re entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character” (Wilson‚ 1939‚ p. 76). Following the definition and interpretation of the sixth step‚ the main speaker of the
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book ¨The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard‚ Ph.D. and Spencer Johnson‚ M.D. demonstrates three practical management concepts of being a One Minute Manager ¨someone who gets good results without taking much time (p.22) by story telling. The book begins with a young man who is seeking and wanting to learn an efficient and productive way of managing people. Interviewing with the One Minute Manager and the people work in the same organization‚ the young man reveals that the One Minute Manager has
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High School vs. College: Being a First-Year Student/Orientation Being a first-year student is fun! Unlike high school‚ where your first year is usually filled with anxiety and the occasional wrong-classroom mishap‚ colleges prepare first-year students with an orientation that builds a strong bond among class members. Many colleges offer additional early orientation programs (usually a camping trip or gathering hosted in a nearby city) to foster relationships before the school year even begins. Attend
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transferring from Stinson school. I rushed downstairs ‚ hungry as a bear‚ to get a snack. Then my parents called me into the kitchen. They stood there as serious‚ as they could be. They said since it was a new year‚ they wanted me to have a better education. I could tell that this was already a bad news. Goose bumps spread all over my body. My mom and dad looked like they weren’t gonna burst into laughter any second.They just came out and said it‚ “You’re transferring from Stinson school.” My dad said
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Books have been passed down from generation to generation; each story having a different meaning to each reader‚ which may help them develop as an individual. By reading books‚ one can open up to new ideas; however‚ some books can have a negative impact towards the reader. It is argued that Mark Twain’s novel‚ Huckleberry Finn should be banned from schools because of it’s racism‚ society downfalls‚ and immorality.The importance of reading this classic novel is so one can identify the importance of
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