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School Governance
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A 10 page paper that discuses school governance in California. Topics discussed include: school board, elections, term of office, relationships between the school board and the superintendent, accountability, policy manuals and the general operations of a school district. The writer describes the operations in one hypothetical school district, the administrative team, budgeting, ongoing committees, and communication between and among different personnel. In general, this paper is an overview of the management and governance of a school district. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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School Governance/Who Should Run The Schools?
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A 3 page research paper that discusses the changing nature of school administration. The writer discusses emerging forms of school administration, which focus on distributed leadership that includes teachers and parents. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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School Guidance Counselors - Working With Parents
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This 4 page paper begins by explaining that effective communication skills are the counselor's greatest tool when working with parents. The writer emphasizes listening skills. The writer also provides the techniques from family systems concepts as another process to use when working with parents. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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School Inequality In The Kansas City Metropolitan Area
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10 pages in length. Attaining academic achievement in today's ever-stringent and ever-changing society is a challenge at best; at its worst, it represents the struggle between success and failure, both in an economic and personal sense. Students are forever faced with a shifting landscape of technological, scholastic and social requirements; that certain portions of this population are wholly incapable of reaching the requisite plateau before moving on to college speaks of an educational system that is not able to properly prepare students for the life challenges ahead. One such population in Kansas City's metropolitan area – ethnic and economic minority students – reflects a group of students whose best attempts often leave them floundering against such inequitable evaluation procedures as standardized testing. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: TLCKansas.rtf

School Issues/Two Views
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A 3 page essay that discusses the views presented in two texts. George S. Counts and Ivan Ilich present very different visions of social reform via changes in the US educational system. Counts' book, while published in 1969, was originally copyrighted in 1932, and, therefore, addresses social issues and educational philosophy, such as the Progression theories of John Dewey, which were current at that time. Basically, Counts argues that it is the duty of the educational system to enable a socialist, utopian vision for America's future via indoctrination of the America's schoolchildren. Illich, writing in 1970, on the other hand, would reject the entire paradigm of schools, as they exist, and substitute informal learning "webs" or "networks," which allow each person to define and seek knowledge on an individual basis, free from the imposed labels of a class-structured society. Both writers make good points, but both arguments present problems. No additional sources cited.
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School Leadership
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A 3 page research paper that discusses the topic of school leadership and what research tells stakeholders about this topic. Leadership research and literature pertaining to school environments shows that educational leadership is a factor that is significant to the role of all stakeholders, not simply that of formal administrators, such as principals (Wallin, 2003). Successful school leaders require a complex blend of "knowledge, skill, theory, disposition and values" in order to achieve and sustain students learning goals (Halverson, 2004, p. 90). Literature on this topic shows that administrators, teachers, parents and even students must all contribute to the leadership equation for a school to enjoy success (Wallin, 2003). Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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School Leadership
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This 5 page paper discusses certain aspects related to school leadership. These include comments and/or discussions about legal and ethical concerns, types of research regarding the topic and leadership theories and styles. Two theories and styles are discussed, transformational and servant. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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School Leadership And Inclusion
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This 50 page paper is a comprehensive study of the issues of inclusion, ethics, morals and educational leadership. The introduction discusses leadership, educational leadership, the moral dilemmas in leadership and the intersection of various forces. The Rationale and Purpose section is short and comments on why the study should be conducted and the purpose of the study. The literature review has a number of subheadings that include: legislation and regulations that govern special education; the principles underlying IDEA; ethics (justice, care, critique, professionalism); the history of ethics and morals in special education, which also brings the ethic of choice and the ethic of character into the discussion and a discussion of the overrepresentation of certain minority groups identified as special education students; the effects and results of inclusion according to research studies; the roles and responsibilities of school administrators and how they have changed, what is needed to establish an ethical school and an inclusive school; and the final section discusses the moral and educational dilemmas school administrators face. A great deal of data are included. bibliography lists 28 sources.
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School Leadership And Student Achievement
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A 14 page paper. In today's world, the school leader is expected to take on and be responsible for a myriad of diverse activities. This essay discusses the impact of school leaders on student achievement, the impact of leadership changes, the history of leadership theories, a description of three specific theories, the differences between and among the three specific leadership theories. the writer also discusses school culture and its effect on student outcomes. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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School Personnel: Recognizing Manifestations Predictive Of Bullying
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9 pages in length. Aggressive, bullying children present a specific challenge to school personnel, inasmuch as their behavior must be maintained in such a way that does not inadvertently antagonize the situation. Teachers are often faced with the grim reality that nothing they say or do will ultimately help diffuse the child's aggressive behavior toward his or her classmates if the school is not prepared to step in and take action. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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