Essays and Research Papers on Education Politics

This 7 page paper examines the American education system. Reasons for the problems include things such as culture, bureaucracy, unions and zero tolerance policies. The schools are critically examined and attention is also paid to distribution issues. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing developing comprehensive physical education programs. Everyone associated with education is well aware of the struggles that public education has been facing for some time in meeting demands for greater educational results, greater accountability and overall enhanced performance. Physical education all too often is overlooked in this debate, although ...

This 4 page paper provides an overview of the impacts of community-service based learning models. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper examines America's commitment to education and the fact that the system is in trouble. Bush's new legislation (No Child Left Behind) is mentioned. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 7 page paper that provides an overview of the process of Reconstitution in the San Francisco Unified School District and suggests the reasons behind the decision of District Superintendent Rojas to reduce its use. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of bill details as well as an analysis of the provisions of the bill. The bill is analyzed in the context of politics and several politicians are named, inclusive of the bill's sponsor, Rep. Michael N. Castle. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper compares and contrasts works by Kozol and Anyon in discerning the education mess. Disadvantaged children in poor neighborhoods are compared with those who have better opportunities. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper focuses on three issues: racism, class stratification, and the role of the school. These are social aspects of education that need to be addressed. The 2007 controversy at the Boulder, Colorado High School is used as an example. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 10 page paper emphasizes the role of the Supreme Court in making law regarding the deductibility of educational expenses. Homeschooling, religious issues and other applicable topics are discussed in conjunction with this tax-related matter in education. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 10 page paper examines the different performance indicators (PI's) that are used to assess the performance of universities and other higher education establishments in the UK. The writer explains what indicators are used, how they are used and suggests some alterative measures. The bibliography cites 15 sources.

3 pages in length. Of all the debates pertaining to campaign policy, one might readily surmise how the education element is one of the most watched and anticipated where outcome is concerned. Obama's standpoint on the No Child Left Behind Act is one of disappointment and needed change; claiming how teachers "feel betrayed ...

8 pages in length. The student discusses standardized testing, school choice, mainstreaming and vouchers. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 4 page paper compares and contrasts these two theorists' ideas in the realm of education. Dewey's concepts are related to creativity and freedom in education whereas Banks is concerned with multiculturalism. No bibliography.

A 5 page research paper/essay that discusses the issue of whether or not states should provide full state funding for public schools. This examination looks at this concept as a means for equalizing funding and concludes that broadened. but not necessarily full, state funding would serve this purpose, while helping school districts to retain some ...

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts Alan Peshkin's Places of Memory with Signithia Fordham's Blacked Out, and considers the influence of culture on informing educational reforms. This paper determines the positive and negative impacts of culture on the development of educational responses in particular communities, including the Native American communities of New Mexico ...

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 ...

A 27 page research paper that examines the main trends in legislation pertaining to education in the 1990s. The writer argues that two main trends have predominated. The first trend is exemplified by the 'Goal 2000' legislation which mandates that states set national standards to improve the quality of elementary and secondary education. The second ...

A 12 page paper answering questions about the relationship between federal and local influences in public education, particularly as it relates to funding public schools. Three of the six questions ask for definitions of lists of terms addressing tax types and levies, federal approaches to funding public schools and the additional costs resulting from ...

A 3 page research paper that offers a summation of the opinions expressed in educational literature concerning the NCLB. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 5 page essay that examines the significance of the Supreme Court ruling in the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education and discusses the precedents that were in effect at the time of that ruling as well as the precedent set by that ruling. The background and a brief overview of the ...

A 7 page discussion of the educational discipline which would become known as the Montessori method. This paper outlines the societal factors of the last half of the 1800s and the early 1900s which necessitated educational change. The Montessori method was designed to directly aid societally disadvantaged children of the time, a target ...

This 3 page paper gives a good overview of the functionalist perspective as it is applied to education. The concept is explains and criticisms outlined. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

A 17 page examination of the issue of privatization, how it would affect our public school system, and how it would affect the quality of education which is currentlybeing provided to our students. Bibliography lists twenty sources.

A 5 page essay describing and contrasting an effective and an ineffective educational leader. These two leaders are described using Scott's general framework for effective leaders of change and includes comments regarding their stance, i.e., perspective, tolerance for ambiguity, security, sensitivity, commitment and so on, and their way of thinking. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 9 page research paper that examines how education was addressed during the first decades of the twentieth century. The writer outlines the educational debate at that time and argues that the structure of public education was largely influenced by the needs of corporate America. Bibliography lists 8 sources.