The Ministry of National Education has made some arrangements for decreasing the rate of schooling in pre-school education. ... The education and the schedule are similar with the high school and the most important aspect of these high schools is the education of English as a foreign language. ... Also in these important high schools, there is second foreign language subject that students have to take. They have the right to choose German or French as a second foreign language. Unfortunately the education of second foreign language subject is not as successful as teaching English but the impro...

• Word Count: 1944
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Today's teachers and schools are under pressure to improve students learning because of both State and National requirements. According to the National Center for Education Statistics; here's a breakdown of the 50 state's minimum amount of public school instruction time per year. 29 states: Require 180 days of instruction 12 states: Require between 160 and 178 days 6 states: Figure requirements by instructional hours Kansas and Ohio: Require the most, 186 and 182 days, respectively Minnesota: Has no requirements Many children in Chicago Public schools have gone from having th...

• Word Count: 1428
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Bagby grasps young readers by speaking our language. ... The Republicans call for vouchers and the Democrats call for charter schools, where as everyone else is looking for national standards in schools. ... The majority of the federal budget goes towards the "big-ticket items" such as Social Security, national defense, and medicare. ... Bagby goes on the explain that Social Security is basically on its way out and that the money being paid now for social security is really being used by the federal government to loosen up our debts with other countries and our big problem, our national debt. ...

• Word Count: 1176
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

According to the National Education Association, 55% of all public schools suspend students for no more than a week for bullying others. 45% of that 55% only suspend bullies for a day. 10% of all public schools neglect to suspend students for bullying. 77% of all victims of bullying have spoken out and claimed that despite how many times a student has been convicted of bullying, they continued to receive the same punishment over and over again. ... Although freedom of speech is allowed, according to the first amendment of the constitution, the speech must not include obscenities, defamation, a...

• Word Count: 1118
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Because of Sarah being taught how to speak by the use of Spanish Sarah has a hard time reading and writing in the American English language. ... While at home they will use both English and Spanish, however in school she is only able to use English and she sometimes has problems with speaking the language. ...

• Word Count: 2398
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I was proud to represent the great state of Georgia in Phoenix, Arizona at the Academic Decathlon National Championships. ... At my high school, I was President of the Spanish club and I worked along side the Foreign Language Club and orchestrated an "International Coffee House" in which people performed songs, dances, and introduced games and foods to the high school. ...

• Word Count: 1043
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Michael Jordan: A Lesson Achievement There are ten seconds remaining on the clock. It is game six of the 1998 NBA finals, the Chicago Bulls lead the series three games to two, and the bulls have the ball. Who will take the final shot for the Bulls? Of course none other than the greatest basketball player of all-time; Michael Jordan, the king clad in the reigning colors of royalty: red and black and wearing the universally recognizable number twenty-three. Jordan has the ball at the top of the key, he gives Utah's Byron Russell a quick fake, and Byron bites. ...

• Word Count: 2036
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Even though To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize Award, the Alabama Library Association Book Award, and the Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the novel still receives shouts of criticism because of its "immorality" and "racist attributes" (Karolides et al.). ... Some of these themes include "offensive language, sexually explicit scenes, homosexuality, violence, religious viewpoint, and drugs" (Crum). ...

• Word Count: 2168
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School