... expulsions for any student found in the possession of a firearm on school property. This type of regulation, requiring a mandatory consequence for a predetermined act, is known in the educational realm as a zero tolerance policy. Since 1994, schools throughout America have expanded zero tolerance policies with the stated purpose of maintaining safe learning environments. Research indicates that, since these ... manage this fear, schools looked to reform disciplinary regulations. School districts took a variety of approaches in order to re-instill a sense of security and prevent fear from ...

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... immense with segregation of the disabled students into special schools (435). Hence, inclusion is allied to reduced stigma associated with segregated programs. Support and financing of educational services for learners with special needs is a chief concern despite of the available resources. Antagonists to inclusion establish that provision of quality education for special needs students ... Advocates of inclusion accentuate that special schools for students with special needs are a financially unrealistic alternative. In this context, the average cost of placing learners with special e...

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... again into Junior Colleges and ITEs (Ng, 2011). Besides this, in the last decade, Singapore has seen an inflow of immigrants in search of better work opportunities, living environments and educational pursuits. This translates into a school community that comprises of pupils from different socio-cultural and national backgrounds, of which the student teacher may not have had the opportunity to interact ... -economic mobility. Thus parents see no hesitation in giving their children the best education that they can afford. This can be interpreted as purchasing the newest IQ and assessment...

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... bring social change. Students are enabled to develop insight and see how knowledge is constructed and social reality is interpreted and represented. Literature is an important segment and component of educational institutions and curriculums. Therefore, scholars and theorists such as Wagner (2005), Knapp (2004), Rosslyn (2005), Showalter (2004), and Dresang and McClelland (1999), all agree that the teaching of literature which ... ...

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... . Very often, it is the low SES students who populate remedial and special education classes, while their counterparts schedule college preparatory classes. To say that every child has the same educational opportunities may be correct on paper, but this is not a reality. But the inequality that exists in our education system should not surprise anyone. For years, research has indicated that ... ...

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... kinds of intelligence taught in our schools. McClaskey's primary focus within this topic is practical examples of MI activities in classrooms and associated assessment strategies. She states that in the educational world of authentic assessment, performance-based education, and graduation by exhibition, Gardner's MI theory seems right at home. She discusses that educators can no longer measure intelligence solely through rote ... ...

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