Recent national survey data indicate that the goal of reducing smoking among pregnant women from 25% in 1985 to 10% by the 2000 was not met. While some reduction was achieved, about 20% of US women currently smoke during pregnancy. ... The goal adopted for the year 2010 is to reduce cigarette smoking among pregnant women to a prevalence of no more than 2%. This is an especially ambitious goal given that rates of smoking among teenage girls have risen substantially over the past decade. ... Without vigorous, widespread, and innovative efforts over the next decade, they are unlikely to achie...

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Athletes are striving to be better than the best and putting their bodies on the line to achieve it. ... In short men can begin to achieve characteristics of women and women start to gain characteristics of men. ... Those great athletes were able to harness their goals and then work for a long period of time to achieve them. ... By changing the way that their bodies work they have said I am not happy with the way I am and I need a non...

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The goal of this study is to identify the impact why are you assuming there is an impact? ... Based on research conducted by Hardré, Sullivan and Crowson (2009) fix font "Rural youth (compared to non-rural) often experience greater conflict between educational goals and their family connections, and those with such conflicts are more likely to have lower educational aspirations and to delay postsecondary education" (p. 2). According to Missouri Program Assessment data - obtained from Missouri the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (http://dese.mo.gov/), minorit...

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The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians 2008 reiterates the benefits of strong partnerships between schools and external agencies; partnerships that support and encourage young people to pursue career pathways that will enhance their life-chances (MCEETYA 2008). ... In its report, titled Pathways to Prevention (1999), the National Crime Prevention Council outlined the need to integrate protective factors that facilitate young people's ability to achieve and succeed. ... Successful career programs also sketch out the trajectories of young people who in th...

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The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians 2008 reiterates the benefits of strong partnerships between schools and external agencies; partnerships that support and encourage young people to pursue career pathways that will enhance their life-chances (MCEETYA 2008). ... In its report, titled Pathways to Prevention (1999), the National Crime Prevention Council outlined the need to integrate protective factors that facilitate young people's ability to achieve and succeed. ... Successful career programs also sketch out the trajectories of young people who in th...

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Their Goals 2000 initiative gave states assistance and encouragement to adopt high standards and require accountability. ... In the No Child Left Behind Act Bush is trying to make the nation aware of those schools who are in need, but not only make the nation aware that they are in need but to help them achieve the goals that are set by the rest of the nation. ... Without being able to determine the progress or the lack of progress every school under goes the policy really can't achieve its maximum propose. ...

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In 2002, the federal government created the No Child Left Behind Act, which challenged schools to achieve results that were driven by the students test scores on state examinations (Hirsch, 2009, p. 158). ... These charter schools are independently operated by those who are committed to helping the school reached it goals, and reach economic sustainability (Finn, 2000, p.14). Charter schools are administered under a three to five year contract, which within those three to five years charter schools are held accountable to meet or even exceed the ambitious goals that are set for the student per...

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Abstract Charter schools are relatively new and are not without controversy. The purpose of this study is to understand how the people most affected by the development of charter schools (the students) feel about them. After a literature search and hypothesis development we created a self report measurement instrument based on the Likert scale asking about the education experiences of recent high school graduates from public, charter and private schools in our local area. 47 surveys were distributed using eight questions in four major areas: Perceptions of education quality, preparation for co...

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Although there was growing agreement that sex discrimination in education should end, there was little agreement as to the best methods for reaching that goal. ... Clearly, much more remains to be done to ensure that every American is given an equal opportunity to achieve success without encountering the obstacle of gender bias. ...

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While the goal of bi-lingual education for Mexican-American students has been to end their struggle in English-speaking public schools, some state and city governments across the United States have called for the abolition of these programs. ... The goal of bi-lingual education, therefore, is to teach children subjects that appear in American school systems only after "they have received a firm foundation in the subjects in their native tongue." ...

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These new ways will provide students with a better chance of reaching their goal of attending a fine institution and being able to earn a college degree. ... In order for an institution to achieve this goal, it needs to hire more experienced faculty members. ...

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The educators main aim was to create a baseline in education for employers, as the goal at the time was to make children employable (McKenzie, 1992). ... J K Hunn the acting secretary for Maori affairs, felt any racial issues would be lessened if Maori students were absorbed into "public" schools, so he worked to do this, but did not achieve complete absorption as Maori leaders were not pleased by it (Beeby, 1992, p.208). ... Furthermore, lower achieving students, who did not perform well in examination conditions no longer had to suffer the humiliation of failing an examination that...

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INTRODUCTION: To the Filipino, knowledge is acquired through education. Although they generally agree that education can be obtained inside and outside school, they believe that the primary sources of knowledge are the schools. Thus, the higher a person goes up the formal educational ladder, the more knowledge he or she acquires and expectedly, the more wealth he or she generates or produces. Being wealthy means having power, influence and social prestige. Thus, earning a college diploma means acquiring the key to economic and social opportunities. ...

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Quality education is critical to the future of America's children. However, we cannot educate our children in schools where weapons, gang violence, and drugs, threaten their safety. Many local school districts have made uniforms an important part of an overall program to improve school safety and discipline. Students resort to violence and theft simply to obtain designer clothes or name brand shoes. This instills a fear among the students and teachers. ...

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Quality education is critical to the future of America's children. However, we cannot educate our children in schools where weapons, gang violence, and drugs, threaten their safety. Many local school districts have made uniforms an important part of an overall program to improve school safety and discipline. Students resort to violence and theft simply to obtain designer clothes or name brand shoes. This instills a fear among the students and teachers. ...

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I am going to take you through a journey on the back of a traveller that is old and weary. You will recognise the traveller and will know a lot about it. The traveller is on a journey, it has been to the past, is in the present and headed for the future and our traveller is asking questions of them all. In part the traveller represents me as a teacher, and as a student in fact the majority of us have all travelled or continue to travel on the back of the traveller an in fact are all represented by the central character of this paper (The Education System). I aim to walk through part of...

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An individual report into alternative visions of education, including views about the role of education and the relationship between education and other social institutions Education for Work ! Introduction School was engineered to serve the economy and social order. It wasn't made for th...

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I was in classroom number 102 with Mr. Harry Gonzalez who taught Bilingual Kindergarten to nineteen students. The day I went to observe one student was absent. The classroom was pretty much split equally between boys and girls and all of the students were of Hispanic descent. Mr. ...

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Title IX and Its Effect on Men's College Swimming College sports are very important to not only the athletes who participate in the sports but also to the schools themselves. The student athletes bring money and attention to the school that otherwise would not have been attainable. College sport...

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