Essays and Research Papers on Education Politics

A 4 page paper which examines some of the changes in schools, or the education system, from the 1960s to the present day. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 30 page research paper that addresses specific legal issues as they apply to teaching and education. Topics covered include tort liability, negligence, law pertaining to disabled children, privacy issues, drug testing, search and seizure and others. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 3 page essay discusses the need to include these kinds of programs in the curriculum and offers suggestions on how to integrate them in other curriculum assignments. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In ten pages this paper presents a detailed analysis of the history, implementation, compliance, reforms, and other related issues associated with the federal law Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Eleven sources are listed in the bibliography.

A 6 page paper discussing how problems in society affect the educational costs of public education. This analysis focuses on elementary and secondary public education in the United States. The effect that societal problems have on public schools is shown in how they impact the students as well as how they result in ...

This 6 page paper considers the nature of qualitative research techniques in research conducted within the educational setting. This paper assesses issues like validity and reliability associated with these methods and the impact on the accuracy and consistency in measurement. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses President Obama’s promises about education reform, and what he has actually done. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

5 pages in length. Myriad social ills currently plague America's educational system, not the least of which include standardized testing, school choice, mainstreaming and vouchers. The extent to which these dysfunctions have wholly jeopardized the fundamental concept of equitable learning is both grand and far-reaching; that many factions of American society do not ...

This 8 page paper explains why the educational system of Texas is gradually losing teachers and what needs to be done about it. Low salaries and the demanding exit exams are causing public school teachers to change their occupations, which in the long run hurts the students. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

A 13 page paper discussing the “dangerous” ground of including moral education in the public schools. Among those schools that have been most successful in achieving impressive academic gains has emerged a paradox: academic excellence does not emerge in an atmosphere void of personal responsibility and dedication to the work at hand. ...

A 5 page paper discussing one central Florida's public school districts. Review of Orange County's expenditures in salaries and supplies reveals that the county's public school administrators are as torn as their counterparts throughout the state. As pressure to perform increases, it is likely that administrators and teachers will be called upon to enhance performance without the benefit ...

This 6 page paper looks at legislation and LEP programs in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. Laws in each state are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the issue of technological discrimination, commonly called the digital divide, as it pertains to education. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

21 pages in length. To understand the value - and detriment - of school vouchers is to realize the vast inequity that permeates throughout today's educational system. The extent to which this particular program has enabled marginalized children and adolescents to receive and achieve a sound education is both grand and far-reaching; that ...

A 4 page research paper that presents an argument in favor of bilingual education. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

An 8 page discussion of the relevance of school funding in achieving educational success. This paper presents statistics from Louisiana, North Carolina, Florida and several other states to demonstrate that while funding is important, it is not the only factor influencing educational achievement. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

This is a 6 page paper that offers personal views about different aspects of education. The topics discussed include: the roles of parents and the community in education, including citations related to the effects of parent involvement; administration's impact on teaching; and the impact of the student population, specifically, the need to meet the needs ...

A 9 page discussion of the role the government has played in vocational education. The author contends that through its various provisions vocational education, those educational programs which are designed to enhance an individual’s proficiency in the performance of tasks relating to either a current or future occupation, has progressed leaps and bounds from ...

6 pages in length. Education is the lifeblood of success in virtually every aspect of post-academic life. The extent to which education plays an integral role in the micro and macro levels of outcome/trends is both grand and far-reaching; that obtaining an education is many times hinged upon class, race and gender speaks ...

In this 8 page paper the writer discusses the importance of professional development in public schools. The components of planning and the ways in which professional development programs must change are explained. Bibliography lists 8 references.

This 7 page paper focuses on Spanish/Hispanic racism in colleges and universities. Research indicates that there is little overt racism but that it has taken on subtle characteristics. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing some of the uses of demographic studies, but focusing more on a demographic analysis of regions of Georgia based on data collected in the 1990 census, comparing the striated regions of the state with each other according to state averages. Assuming that all other conditions remain the same, it ...

A 6 page paper discussing Canada's debate over the relative worth of their public and private schools in comparison with each other and the results they achieve. The paper mentions the alternative of home schooling and its growing popularity in Canada, as well as parents' use of private and franchise tutors for students with ...

This 13 page paper looks at modernism, postmodernism and compares and contrasts the two models in education. The paper takes a postmodern view. Marx and Nietzsche are discussed as binary thinkers and Descartes' ideas are embraced as concepts that break the mold. Bibliography lists 15 sources.

A 3 page contention that these countries have more immediate needs to address than mirroring the long and variegated educational systems of developed countries. Establishing such systems is much more resource intensive than its immediate returns would justify. These countries need to concentrate on meeting their citizens basic needs for food, shelter, and ...