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High School Dropout Rate, 2008.
This paper discusses the importance of extracurricular activities for the healthy development of high school students and for preventing high school dropouts.
1,309 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 11 sources, APA, £ 31.95
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In this article, the writer maintains that extracurricular activities are found to be vitally important for the healthy development of high school students and in arresting dropouts. The writer discusses that by creating appropriate, engaging, and entertaining extra curricular activities and by involving all the students, schools could not only expect to increase the learning outcomes of all the students, but also make children enjoy the learning process. The writer concludes that there is also a definitely positive correlation between extracurricular activities and retention and academic performance.
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"Thus regular exercise programs have a direct positive influence and certainly contribute to minimize truancy rates. A more recent student research conducted at the Paramount high school in southern California also confirms the positive results received thus far. The research design was based on a quantitative study measuring the scores on maths; science and language using standardized testing methods. The study involved 25 students forming the control group while the other two groups each constituting 25 students represented those involved in either music or athletics as their extracurricular activity. The test subjects were rated in terms of cumulative GPA, language and Math test scores. The results from the tests showed a significant difference in terms of test scores between students in the control group and those who participated in either music or athletics. In every department participants of extracurricular programs outclassed their non-participating control group test subjects indicating the overall positive effects of extracurricular programs."
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High School Dropouts, 2007.
This paper examines the disturbing phenomenon of high school students dropping out of school.
1,979 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 44.95
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The paper discusses how the American educational system is in dire straits and examines the article "Dropout Nation" by Nathan Thornburgh. The paper argues that the U.S. government lacks detailed action plans and maintains that there are varying interpretations and misinterpretations of dropout statistics. The paper asserts that by neglecting the so-called "silent epidemic," the country may be headed for a disaster wherein the nature's future will end up having more dropouts rather than a well-educated citizenry.
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"No matter whose statistics to believe in, the gist of it all is that there is a problem and the problem is here to stay - and unless somebody does something about it, it will not go away but may well increased. Although the Bush Administration came out with the No Child Left Behind program, it is still heavy in rhetoric but lack specific action plans like most political statements. This is evident when: "During his most recent State of the Union address, President George W. Bush promised more resources to help children stay in school, and Democrats promptly attacked him for lacking a specific plan. (Thornburgh, 2006)""
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Native-American Dropouts from High School, 2007.
This paper studies the high dropout rates among Native-American high school students.
1,957 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 44.95
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In this article, the writer looks at research regarding Native-American dropouts from high school. The writer notes that the problems that arose in the process of locating young Native-Americans who had dropped out of school, helped the researchers come to terms with the kind of poverty and depressing environments in which these people lived. The writer concludes that as a nation, America took most of the Indian's lands away from them, placed them on reservations, and now the U.S. allows giant corporations to profit by exploiting and polluting the land the Indians count on for their survival. The writer maintains that this should be a topic in all high schools, especially Native-American high schools.
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"In autumn, 1980, high dropout rates among Native-American students in a Montana high school district were so out of proportion with other school districts' dropout rates that a study was needed in order to come to grips with the problem. According to an article in the Journal of American Indian Education, about 60 percent of Native Americans were dropping out before finishing their high school careers. And 90 percent of the students were of Native-American ethnicity."
"In order to conduct what the district believed would be an "empirical" study of the problem, the district partnered with the University of Montana, which set up the research. The method used was to carefully examine the problem, develop instruments for the analysis, develop good techniques for interviewing, reach out to the dropouts and carefully assess the data resulting from the project."
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Minority School Dropouts, 2004.
An analysis of ways to prevent middle school student dropouts among minority population groups.
4,474 words (approx. 17.9 pages), 13 sources, MLA, £ 82.95
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This paper presents an analysis of the problem of the rising dropout rate among minority middle school students. The paper explains that this can be caused by a number of factors that cultivate frustration and develop low self-esteem among minority adolescent students. Middle school students already struggle with self-image issues, but when the added pressure of factors such as low literacy skills, poverty within the home, early pregnancy and low regard for education are also introduced, these students become lost in the system and develop the desire to give up or dropout, thus eliminating their opportunity to break the cycle of poverty by becoming educated and obtaining higher-level, paying employment. The paper examines who can be involved in changing this cycle, including the educators, the parents, and the government.
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"The educational sector is under pressure to meet the new federally mandated guidelines of the ?No Child Left Behind? legislation. Early childhood education has previously been the focus of the national goal that every child will read by the time they complete third grade. Federal and local funding has been poured into primary grade programs and technology in order to meet this national goal. However, very little has been done to face the major problem of addressing the educational needs of minority middle school students to work at keeping them enrolled in school and not dropping out. This issue is important to address since over three million minority students in our nation?s middle schools are in serious danger of being ?left behind? (Alliance for Excellence Education, 2002). These young people live throughout the country and are the products of all income levels."
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High School Drop Outs, 2002.
A discussion of factors which lead to high school student drop outs.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 8 sources, £ 37.95
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This six-page undergraduate paper discusses the high school dropout in terms of contributing factors. These factors reveal just how complex the problem of dropouts is. The thesis is underlined.
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High School Dropouts, 1993.
Provides a sociological profile and looks at incidence, causes, socioeconomics, evaluation of programs & incentives for prevention.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 13 sources, £ 50.95
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"HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT
This paper examines the high school dropout phenomenon from a sociological perspective. Specifically, the paper reviews studies explicating the demographic parameters of dropout, reasons for dropout, incentives given to schools, principals, teachers, administrations, and other pertinent personnel for helping students at-risk of dropout to remain in school, and dropout prevention programs and projects. The purpose of the paper is to compile a profile of the essential factors involved in and effecting high school dropout.
Demographic Parameters
Concerning high school dropout, Ponessa (1991) has noted that in the country as a whole, 71% of all students receive a high school diploma by age 18 years; the remainder of these.."
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Canadian Drug Laws: Flying High or High Flying?, 2005.
A discussion on the current marijuana policies in Canada.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, £ 62.95
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This paper supports decriminalization rather than legalization of marijuana and bases its rationale on the assumption that legalization is politically untenable. While the criminal elements of the marijuana industry are examined they are examined in the light that the marijuana industry would not generate the profit margins that the criminal industry usually demands if marijuana were decriminalized.
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"The legality of marijuana in Canada seems to be more of a matter of legal semantics than any pragmatic change in legal practice. As one pundit notes, "Officially, possession of cannabis is a crime and first-time offenders face a maximum sentence of a $1,000 fine or six months in jail, or both...Unofficially, the law is in tatters...(Bergman, 2003, para.3). It is this tenuous status quo that receives the most criticism while the debate about legalizing/decriminalizing or toughening/enforcing marijuana statutes receives the most intellectual attention. The polarity on either side of the marijuana debate acknowledges that the policy as it currently exists, is unsustainable. The following research and argument is intended to support the decriminalization of marijuana as opposed to the legalizing of marijuana. "
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College Dropouts, 2005.
A discussion of the school dropout problem at the university level.
2,036 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 45.95
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This report deals with the social and academic problems of students who are dropping out of school by reviewing existing literature on these problems as well as by considering different perspectives on how such problems can be constructively solved. The paper looks at the dropout problem in terms of how teachers and other professionals can communicate with students individually by de-stressing standardized measures and, instead, by emphasizing the role that technology plays in getting students back on track so that they do not drop out and think of their future in society without an education.
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"The main problem addressed is that of the dropout problem assumedly among high school students but it is also an issue for college students, particularly freshman but in all grade levels, and testing scores in areas in which the academic focus level of the student population is not as high as it could be in terms of positive motivation for academic achievement, in terms of new NCLB rules, which this report will consider
summarily. This dropout problem can be divided into many specific categories that require a holistic and complete set of solutions. Many observers fear that the future of education in these areas is being compromised by static policies that do not take facing the problem of lower test-scores and learning curves into primary account. "Indeed, we are delinquent if we pass students through the grades and award them diplomas even if they are unprepared for the opportunities and challenges that await them... schools whose students consistently fail... should meet consequences" (Gandal and McGiffert, 2003, p. 41). This is one perspective on the problem that concentrates on punishing schools that do not take the issue of academically struggling students as seriously as they could under strict new NCLB rules."
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West Virginia Dropouts, 2004.
A discussion of the absurdity of the West Virginia law concerning dropouts.
1,702 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 39.95
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This paper examines how, in 1989, a law was passed in West Virginia stating that any child younger than eighteen who drops out of school will not be allowed to have a driver's license. It explores how there are many different situations and circumstances that the individual could be involved in which could cause him or her to have to drop out of school, how, oftentimes, these situations are totally legitimate, how some situations are beyond help or control, and how no individual should be punished for responding to them.
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"The percent of poverty in the state of West Virginia in 1999 was 17.9% , that is 315,794 people out of 1,801,916 (MapStats). This is a huge number, and many of these people would need to send their children to work in order to help earn money. Some students must thus drop out in order to work and help provide for his or her family. The matter of getting a job instead of attending school is not only a matter of choice, or liberty, but it is also a matter of survival. In this situation, transportation is crucial. If these teenagers are old enough to work, then chances are they are old enough to drive. The job location may be too far to walk, and a license is necessary."
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College Dropouts, 2004.
This paper explores the issue of college student dropouts.
775 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 19.95
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This paper explains that college is nothing like high school, and students have no idea on what to expect from college. The author points out that homework, responsibility, and self-discipline take on entirely different meanings in college. The paper states that, ?College is work?, and the amount of work that is expected to be done outside of class is probably one of the biggest shocks to freshmen students.
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"The classes operate on a different level than they do in high school. Professors expect students to complete their assignments without being told more than once. They generally pass out a syllabus, which informs the students of important dates. Students are not coddled through the essay-writing process and many professors do not make a habit of providing students with study questions. Students are expected to read material and do necessary research on their own, without being reminded. There is no one to hold their hand through this process and sometimes it takes good two or three failing grades for students to realize that college is not like a game."
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Alternative Education, 2007.
An analysis of educational programs available for high school students that drop out of school.
2,819 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 58.95
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This paper examines alternative educational resources for dropout, at- risk students in American public high schools. More specifically, the research focuses on the characteristics of programs that fail and the characteristics of those that succeed. The paper concludes that there is a serious need to address the problem of high school dropout rates.
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"Some alternative schools are successful and some have struggled to differentiate themselves from public schools. The programs that are struggling to be successful have failed to adopt a curriculum that is geared toward the students that populate the school. On the other hand programs that have been successful have focused on fulfilling the needs of the students and gaining a better understanding of the obstacles that students face in their homes and in the environments in which they live. The research makes it apparent that an understanding of all these factors assists the alternative school in developing a curriculum and school environment that is conducive to learning. In doing so, these programs can successfully assist students in attaining high school diplomas."
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Hispanic Dropouts, 2002.
A discussion of the problem of the increasing dropout rate of Hispanic students and strategies to prevents it.
1,176 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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This paper examines the ongoing problem in elementary and secondary educational forums of Hispanic students dropping out. It analyzes statistics and common reasons such as language problems and evaluates the different types of strategies at different levels which need to be implemented in order to provide incentives and motivations to school districts, individual teachers and indeed ?at-risk? students. It shows how a new perspective must be developed so that educators can make an active effort to discover what motivates students that do not come from middle class American families.
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"There is a contingent of people who believe that this tremendously high dropout rate is based on the fact that many of the dropouts did not develop appropriate language skills when they came to the U.S. This perception is emphatically wrong. A recent study of Texas dropouts concluded that eighty-five percent of all dropouts in that state were born in the United States. This particular figure indicates that the problem goes far beyond the skills provided in English as a Second Language courses."
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Reasons Contributing to College Dropouts, 2002.
This essay describes the current problem of students dropping out of college and what the main causes are.
1,480 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 34.95
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This work outlines the current trend of young students today to drop out of college. It deals with all the possible causes for the increasing rates of drop outs among high school and college students. In concluding, it suggests ways in which students could be counselled and thereby prevent this phenomenon.
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"The primary aim of education is to help the learner how to learn and promote the society through the knowledge one has acquired during the process of learning. Education enables the learner to develop the facilities of mind, those powers of intelligence and imagination without which no intellectual works can be accomplished. The accent should not only be on professional competence. The primary aim of education is to produce citizens who can exercise their political liberty responsibility. Education develops cultivated persons who can use their leisure fruitfully."
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"Lessons From The Hill" ( Janet Martin ), 1999.
Reviews book on the complex reality of how a bill becomes a law, as opposed to the simple ideal taught in school, focusing on the 1990 School Dropout Assistance Act.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, £ 39.95
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Every high school civics textbook has a version of a diagram entitled something like "How a bill becomes law." The diagram outlines the formal stages through which a piece of legislation is enacted, as prescribed by the Constitution and the rules of the two houses of Congress.
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"How a Bill Really Becomes Law
Every high school civics textbook has a version of a diagram entitled something like "How a bill becomes law." The diagram outlines the formal stages through which a piece of legislation is enacted, as prescribed by the Constitution and the rules of the two houses of Congress.
A measure is introduced, in one house or the other (subject to constitutional restrictions, such as that a spending bill must originate in the House). It is referred to the appropriate committee in the house where it is introduced, and then to a subcommittee. Hearings are held, amendments are voted on, and eventually the measure as amended is voted out of the subcommittee and then the full committee, with a recommendation in favor or opposed to its passage by the full body. If the committee ..."
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