In Public Schools

Education- Raising Standards and Responsibility for Future Hope

While many people might cite the failure of parents as a main reason for the many vulnerable children in the education system, there is at least one man who believes that someone else needs to be held responsible. President Obama gave a speech on September 8, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia that was broadcast across the nation. It was about public education. It was about children succeeding in school to create a hope for a better future. But it wasn’t about the lack of responsibility by parents or teachers. It wasn’t about children learning their values and discipline from their role models. It was simply about children taking responsibility for their own education. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Debate and Opposition Surrounding the President’s Speech

When President Obama addressed the nation’s students on September 8, 2009, not everyone was inspired. In fact, many conservatives and other right wing critics were all but appalled at the claims that were made. The fear of Socialism has caused many people to ignore the message for the sake of attacking the messenger. Many times in life, people end up in a position where they have this same reaction. If you trust the messenger, you will likely trust the message that they are spreading. If you do not trust them, you’re not going to believe what they teach. Therefore, it’s not surprising that most of the opposition to the speech came from those who already didn’t believe in President Obama before he even began. Read the rest of this entry »

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Parents as Role Models for Children in Public Education

The public education system is a collective forum that belongs to the entire nation. It is not about wrong versus right, good versus evil, or any other competition. It is about coming together as a country, recognizing that there are issues that need to be resolved, and working together to resolve them. People have the right to free speech, free press, and all of those things that make life in America so desirable and worth living. The ability to use a forum like this site to create discussions, launch healthy debate, and speak about what each person believes to be most important is invaluable to those freedoms. Read the rest of this entry »

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Dealing with Children and Conflict Resolution

Dealing with anger can be a complicated issue for any parent, teacher, or other adult involved in the lives of children. There are many different things that need to be considered and looked into when choosing how to effectively deal with anger. The most important issues that will surface include: control, stress and stressors, when other emotions present as anger, and how to teach children to properly deal with anger and conflict in their lives. There are four faces of anger that you should be aware of: Read the rest of this entry »

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In Schools -  Bullying, Victims, and Intervention

Violence in schools is a serious, albeit overly talked about topic. When people discuss issues that impact the public schools systems, violence is one of the most popular issues. However, talking about does not serve to rectify the situation or make things better for anyone. There needs to be a preventative method for dealing with anger and violence in schools before it becomes an issue that simply has to be cleaned up. Fighting back against violence seems to be on the top of everyone’s agenda, but aside from locking the doors and enforcing ‘zero tolerance’ policies, schools aren’t really doing a lot to prevent the issue. How about a little compassion? Read the rest of this entry »

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Gaining Control and Establishing Discipline

Anger management is a serious issue among school age children. Aggressive behavior can be triggered by many different events in a child’s life. These events can happen at home, at school, or out in the world that we live in. what is important is learning how to recognize the early signs of anger problems and dealing with ways to resolve and control anger before it gets to an unmanageable point. Punishment is effective enough, but often causes more rebellion than what might have happened in the first place. Read the rest of this entry »

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Between The Races In Public School Education

America is a land of great cultural diversity. Nowhere else in the world can you reasonably expect to find people of so many different races, colors and creeds living in relative harmony with one another. The founding principles of our country focused on all men being created equal, and to a large extent this is lived out, at least on the surface. One of the inalienable rights that are afforded to US citizens, regardless of whether they are African American, Latino, Asian or Caucasian is access to education. All American children are entitled to a free public school education. The truth is though, there may be a wider gap then is depicted that we still need to close between the educations that you get at public schools, depending upon where they are located. And, some gaps are larger in some schools then in others. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Many Sounds

As parents look for activities that will bring the family together in quality time, Song Producer gives opportunity like parlor games and Nintendo to have family members not only become creative but challenge the other’s music capacity for creativity.  There is relevance to the old adage that “the family that plays together, stays together.”  For years, Monopoly and landing on the Boardwalk or Park Place challenged competitive egos.  Today, with “American Idol” and “Dancing with the Stars,” music is taking its place as an activity, either for family members to watch together or as a challenge for the development of individual talent. Read the rest of this entry »

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Why Home Schooling

How American Education is Coming Full Circle

In the early days of American education, most children received their education at home. Though there may be a small school available, it was often only attended by the boys in the family. Girls were kept home, and taught the bare basics of reading and arithmetic by their mothers and grandmothers. Of the boys that did attend school, many of them would not attend much into their teens, when they would be called upon to work on the family farm, or in the family business. Over time, the scope of education expanded, and students, male and female began attending school in greater numbers, for longer periods of time. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Parents’ Role in Creating Discipline, Stability, and Values

When a child is asked to repeat a grade in school, the outcome is almost never a positive one. There are, of course, many things that can be done to prevent this problem and curb any chances early on of a child falling behind. If you are able to create a positive and encouraging environment in the home then that can transpire into the child’s educational setting and stop a lot of the problems before they start. If you’ve already reached the point beyond prevention, dealing with the issues is something that must be done at once, and done properly. Read the rest of this entry »

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