An Theoretical School District, School, And A Classroom

School District History and Description: When deciding on a school district that would best fit for this proposal, I decided to debate which one would be best suitable for study in contemporary issues? Chapel Hill-Carrboro City school district is located in Orange County, North Carolina and is the host of over ten thousand students from the ages of Pre-K to 12th grade education (Wikipedia, 2006). This school system has also been known to be one of the top thirty seven school districts in North Carolina…

THE OAKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT BUSINESS PURCHASING 104-170 MARCH 6, 2012 OVERVIEW In reviewing an analysis of his school district’s paper buying habits, supply manager Gene Smith uncovered some interesting statistics regarding the Oakland School District’s supply ordering habits. Through the growth of the school district, purchase orders for supplies had risen to astronomical levels. Over the course of the previous year, purchase orders (including original orders and change orders) had…

The Oak Park School District is a suburban district. Our student population consist of students who qualify for the free and reduced lunch program. Also, 45% of the student population is bused in from the surrounding communities. Oak Park has been in recent years, describe as the melting pot of Oakland County Michigan. For the purpose of this interview the students will be known as G.S. or group of students, the novice teacher will be known as N.T. and the veteran teacher will be known as V.T. All…

Mountain City Schools. The Mountain City is home to the Mountain City School (MCS) district, which involves of approximately 29,500 students, as well as, a staff of 1,825 certificated personnel and 1,395 classified employees. (Peterson 41) The district is included of a post-high school educational program, five high schools, one alternative school, ten middle schools, and forty elementary schools. The administrative offices, also known as “The Hill”, view the employees within the district along with…

Abington School District v. Schempp is a 1963 Supreme Court Case that challenged religious prayer and teachings in Pennsylvania public schools. The Pennsylvania law made it a requirement for schools in all districts to read from the Bible (at least 10 verses) every day before class began. There was also a clause included in the state action that allowed for any child to be excused from the reading with specific permission from their parent or guardian. The question that this case asks is if it is…

Capetown High School [pic] Taking a Bite out of Education!!! Cougar ISD Capetown High School 1979 Shoreside Drive Capetown, Texas 73911 Principal- Scott Thomison Assistant Principal- Guillermo Altamirano Academic Counselor- Travis Cole Athletic Director- Mike Nelson Health & Fitness- Matt Tarbutton Counselor- Emilio Luna IT- John Kenna Mascot- Sharks School Colors- Navy Blue and White Motto- Taking a Bite out of Education! Mission Statement: To provide all learners with…

Recently the school board in the Huntsville Independent School District decided that it would be a great idea to jump into the twenty-first century and add technology into the classrooms. The members of the school board have read articles like “Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum?: The Reasons Are Many”, which tell why it would be a great idea to add technology into the classroom as well as articles like “In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores”, which talks about all of the new ways to…

Introduction Since IPads and other technology is being introduced into classrooms all around the world. There have been many questions going around are IPads not good in the classroom, are they a distraction? Some schools block all the games and social media on the iPads to not cause distractions in class. Some people believe that the students test scores will be better if you take the assessments on the iPad. Some students and teachers do not know how to properly use the iPads which is not good…

Madison Metropolitan School District "Action research is the process through which teachers collaborate in evaluating their practice jointly; raise awareness of their personal theory; articulate a shared conception of values; try out new strategies to render the values expressed in their practice more consistent with the educational values they espouse; record their work in a form which is readily available to and understandable by other teachers; and thus develop a shared theory of teaching by…

Kyrene School District is one of the top performing districts in the state. Nestled in Tempe, AZ, Kyrene is a school district with 17,831 students. On average our district spends $6,552 per year per student. 28% of students in this district accept reduced price meals. The most common ethnicities in our district identify as White, non-Hispanic or Hispanic. The Kyrene School District believes the primary focus of school is to provide opportunities for each student to learn and to facilitate the acquisition…