A Uniformed School Day Uniforms have been a key element in promoting a successful, safe and unified establishment. Those successful establishments could possibly include a private high school, a sporting team, or even a business. Typically, private schools enforce the policy that a uniform most be worn by all enrolled students. But why hasn’t the majority of traditional public schools, developed uniform policies? Benefits of uniforms within schools may include, students feeling more professional
Violence in our Schools Children today are growing up in an increasingly violent atmosphere, both in society in general and in their schools. While there is no easy answer as to how to end this violence once and for all, we can look at some of the causes and take steps to contain that which we can. The main contributing factor in all recent school shootings has been the shooters’ feelings that they were bullied by and alienated from the rest of the children and were made to feel that they were
in the field of education want to provide students with an optimum learning experience by creating a favorable atmosphere (Lane & McWhirter, 1992). Dauber and Epstein stated that a healthy learning environment in school can lead to academic achievement (as cited in J. Noaks & L. Noaks, 2009). Within existing educational structure opportunities for empowerment of students is limited, according to Wyness (as cited in Sellman, 2011). Educators spend more time teaching pupils how to be good citizens
safe are our children at school? This question is asked every time we hear about a school violence in the United States. The federal government passed the Zero tolerance policy in 1994 which required students found in possession of guns, knives, drugs and alcohol to be expelled from school. Zero Tolerance policy came into limelight in 1999 Columbine school shooting, where two students killed 13 and injured 24 others. Schools have zero tolerance policies to keep the students disciplined and to prevent
1. There are three goals in multicultural education. None are necessarily more important than the other but they are vital to ensuring that every child, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, age, or ability, are granted the same level of education they need to succeed. The first is tackling inequality and promoting access to an equal education. Many minority children will have already been faced with some form of discrimination by the time they’ve reached the classroom. It is the teacher’s job to
Imagine a student falling asleep in class or even not completing their class work in time because they were too tired that day. The teacher comes up to them and questions why they are sleeping during the class. Tons of students in public schools would use the same old excuse saying that they did not get enough sleep the night before. Sadly, this excuse is true for most people who use it. How come it is true most of the time? That is because these students stayed up late at night completing assignments
Violence in our schools is an issue that has become more prominent in the last few years. News articles about violent deeds within the school setting are on the increase. Our society demands that schools are safe for our children. In order to maintain a peaceful environment for all, we must address and inform our schools, children, and parents as well as the neighboring communities about the issue of school violence. As David W. Johnson, the author of Reducing School Violence states, “To eliminate
into something much more complex than that. The challenges our Educators are experiencing today are far more different than the ones they faced ten years ago. Technology has introduced some valuable tools that has vastly improved the way school administrators and parents are educating their children, but this type of advancement came with some risks. The influences of social media and the need to “keep up with the jones”, amongst other things, has caused our educational environment to changed drastically
Plan includes (CASEL, n.d.): STEP 1-Conduct SEL---related resource and needs assessment (District Strength Inventory) across the district and schools. STEP 2- Develop a district-wide vision that prioritizes academic, social, and emotional learning for all students. STEP 3- Develop expertise in academic, social, and emotional learning theory, research, and practice at the central office level. STEP 4- Design and implement effective professional development programs to build internal capacity for
energy on the encounter.” Similarly, in 2012, Zawn Villines stated, “Texting encourages rapid-fire, single-sentence thoughts, but this style of communication isn’t conducive to face-to-face communication. Consequently, people who text a lot may be more uncomfortable with in-person communication.” Taking this information into account, it becomes clear that cell phones have essentially decreased face-to-face socialization and have socially affected those who use cell phones as a main source of communication