Kathryn Baker: Appropriate In The Classroom

Barbara Jordan was an African American woman who studied law at Boston University in 1959. In a time were the movements changed the world dramatically, and then the mobs. Jordan was in the middle of an environment that was unfriendly because she had a difficult time understanding the concept of the school work. She would pile herself in textbooks night after night. Since it was 1959, Jordan was the oddball in Boston University. Her professors would occasionally have a “Ladies Day” to some extent. (223) The males were the one who got called on the most. To prepare for the classes, she would study with a group instead of being by herself. With a small group, six to seven people began to discuss law with facts, cases and findings. Barbara Jordan noticed that the study group, she felt that the group work was more education then anything else. The new finding of “ Becoming Educated”, she could comprehend materials

When posed with the question whether schools have grounds to punish students for their off-campus online speech, J expressed that the implications of the question are quite broad and require some nuance in approach. Public schools do have grounds to punish students for their off-campus online speech, but only in limited and specific circumstances. Threats of violence and harassment (such as cyberbullying) directed at members of the school community should certainly be dealt with by school administration. However, online speech that is merely controversial or vulgar, without threatening the safety of a specific person or groups of people, should not be addressed by school administrators. S agreed that public schools cannot control what a student says online off-campus except when it involves the safety of the school and/or students. If a student threatens to bring harm to others, be it staff or their peers, the principal

Kate Garnett wrote an article entitled from What Are Classrooms like for a Students with Learning Disabilities. In her article she talks about what a general classroom is like to a student with disabilities and how it affects the students. Firstly, she mentions about the classrooms being very crowded where one can be easily distracted. Not every student can give proper attention to the tutor’s question or the topic and very little progress of the student is monitored. So, the good students excel their class but others remain in confusion. She also mentions about the private talk with teachers being difficult and also school life is very activity focused. The student with learning disabilities may feel overwhelmed. Most of the student’s

Court ruled that the student’s free speech rights were violated by the school district. The profile J.S. created didn’t disrupt school learning(DocD). 75% of girls and 83% of boys have never been cyberbullied. The problem isn’t an epidemic (DocA). This person got suspended for writing what they wanted.

Recently, the Oregon legislature passed Senate Bill 1555 (2012), amending the state’s statutes surrounding issues of harassment, intimidation, bullying and cyberbullying (Oregon Department of Education, 2016). Cyberbullying is “conduct that disrupts a student’s ability to learn and a school’s ability to educate its students in a safe environment” (30 ORS § 339.353). The Senate Bill amendments include increased accountability for public school districts, which include the mandatory adoption of a policy prohibiting acts such as harassment and cyberbullying. The policy must also include the requirement that a school employee report such an act of cyberbullying to the appropriate school administrator (Hinduja & Patchin, 2016). Resultantly, the first step in this case is to report this alleged cyberbullying to the school principal. Having examined the state statute requirements for a circumstance of

Jennifer Ramji, MA, LMFT, LICSW is a therapist for the Community School Collaborative, providing school-based prevention, early intervention, and mental health services at Edison High School, a comprehensive urban school located in Northeast Minneapolis. As the Director of Training and Supervision, she provides and organizes mentorship, supervision, and professional development opportunities for therapists in fourteen inner-city schools. Jennifer has worked in school-based mental health for the past ten years and is an adjunct instructor at Argosy University/Twin Cities and Metropolitan State University. Jennifer’s practice is centered on providing culturally responsive and developmentally appropriate services to diverse and underserved youth,

The school’s rules were provided in student handbooks that were given to every student at the beginning of the year, and the rules are also posted in each of the classrooms on campus. The parents and student received detailed oral and written notice of the charges against the student, which provided information about the incident and evidence the administrator discovered. Since this student’s action presented an immediate danger the administrator was able to immediately remove the student from school without advance notice to the parents, however, the parents were told of the incident in a timely

The guidance counselor stated that the other three teacher could not attend the meeting however they provided a report about Shonquasia’s grades and behavior in each of their class. Ms. Witkers stated, that the other teaches reported that Shonquasia is not doing well in their class, and that she is often caught sleeping and that she has an aggressive attitude toward the teacher and her peers. MS. Witkers stated, that the other teacher reported that Shonquasia is not complete assignment and homework. RORC teacher reported that Shonquasia is fail his class because she refuse to wear her uniform. Ms. Witkers, recommended that Shonquasia should be encourage to participate in her class, and to be more respectful to other. Ms. Witkers suggested that consequences for behavior and accountability should be reinforced in the classroom and at home. Per mom Shonquasia does not like to be told what to do and that Shonquasia is capable of getting better grades, however she do not want to put in the work required to get better grades. Per mom Shonquasia likes to do her own thing and it is very difficult for her to punish Shonquasia for bad behavior. Per mom, since last CFT meeting Shonquasia s behavior at home and in school has not

Mrs. Smith was justified in demanding that Britney Sullivan log on to social media and reveal the “secret group” suspected of cheating because Mrs. Smith’s suspicions were supported by facts and she narrowly focused her “search” to the group’s discussion of the AP history exam questions. Before searching through a student’s personal items, school officials need to have reasonable grounds to believe that the student has violated a school rule. Reasonable grounds can be based on all sorts of information, including a tip from another student as well as a student’s history of breaking school rules. Mrs. Smith knew that a group of AP History students missed the same questions, had, unexpectedly, extremely high test scores and she had a tip that the test had been stolen and questions discussed by a secret group on a specific social media site. The tip and the fishy test results gave Mrs. Smith enough suspicion to question Sullivan, a member of the suspect group who had broken school rules before. Cheating on a high school exam is a very serious violation. And the more serious the violation, the stronger the school’s reasons to search for evidence to either approve or dispel it. “Fourth Amendment rights… are different in public schools… the reasonableness inquiry cannot disregard the schools custodial and tutelary responsibility for children.”(Board of Education v. Earls 536 U.S. 844) This is

Kristina Clark, an Eskimo from Glennallen, Alaska, had strong feelings against soda. She had several family members who drank 5 cans of pop a day, and lost almost all of their teeth. She thinks that Glennallen Elementary should take away their soda machine and stop selling soda to students. Kristina talked to the principal, and put a sign on the soda machine that said; Stop the Pop. The sign stayed for weeks before it was taken down. The soda machine did not move.

In my opinion, Mrs. Keckley is an astounding person who Bella and Steven see as a true role model to all. Hearing her stories about how she was a slave and later found herself working for the First Lady in the White House seemed like an unbelievable tale. When I first read about her, she sounded like she has been through many hardships, tragedies, and other challenges. I picture her to be a charismatic, strong young woman who can overcome any obstacle that comes her way. I feel that Bella and Steven have similar reasons for why they enjoy Mrs. Keckley, along with her kindness towards the sons of Abraham Lincoln and how she soothes Mrs. Lincoln. Mrs. Keckley brings something new to the table for the Lincoln family and staff, a feeling of peace

Mrs. Stell decision not to place students in Mrs. Clay’s classroom will have a negative ramification on staff and school community. The professional reputation of Mrs. Stell and Mrs. Clay will also be questioned by colleagues. This decision will lead to teachers losing trust and becoming divided. Ultimately, this will not only create morale issues on the student placement agenda but also on other areas of the school community. In terms of students’ and parents’ wishes in the placement process, this also can lead to negative ramifications on the school community. Parents can become divided amongst each other and also with the school community if they feel they’re not getting the best possible accommodations for their child. Mrs. Stell needs

The University of Saint Francis needs to reevaluate Karen Palumbo as a professor. This is a list of issues within her course. Please remove her as a professor and allow someone else to teach a course that cares. Also, I do not understand why it is only one professor teaching each course. This is not fair to the students. 1. She grades, assignments every three weeks. This leaves a student mystified about how they may be doing  and the course is only 8 weeks. If a student is not doing well he/she do not have enough time to recover because she does not grade in a timely manner. This also is not fair to the students. Karen Palumbo always has an excuse for why she can’t grade, but if the student gives an excuse for any reason they are still docked

While in blocks J was observed chewing on a toy, after she was done she threw the toy. The toy almost hit another student, the teacher didn’t see any of J’s behaviors but was told by other students. The teacher told J not nice from across the room