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    significant extracurricular activity, and my answer is all the same: student congress. That is why I want to thank you. At a young age, you allowed me the opportunity to learn how to be a leader and also how to create positive change in my school. Many are led to believe that third, fourth, and fifth graders are not old enough to make any notable impact on a school or a community, but you motivated us to prove them wrong. I remember how our student council was able to participate in incredible activities such

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    I have been involved in student congress since I was in elementary school. I always liked being a leader and helping improve my school. Student congress at Lisle has been a key facet of the improvements and developments within our community. We frequent meetings with the administration of our school to discuss how we can make high school experience optimal for all. In addition, our funds expand beyond the need of dance decorations and a good DJ, we orchestrate many charitable fundraisers that help

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    Recently I had the opportunity to go to the National Student Leadership Congress (NSLC) in Washington D.C. to represent my Upward Bound program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. While at the NSLC they split us up into groups of roughly eleven students from across the country. These groups are to work together and create a mock bill based on topic provided to them and present it in front of a mock congress. When they split us up and I got to meet the people in my group I just thought right

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    This year I took debate and throughout this whole year I learned in many ways how taking debate is beneficial to me, and how it helped me throughout my school year and my later life in general. Such as how to speak clearly, extend my voice and how to pronounce and enunciate clearly so that my voice is vocalized clearly and in a way that is in a way that is very understandable to everyone. Which can be seen on numerous occasions from ballots at the beginning of the year such as “ AST # 1 ” which I

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    allowances to reproduce copyrighted materials to teach in face-to-face classrooms, but Congress revised the laws in 2001 to meet the needs of educators teaching students through distance learning. Before the Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2001 (TEACH Act), the Copyright Law of 1976 provided only for display of copyrighted broadcasts in a classroom setting or place of instruction, to homebound students, and to government employees. The Copyright Law of 1976 prohibited most digital

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    PBIS because is a framework or practicum to help manage student behavior and assist in further prevention of unacceptable behavior like violence or uncheck disrespect. PBIS is an acronym for “Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports. Congress began to introduce practices for behaviorism before more evidence-driven approaches like PBIS. Fixing the preexisting Individuals with Disabilities Education Act both in 1997 and in 2004, Congress recognized the potential of PBIS to prevent exclusion and

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    and Social Outcomes of Adolescents Who Study the Arts.” The study examines the positive effects on social, cognitive, and behavioral skills that an arts education can have on children as they grow into adolescence. Findings from the report show students who took art classes of some form were 55.38% more likely to have attended college by the time they reached adulthood. The report concluded

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    The education industry has many laws and regulations that protects the teachers and students. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was established in 2004. This is a federal law that governs how public agencies and states serve children with disabilities from birth to age 21. This act consists of different parts and the second part addresses the education of school age children with disabilities. This is to ensure that every child with a disability has a free public education available

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    In the article High School Students Demand Wars In Easier-To-Find Countries, the hearing is mocking towards high school students and teachers. The use of juxtapositions, mockery tone, and humorous language gives the capability to achieve that goal. The hearing is written to make fun of students lack of knowledge, and the educational system of the United States.       The title alone shows that the article is going to lack seriousness. When reading “high school student,” and “war” in the same sentence

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    was passed by congress, exactly fifty years ago and was considered to be the Nation’s most important laws signed by Lyndon Johnson, in 1965. This act shaped education in these early years, evolving education to benefit all learners of gender, nationality and of different learning styles, which was considered in the past to be a disability. The Education and Secondary Act aided with special education centers and low income students funding, including federal grants for books to students eligible; this

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