Granite School District

kids ran out the back school doors shouting and tripping over each other with exhilaration that it was conclusively recess. Only two puerile girls did not run out side with ecstasy. Two, ambulated out the doors gradually and in separate directions. This freckled face, glasses

More and more schools across the world are using technology as a tool in teaching their students. While there are several districts that teach in the “traditional” sense, there has been a steady incline as to the amount of school districts across the world that are switching to iPads and other electronic devices to aide in the pupil’s education. Depending on the administrators, students are allowed to bring their devices to the classroom (BYOD, Bring Your Own Device), while other districts receive grants

the first project requirements, I collected data for the Yankton School District and the Mitchell School District from the South Dakota Department of Education’s website. I specifically looked at each district’s report card that included performance indicators, school performance index, staffing and student population statistics, attendance numbers and high school completion and college and career readiness statistics. Each school district’s report card contained further detailed information and

Introduction The challenges and issues facing schools are becoming more complex subtle to address. There is a tendency towards school board members seeking to advance personal interests and agendas on the board’s decisions which has enhanced the instances of conflicts of interest and controversial issues in many schools. The distinction between the roles and responsibilities of the board members from those of the superintendent has become blurred, making it essential that superintendents make decisions

are shaking their heads at the consideration of a four-day school week, and a longer school day. Shorter school weeks or longer school days are reasonable solutions when there is a shortage of funding, or possible budget cuts coming to the school district. This solution has many mixed opinions from parents, teachers and school board members.     An article from The Wichita Eagle really focuses on one family and how the change to longer school days has impacted them and their first-grade son. It also

Studies have verified the benefits of using classroom discussion to increase overall student achievement (Li, Murphy, & Firetto, 2014; McKeown, Beck, & Blake, 2009; Murphy et al., 2017; Wolf, Crosson, & Resnick, 2006). The studies stressed the importance of teacher facilitation during discussion and the overall goal of student ownership over discussion. This study investigated Discussion Stem Discourse (DSD) and the impact it had over student ownership of the discussion around literature. When teachers

grade school. Although not all students fall into the wrong path, every student deserves assistance and the opportunity to grow and prosper. In the Pasadena Independent School District (PISD) about 90% of the students are minorities. Meanwhile, in 2015 the highest percentage of drop outs within ethnic groups was 9.6%; it belonged to a minority. Although minorities tend to have higher dropout rates, there are nonprofit organizations established such as the Communities In Schools After-school Centers

A Personnel Incident Accounting Application School emergencies can range from a simple fire drill to a full-on armed intruder. One of the hardest tasks to do in an emergency is to account for everyone to ensure folks are safe and to avoid sending emergency personnel into a hazardous area looking for people who may actually already be safe.  It’s also important to know if someone is still in a hazardous area and exactly where to make rescue quicker and more efficient.   My proposed application would

decades, the importance of arts programs in many U.S. schools has been steadily compromised (Rabkin & Redmond, 2006). Pressure to compete internationally has influenced educational institutions to believe that an almost exclusive focus on academic fundamentals is the sole way to raise standards and close the achievement gap (Sholl & Sweetland, 2016). Katz-Buonincontro, Phillips, and Witherspoon (2015) expound on the predicament of today’s schools: expected to promote twenty-first century skills, including

Standardized testing in public schools has become a norm across the United States. But, in Texas it has been found that students spend more time taking standardized tests than any other state (“Too Much Testing”). Standardized testing may be an asset to measure education, or more measure testing skills across the nation, but at what cost does it come? What are its effects on moral within the public education system, and how does the state government of Texas interact within it. Why does the Texas