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Extractions: End Homework Now Educators should stop squeezing time out of family life for the questionable benefits of homework. Etta Kralovec and John Buell Parents say that teachers require it. Teachers say that parents demand more of it. Politicians call for grading parents on their ability to help with it. Citizens run for school board seats on no-homework platforms. The National Parent Teacher Association and the National Education Association set guidelines. Some dismiss the current anti-homework outcry as just the latest swing of the opinion pendulum. School boards and politicians dictate homework policies for political rather than pedagogical reasons. Teachers say that they are increasingly uncomfortable about handing over to parents the learning for which teachers are accountable. Welcome to the homework wars. When the school board in Piscataway, New Jersey, voted earlier this fall to limit homework in the elementary grades to half an hour each night and high school homework to two hours a night, the New York Times Homework squeezes family life. All parents have educational agendas for their children. They want to pass on their cultural heritage, religious beliefs, and important life skills. They want to teach their children how to be good citizens and how to share in the responsibilities of running a home. More homework makes parents put their own agendas on hold even as they often struggle to help their children cope with homework assignments. Additionally, families need time to constitute themselves as families. According to a 1998 survey by Public Agenda, nearly 50 percent of parents reported having a serious argument with their children over homework, and 34 percent reported homework as a source of stress and struggle. Parents often have conflicting feelings about homework, viewing it as a way for their children to succeed but also as imposing serious limits on family time.
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Extractions: (these sites are not maintained by kids.gov *) Air Force Crossroads - Hope you came ready to have fun because this section has tons to offer both kids and teenagers alike. From sports to arts to video games, you will find hours worth of information and entertainment that will keep you coming back for more. American Memory - Visit the digital library and learn all about American history and culture. Ask Joan of Art - Do you have a question about American art and don't know how to find the answer? Art information specialists at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, using print and electronic reference sources, will help you get started. Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids - This site provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers. These resources will teach how our government works, and much more. Create a Graph - Try your hand at creating some and see if it helps explain what you are trying to show. Try using homework problems, things you have a special interest in, or just make up some numbers of your own!
Teaching Social Issues Of Computing for anyone teaching (or soon to teach) a course developing and teaching courses in social issues of computerization projects, and inclass and homework exercises http://www.cecs.csulb.edu/~jewett/teach/teach.html
Extractions: Challenges, Ideas, and Resources by Info Mail Help ... Up This collection of WWW pages , also available in book form from Academic Press (ISBN 0-12-415041-1), is designed for two purposes: as the Instructor's Resource Guide to accompany Computerization and Controversy: Value Conflicts and Social Choices (2nd Ed.), written and edited by Rob Kling, published by Academic Press (to appear, Feb 96) as a general source of information for anyone teaching (or soon to teach) a course in social issues of computerization whether or not they adopt this book for their class. Social Issues of Computing page. The material is organized here into four parts: The Introduction explains the background and motivation of this project. Section I - Challenges and Ideas discusses in detail many of the challenges that we have faced in developing and teaching courses in social issues of computerization, and the ways in which we (and others) have responded to these. Section II - Resources contains listings of related sources of information including other WWW pages, example syllabi, term projects, and in-class and homework exercises. We will add materials to this section as we learn of them. References We welcome comments, suggestions, and additions please use the mail form provided (button at the top of this and other pages).
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Extractions: Many teachers have asked themselves the question this title poses! The answer according to Kathy Paterson is with organization, time management, care and compassion. This resource is full of a wide range of creative and common sense ideas to help teachers manage their classrooms, build relationships, and save time. Each chapter begins with two pages of narrative explaining the focus of the chapter, followed by many activities and ideas. The activities and techniques are quick and easy to implement, and most are classroom-tested. Other books may treat the topics presented here more thoroughly, however, this is a great book for one stop shopping of practical ideas. Some topics that stand out include: Of particular note are the two appendices: "Enjoying Impossible-to-Put-Down Books" and "Reading Books that Turn On Even the Most Reluctant Readers." Another great feature is the reproducible sheets scattered throughout the text. The material is aimed at grade school classrooms, and can easily be adapted for middle school classrooms.
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Extractions: Listed here you can find assignments through the end of the year. This list is subject to change at the discretion of the teacher. Please check here often to stay on top of your class assignments. All assignments are due on the date listed. Click on the assignments that are underlined and you will be able to view the assignment online! Latin American Studies 2 Humanities 2/H
Extractions: by Halimah El-Husari Hi Mona, I heard that you are doing homeschooling is it fun. "Not that fun I don't see my friends that mush and when my mom teaches me I don't have more then one idea but before I had many ideas for the girls in my class I sure miss it." In looking at the advantages and disadvantages homeschooling, my investigation begins with summarizing the advantageous aspects of homeschooling. After surveying the advantages, I will then explore the disadvantages of this topic. Included in this research will be a public opinion poll on the American view concerning this issue. Since the 1920's America has provided public education, so the investigation brings us to the question, "Why do parents want to turn back the clock and reinstate homeschooling?" By analyzing this question, I find that there are a number of advantages along with the various reasons. "For the majority, their primary reason to homeschool is to teach their children Christian principles and give them a thorough education in reaction to the steady academic and moral decline in the public schools." Many of these Populist Christian Conservatives have gone to court to try win to the right to homeschool." Supreme Court upheld certification requirements against established religious beliefs of parents who chose to home school because the government regulations were not "unreasonable. The Christian conservatives are seditious when it comes to their beliefs about homeschooling and will go to any extreme to try and prove their case for the right to practice the process.
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Extractions: by Rachel Gilbert Capital Punishment is the killing of a person for committing a serious crime against others, e.g. murder. Rape and armed robbery are no longer seemed serious enough for the death penalty. The death penalty is used as a threat to deter a being from taking another human life. There are many reasons why our worlds leaders resort to capital punishment as an affective way of punishment and these reasons I will come to later on. I feel that many people have such strong views on capital punishment. For example, if a loved one has been murdered and their killer is on death row or the family of a person on death row. In 1986, 16 year old Sean Sellars committed the worst crime there is- taking a human life. With a rifle, he shot an innocent shopkeeper. The reason that he dignified his actions was he wanted to feel the thrill of killing. No one knew about this horrific crime until it was too late and Sellars had struck again. This time it was a much more vicious crime. Six months later he walked into his mother and stepfathers bedroom. Calmly he pulled a gun out of his pocket and shot them both in the head. He then went to the uttermost extremes to make sure that he wasnt found out. He flicked the light on and off, on and off to make sure that his unsuspicious parents were not still alive. Then he removed all of his clothes and disposed of them. He took a shower and then disinfected it to make sure that there was no trace of him in there. The killing of parents is seen as the capital crime. He thought he had got away with it.
How To Say It: Homework Hassles The most important thing to teach (repeatedly) is that you value education and and answer your questions. Show by your actions that homework issues are very http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,69-27686,00.html?relinks
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Extractions: Speaker: Julia Gaudet Teachers are faced with growing demands as they strive to meet the needs of many of the learners in their classrooms. This session will explore a variety of general instruction and skill-specific adaptation strategies suitable for any classroom, as well as examining the importance of documenting adaptation and modification interventions as part of the transitional process. Sessions C/H: Teachers in a Learning Community
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Extractions: [From the hard copy book Tools for Teaching by Barbara Gross Davis; Jossey-Bass Publishers: San Francisco, 1993. Linking to this book chapter from other websites is permissible. However, the contents of this chapter may not be copied, printed, or distributed in hard copy form without permission.] A sizable portion of the work involved in teaching a large lecture course takes place well before the first day of classes. For example, in a seminar you can make a spur-of-the-moment assignment, but in large classes you may need to distribute written guidelines. Similarly, in small classes students can easily turn in their homework during class. In large lectures you must decide how to distribute and collect papers without consuming precious class time. All these tasks take planning and organization. Many of the following suggestions for teaching large classes will also work for small classes: good teaching practices apply to classes of any type. General Strategies Become comfortable with the material. In an
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Extractions: Home Consumer Focus Archive Helping Kids with Homework > Getting The Facts On Homework Help Consumer Focus: Helping Kids with Homework Getting The Facts On Homework Help Pencils and paper are just the beginning when helping your child with his or her homework. Computers have become an essential learning tool and the world wide web offers endless information and assistance. In addition to the basics, here are some more tips and tools to help you and your child get the most out of homework. Learn more about: Top These days many schools have computers in classrooms, and many households have personal computers. Ask you child's teacher to explain his or her policy about the use of computers, typewriters or any special equipment for homework. If the teacher allows students to use a computer, but you don't have a computer in your home, or if your family computer is being used by many family members, check with your child's teacher, the school library, and the local public library about using their computers. Some schools offer after-school programs where your child can use the school's computers. And many public libraries make computers available to children. Top Using a computer is becoming increasingly common and sometimes necessary for children to complete their homework assignments. Computers can be a great learning tool and provide access to the many resources that are available on the Internet. Although, identifying reliable resources can be overwhelming for both parents and children. To help you get started, FCIC has compiled a list of web sites that can help you find online homework help.
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Extractions: Welcome Business Managers Vol 1, No 6, October, 2002 This is a great time of year here in New England - the mornings are brisk, the days sparkling. Fall is in the air and, it's back to school! This "Framing the Issues" deals with (you guessed it!) homework -that is, giving a project to your top candidates in order to judge the level of their work. Is it a good idea or a wasted exercise? You be the judge. Sales and Marketing Search in this issue... Homework - Wasted Exercise or Real Value? We're Bookworms! Nothing Succeeds Like Success Signup for This Newsletter! Check Out These Links Unitel Amazon: Dance Lessons Optima Shipping Chihuahua, Mexico Homework - Wasted Exercise or Real Value? A long, long time ago (longer than I'd care to admit) my little daughter Lee came home on the first day of second grade. As she crossed through the yard there were tears streaming from her face. "What's wrong honey?," I said. She tearfully sobbed, "Mom - I got no homework. I'm in the second grade now. I'm supposed to have homework."
Extractions: I have been an educator and a parent for over thirty years. I have read many printed documents on homework issues. This book has excellent information and is the best book I have seen so far on the issue. I would recommend it to anyone looking for information and/or help in assisting children and/or teachers with the homework issues we face today. This book would be an excellent source for parents, teachers and/or administrators. I would hope to find it in every public and school library in the country.
Homework Policy teach strategies to the students that encourage them to plan for homework. Graph grades with students. Use class meetings to solve homework issues. http://www.pcaschool.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=school.homework
Extractions: Some of the well-known symptoms of dyslexia are: More information What causes dyslexia To be quite honest, nobody quite knows at the moment. There has been a real increase in the amount of research taking place, and a number of possibilities are beginning to emerge, but the waters are still fairly murky. The overall picture is that dyslexia can be caused in two ways: 1. by hearing problems at an early age; and
