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…To many people, obtaining an education has always been a very important goal. High school to college or even a G.E.D. most employers will not hire workers that have not yet obtained one of these. So many Americans strive to get their education for one…

…debate on our country's educational standards? E.D. Hirsch believes that the literacy of American people has been rapidly declining. The long range remedy for restoring and improving American literacy must be to "institute a policy of imparting common…

…External Factors Forcing Change on Education: How can they work for us? I am very pleased with the opportunity to make some remarks at this second National Conference on Science and Mathematics Education Reform. Every participant here…

…that education be compulsory for all children up until the age of 16. Throughout the education children receive, they read many books. They read them, they learn about them briefly, return them, and in a couple of months, forget about them. That's just how the system…

…was the repository for most learning. Although nearly all of the nobility had an education, those who were educated, usually were tutored by clergy. The church became the universal and unifying institution. Under the auspices of the church, education was modelled…

…Post-secondary schooling touches the lives of all Canadians, and informs and enriches the lives of most. Post-secondary education gives the learner the opportunity to acquire relevant and diverse competencies and skills, for example, academic mastery…

…I think that sexual education should be taught in middle school and high school. There are too many teenagers popping up with babies and that is not the worst. Teenagers are getting sexually transmitted diseases and now the updated term is STI. Teenagers…

…Throughout the life of Booker T. Washington expressed in his autobiography, Up From Slavery, that one cannot succeed solely on a liberal education, but must accompany this with that of an industrial education as well. He believed that with this type…

…The Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas <Tab/>In the early 1950's, segregation in schools was a normal part of American culture. In Topeka, Kansas, a young African American third grader, named Linda Brown, wanted to enroll…

…Poverty has a great impact upon social class difference in educational achievement. Homelessness causes tiredness and lack of concentration in school, which has a negative affect upon educational achievement. Douglas wrote, in his book 'The Home…