Even recently, men sustain their dominance in the field of public education and women remain underrepresented in school administration despite their numbers in teaching and in school leadership preparation programs. Thus men define what it means to manage and lead schools and school systems. Their assumptions, beliefs, and values constitute that which has been held…
Read moreEver wondered what educators mean when they refer to “constructivism” or “multicultural education”? Parents, teachers, and the general public don’t always speak the same language. But, even when we do, what we mean by a word or phrase is not always the same. On the following pages we offer explanations for some terms used by…
Read moreThe information age poses a whole new set of challenges and questions to America’s schools. The quality of our nation’s political, social and economic future will depend on the ability of young people to become functioning members of society who understand how to access information and determine its significance, draw independent rational conclusions and communicate…
Read moreMany educators, policymakers, Republicans and Democrats are now talking reasonably about the future of education. It is important to prescribe what should be done. The belief is that the federal government could provide the answers. Driven by the spirit of reform at the state and local level that has changed the focus of education…
Read moreTo maintain higher education opportunities, particular for low- and middle-income students, increased resources must be made available to students through financial aid programs to meet the higher tuitions. Proposed changes in federal support for financial aid programs will increase the financial burdens on low and middle income students and will exacerbate the growing problem of…
Read morePublic education was created in part to be one of the mediating institutions that would mold the American character one citizen at a time. It is critical to the creation of responsible citizens capable of making informed decisions in order to produce and maintain a system of government that works. For at least a generation…
Read moreThree actualities emerging from recent research indicate that we must focus concentrated attention on low-income children before they enter school: (a) poverty among young children is becoming more intense; (b) poverty coupled with other risk factors, such as chronic neighborhood violence and high stress from urban living, places young children at great risk of negative…
Read moreFundamental Physical Constants Name Symbol Value Speed of light in vacuum c 2.99792458 * 108 m>s Magnitude of charge of electron e 1.602176634 * 10-19 C Gravitational constant G 6.674081312 * 10-11 N # m2>kg2 Planck’s constant h 6.62607015 * 10-34 J # s Boltzmann constant k 1.380649 * 10-23 J>K Avogadro’s number NA…
Read moreLength 1 m = 100 cm = 1000 mm = 109 nm 1 km = 1000 m = 0.6214 mi 1 m = 3.281 ft = 39.37 in. 1 cm = 0.3937 in. 1 in. = 2.540 cm 1 ft = 30.48 cm 1 yd = 91.44 cm 1 mi = 5280 ft = 1.609…
Read moremeter (m) The meter is the length equal to the distance traveled by light, in vacuum, in a time of 1>299,792,458 second. kilogram (kg) The kilogram is the unit of mass; it is defined by taking the value of Planck’s constant h to be exactly 6.62607015 * 10-34 kg # m2>s. second (s) The second…
Read moreNothing can be counted as progress in a community until the children and youth are well-served and show healthy development and steady, sustained advances in learning. The needs of children and youth in inner-city communities are very great, yet these communities continue to receive too little attention in most places. Even in those urban areas…
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The School-to-Work (STW) partnership model is based on the idea that there are significant economies of scale in the provision of STW programming and therefore that groups of districts working together on relatively large projects will accomplish more than single districts working by themselves on smaller projects. As soon as a state has established a…
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