Lincoln High School presents a common challenge faced by many schools today. With the constant change of leadership, combined with the changing community, several problems can be overwhelming to the most seasoned administrator. The creation and implementation of a new vision and mission for the school are necessary. All students should be held to high academic and behavioral standards with the aim of becoming a productive citizen of their community. With the collaboration of local businesses,…
million Americans have student loan debt. The average individual student will owe about one hundred thousand dollars for a bachelor’s degree; together, Americans owe 1.4 trillion dollars. Do you really want to add another hundred thousand to that? If you start saving now, apply for grants and scholarships, and even get a part time job, you can follow Dave Ramsey’s advice and graduate college debt free. If your savings begin to grow now, you are already getting ahead of most students. A lot of…
Hartford. Students attending schools in more affluent neighborhoods have better test scores and higher achievement goals than students studying in less wealthy districts. It was also shown that schools in the more affluent districts have better funding and resources due to the local property taxes that creates inequality. But what are the underlying causes for such a great achievement gap? Why students attending schools in more affluent neighborhoods perform better in schools as opposed to…
Managing Student Loans Student loans have become an insurmountable problem facing many former, present, and future college students, graduates, and their parents in the United States of America. With student loans accumulating at surprising rate, it is important to find a solution to assist these students and their parents. While reducing student loans may be challenging to execute, this objective can be realized with hard work and commitment. The solution to student loans should be handled by…
early 1800s, many colleges did not charge tuition or had very low rates, however; only the wealthy can afford the living expenses incurred during their study. In 1965, the federal government passed the Higher Education Act to initially help provide financial assistance for those who couldn’t afford to attend college. Regardless…
(Orfield, et al. 10). Due to the quality of the low income student’s education being low as well as having cope with health and emotional problems related to living in poor conditions, this causes many students to drop out (Orfield, et al. 11). Student that were raised in the ghetto and go on to pursue a higher education are often first-generation college students. Because their parents have not experienced college first hand, it is difficult for…
America’s children are thinking whether or not to take on huge student loans are always told that college is the gateway to the middle class. “University graduates aged twenty-four to thirty-five who are working full time earn about seventeen thousand dollars more annually than their peers who have only a high school diploma, according to the Pew Research Centre (The Economist).” I do believe that college is a worthwhile investment not only for you but for your family as well. PayScale is study…
”(Wittenberg 78). This research reveals that the school social worker can work in any educational department, for example, schools and colleges. A school social worker provides tutoring in school and colleges. They work hard to help the students to solve their problems. Additionally, the school social worker life purpose is helping to special children also they make plans and organize different sources to provide special kids a better education. There are wide varieties of social workers and…
First Generation students dependency on teachers After completing Essays 1,2 and 3, The central concern that I am focusing on is the dependency of first generation college students on others for knowledge. I want to make this visible because majority of the first generation students population undergoes several obstacles in their life that Every student has to have someone strong and educated who is so important that without them the student might not be as successful as he or she is now. In…
Schools Should Keep Sports So many students like sports, whether you are just going to watch, or going to play. So why would you shut down sports when you can see your student succeeding and doing what they want. Sports are a big deal here in the US. Sports take your mind off of things when you need to take a break from the book. Although sports do have disadvantages like having to spend more money, it is worth it. Some kids may take sports more seriously than others but that doesn’t mean…