DeWitt Clinton High School

The purpose of this article is to describe essential features of a schoolwide proactive management system, Effective Behavioral Support (EBS). The EBS approach focuses on enhancing schools’ capacity to adopt and sustain effective practices for all students through: team-based problem solving and planning, administrator and staff commitment and support, systematic assessment of disciplinary practices and processes, careful action planning, ongoing staff development, and data-based decision making…

At last, the time has come for the start of what parents have talked about since birth and what teenagers wished would come faster, graduation. However, it’s not just graduating high school it’s a stepping stone towards a life-long career. In addition, the first decision high-school graduates must make is whether or not to go to college. Nevertheless, the cost of attendance, course of study, and location are all important factors in choosing between Northeast Lakeview college and the University…

first, I worked hard to prove that I could be a member of a discourse community. Joining anything comes with a struggle, such as fitting in or trying to be the best. Basketball is a prioritized sport in my family. I always knew that when I hit junior high it would be time to fulfill my family’s prophecy of joining a basketball team. I was not too thrilled with the thought at first. I decided to talk to some of my friends to get their view on it. Most of their responses were negative. I remember…

to be high. So a high school graduated may look at a report in which education cost $30,000 dollars and may not realize some ways of meeting those cost may simply leaving with parents. 2. Awareness on available financial aid As stated by Bettinger et al., 2009, “a program’s mere existence does not ensure take-up by everyone who is eligible and interested”…

the 2012-2013 school year, Spring City Elementary Hybrid Learning School implemented a whole school, blended-learning program. From the onset, school leaders involved all teachers and grade levels in the transformation. Teachers participated in nine full days of professional development to prepare themselves and their classrooms for the transition. Before the school began integrating technology, teachers redesigned the physical layouts of their classrooms to fit the blended model. School and…

my dad almost every day to ask him how he was doing and to tell him how I had spent the day at school. My dad’s absence during my infancy was not highly notorious thanks that my mom and my grandfather whom did my dad’s job during his effort for giving me a better life, but even though…

and I did not have a job, nor did we have enough money saved up to buy one. While in high school we were one of the few kids that did not own a sidekick. Luis and I were talking one day and he told me hey why don’t we steal the phone. I wasn’t too sure about the idea, but he convinced me we would not get caught. Walking home one day we noticed a group of kids they all had sidekicks. We noticed they went to the school next to ours. A light bulb turned on, we looked at each other and smiled. We…

participation from the 1990s to the 2000s. the reason why this occurs is based on the steady inclusion of women into political and academic positions that provide them with greater access to policy making and support to help women graduate from secondary school…

Entering high school was no big deal for me. I knew what to expect and how to handle a life filled with classes and out of school activities. It was similar to the one I experienced in middle school, so there was nothing to really sweat over. The big difference from those years before to high school were just the increased amount of work and faces. I also had a few friends which were a grade level above me, which made my freshmen year a walk in the park. They showed me what to do and what not do…

numerous forms of victimization at their school during 2014 - 2015 academic years. We then decided to measure by including three items like: A) did anyone used forceful or strong-arm methods to get sex, money or somethings else from them? B) Did anyone threatened to hurt them at school? C) And did anyone ever hit them hit at school? The students per our survey were required to respond by telling us if they were a victim of the above-mentioned crimes at school by either stating “never,” “maybe…