Elementary and primary schools

and the environment affect academic achievement. The role of a supportive school environment as well as the involvement of the community and understanding of culture are vital to building successful strategies and instruction. There is no doubt that academic attitudes, motivation, goal setting and engagement influence achievement, however, does investing in emotional and social learning can have long-term benefits? The primary participant for this study is Celestine (pseudo name). Celestine is a…

Imagine that you are back in elementary school. Every morning, you wake up, put on clean clothes, and eat a nutritious breakfast. You probably ride in some sort of a vehicle or take a short walk to get to school. After you arrive, your teacher goes through all sorts of interesting lessons using books, videos, games, or art. When you get home from school, you change into more comfortable attire, eat a snack, do your homework, and relax until dinner. Finally, you end the day with a bath or shower…

Many Christians contribute the moral decline of our country to the fact that the Supreme Court mandated prayer in school was unconstitutional fifty years ago. Is it time to put God back in public schools? Adam Hamilton addresses this topic in his article “Put God Back in Public Schools?” first on his blog and then published in the Huffington Post, a liberal-oriented news source, in 2013. Hamilton is senior pastor of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, one of the…

Tale of a Third Grade Something Bill Porter is a third grader at Lake Superior Elementary School in Ashland, Wisconsin. He is nine years old and he has cerebral palsy (CP). Bill has no cognitive delays but he does have gross and fine motor delays for which he receives occupational and physical therapy. He also has articulation deficits and some expressive language delay. Bill is pulled out of his third grade classroom for both OT/PT and speech therapy. He receives all of his…

Canarsie is a small community in Brooklyn, New York, covering 2.898 square miles, with an estimated population 9.3,877 (cenus bureau 2013). The community, Canarsie is the connection point to many neighborhoods and boroughs. Exit 13 off the belt parkway, is one of the main entry point into the community. Major public transportation in the community are, the L train, located on rockaway parkway and six connecting bus lines that transport thousands of people on a daily basis to other standing…

trend with US-born population (Lewin 2006). I just wanted to recognize that gender also plays a role in academic achievement in Latinos as well as other ethnic groups. Primary education in the United States refers to the first eight-nine years of formalized education. The first year of primary education is known as kindergarten. Primary education has an important role in one 's development and functionality with The United States…

Ageism? The term made burst in laughter. She disdains the myth that older adults have a steadfast mindset and refuse to change their ways. Age does not come stubbornness, but the act of being stubborn is an innate and subjective action, she explained. She goes on to say that her grandson is stubborn and so was her mother and her daughters. Habits changed as a result of the person’s desire to change, she pointed. Age has nothing to do with investing time into his or her body or listening to…

assessment especially in schools have been debased ad related to economic gains which would be one of the things I would love to advocate a change for. Assessment should employ a holistic approach as opposed to what obtains presently. Much emphasis is laid on test scores and funds with little or no recourse to the importance of assessment in effective teaching. The pronounced emphasis laid on test scores have an adverse effect on other components of testing e.g. grading. Most schools grading…

The sexualization of children and what schools can do about it. There are several components to sexualization, and these set it apart from healthy sexuality. Healthy sexuality is an important component of both physical and mental health, fosters intimacy, bonding, and shared pleasure, and involves mutual respect between consenting partners (Satcher, 2001; Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States [SIECUS], 2004). There are many examples of the sexualization of…

used to being confined to a typical elementary school desk. I can’t stop getting chills, not because of the incoming blast of fog chilled north coast air, but because I’m nervous of what Ms. Morton will say. Her lips are pursed as she looks my scrawny sixth grade self up and down before she blithely asks, “what is a comma anyway?” I pause, look up, and say “I don’t know,” but here’s the thing: I didn 't need to yet. One could say that I didn’t go to primary school in the most traditional…