School discipline

Flogging in school needs to be legalized to bring back discipline to students. Something needs to be done before teachers lose complete control over their students in the classroom where discipline and hard work needs to exist but is fading away. The term flogging gets much attention because it’s such a drastic and disputed thing to do and say. Before explaining some arguments on why flogging should be legal again, it’s important to know what exactly the term ‘flogging’ is. “Flogging, also…

A Generation of Conformists: How Things Have Changed Sir Ken Robinson’s, “How Schools Kill Creativity,” and Roger Scruton’s, “The Idea of University” describe education from the past, how it is currently, and that it continues to evolve and change. I am sure by now, most have heard of the marshmallow study done in the 1960’s at a Stanford University campus nursery school. In a nutshell, a child is seated at a table with a marshmallow in front of them. The she is told if she waits fifteen minutes…

pedagogical procedures. I am going to conduct this online observation at Leadership Public Schools (LPS) in Richmond, in a 9th grade English class on a Tuesday during the first week on the 2nd day of school. Hispanic students are, the greater number in the Mr. Hester classroom community.…

When I finished, they saved the hardest part of the test to the end, board breaking, where we had to break wooden boards to show our physical strength. At that point I was more tired than I had ever been in my life; even playing steal the pin at school never made me this tired. With my last bit of energy I kicked, CRACK!, I jumped with joy as I had just broken my first…

In my action research paper, I am focusing on how behavioral and social problems affect the learning process of students with autism. I will be the teacher in the categorical classroom that this action research study will be conducted. The class will consist of five students, each on the autism spectrum. The classroom is made up of four boys and one female. All students are thirteen years of age in the seventh grade. All of the students are from a low-income family; however, they do have…

Background of experiences: What is your current position? I currently hold the positions of Nationally Board Certified Mathematics Teacher at a high school, Math and Business Department Chair, IB CAS Coordinator and Class Sponsor. How long have you had this position? I have been a math teacher for 23 years, Math Department Chair for the last five years (Business department was added to my department this past year). This is my third year as the IB CAS Coordinator. I have been a class…

Humans are social creatures, therefore meaning we need to be social through our relationships with others in order to learn. According to O’Donnell et al. (2016), “relationships are the basis for social development and each student who enters the school brings a unique history of cultural values and relationship models”. Relationships are how students learn, through the competency to make friends evidently building them up for academic success. Positive relationships have the ability to set…

Concerning the implementation and upgrading of educational technology in schools there are two opposed viewpoints on where the focus and funding should go. Firstly, are those who subscribe to the technological abundance viewpoint; these individuals believe that more recent technology is the pathway to higher student achievement and will use all of their available funding to make this happen. Often at the expense of adequate teacher training on the use of the aforementioned technology. Secondly,…

ensure all scholars are making progress in the classroom is not a job for one person. I feel I can succeed in this particular standard, as I can effectively execute a shared leadership approach. Holding the position of special education leader in my school for eight years has allowed me many opportunities to grow in this area. For the past three years, I have been under the leadership of a gentleman who has done nothing but inspire me to become a leader and believe in my leadership…

American Teacher, have a common theme of poverty throughout. This is a common issue in urban education. In Lean on Me the school is known as the worst school in New Jersey. Drug dealers and gang members were running the school. The students weren’t able to pass the state’s basic assessment test. Many of the students were from a minority household and have behavioral issues. The school lacks a security system and is forced to work with out-of-date resources. While in American Teacher focuses…