RAISING ACHIEVEMENT OF ETHNIC MINORITY PUPILS ABSTRACT This literature review would explore the barriers in raising educational achievements of ethnic minority students. As this is a broad area of concern the literature would examine two main barriers such as social background issues and English as Additional Language (EAL) while briefly looking at other barriers such as… Statistical data collected from the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC) 2002 would be analysed in respect to this group
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Single Parenting and Raising Healthy Children Single parents and their children constitute a rapidly increasing population. In the past single parenting was seen as a broken system‚ these units today provide a viable alternative to nuclear families (Kleist‚ 1999‚ p. 1). In looking at the characteristics of single parents raising healthy children‚ I will describe some of the challenges unique to single parenting‚ and review positive parenting techniques shown to be effective. Social Development
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As more and more parents try to work at the same time‚ problem arises: Do their children suffer when both of them don’t have enough time to take care of their children? It seems depends much more on the children‚ especially their attitudes towards this issue. Children will probably suffer a lot when they are young (below 12 years old) and both parents are at work. This is because they are not old enough to take care of themselves. They need their parents’ support‚ both mentally and physically
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Childhood Obesity: The Responsibility of Parents Although obesity is a very sensitive topic‚ it is a pressing issue in modern culture‚ and it is something we cannot ignore. Who is responsible for the health of America? Is it parents‚ teachers‚ or is it the responsibility of fast food marketers to properly inform their audience? Often the blame is shifted to other people and to other influences like billboards and commercials‚ but rarely is the individual held responsible for their health. Lawsuits
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SCHOOLS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT KEEPING FIT AND EATING HEALTHILY Should schools have a responsibility to educate young people about keeping fit and eating healthily? This is an argument that has been going on for years and years. Everyone has their own opinion on this‚ but in my opinion‚ I definitely think that schools have a responsibility to educate young people about keeping fit and eating healthily. Keeping fit and eating healthily is of vital importance‚ and
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2010 Should Children of Divorce Be Forced to Live With a Particular Parent? Many children are victims of divorce in the United States each year. The judicial system believes that‚ in each case‚ the child or children that are subjected to divorce should reside where the child(ren) would “be better off”‚ citing that living with one parent who provides a more stable atmosphere for the child(ren) would be more beneficial. Others believe that children who are subjected to divorce should be able to
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In this argumentative essay I will be discussing whether parents have the right to decide on the use of embryonic stem cells on their children using factual information‚ views correct moral‚ ethical and religious arguments. Embryonic stem cells are defined by Wikipedia‚ as stem cells that are self-renewable obtained from the undifferentiated inner mass cells of a human embryo in the blastocyst. Embryo Stem Cells states that an embryonic stem cell has the ability to create little livers‚ Itty-bitty
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Children should not use the Internet without their Parents’ Supervision Internet is a network that virtually connects computers around the world. It has an address network which makes communication possible between the computers. It is an open phone line and an open television channel to millions of people around the world who can communicate anonymously (Palmer‚ 2006). People use it to exchange files and e-mails‚ to surf the World Wide Web‚ to download songs or other types of files‚ to take part
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Philosophy Paper II Consider the actual case of the parents who conceived a child for the express purpose of producing a bone marrow donor for their teenaged daughter who had leukemia. Doctors advised the parents that a bone marrow transplant was the only hope of saving their daughter’s life. Unable to find a compatible donor match‚ the parents took the desperate step of having another child. In 1991‚ bone marrow from the specially conceived child‚ then just over one year old‚ was transplanted to
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Reasons Why Parents Should Read Aloud to Children One of the greatest gifts that a parent can bestow upon a child is the gift of literacy. Reading is a wonderful pastime‚ and the key to unlocking many academic puzzles. Parents should read aloud to children as part of a regular routine‚ one that can be thoroughly enjoyed by both parties. Firstly‚ reading aloud to children poses the benefit of being quality time spent together. Parents need to have special time with their children‚ and reading
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