classroom. Students from kindergarten through 12th grade take a lot of test‚ but does this necessarily mean it is a positive effect on students? There are two sides to this‚ there are pros and of course there are cons to a standardized test. Everyone has their view on standardized testing‚ which one are you? Pros The first pro according to a University of Arkansas is that students don’t feel like testing is too stressful (Standardized Test- procon‚ 2017). The department of education states that testing
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Sleepy or Studious? Did you know that under one-third of high school students in the United States sleep for at minimum eight hours on weeknights? Despite the challenges of change‚ starting school later can have big positive impacts on students. With the effects of lack of sleep‚ schools should focus less on the transition stage of switching start times and focus more on how the pros of the switch would outweigh the cons. Lack of sleep can really take its toll on you and your body in many ways
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Pro and Cons of Teacher Carrying Weapons in Public School There are teacher who would give their lives to protect their students so why not let them carry guns. There are 28 states that allow teachers to carry gun on campuses if they have a private conceals weapon license. There are open records laws in these states that don’t require the teacher and staff to tell the principals‚ other teachers or parents that they are carrying weapons. How safe is that? After the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary
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into our children’s schools. Many children in today’s society carry a cell phone on their person to school. This increase of usage and change of demographic has created a debate in many schools. Read more: Pros & Cons of Cell Phones in Schools | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_5393195_pros-cons-cell-phones-schools.html#ixzz29NbPSPub School Emergencies The increase of school shootings and threats has encouraged parents to allow their children to carry cell phones to school. Cell phones have
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School Internet Censorship: Protected or Freedom? As of 2013‚ 71 percent of the United States population age three and over use the internet on a daily basis (“Fun Facts”). This time allows people to look at anything they want. They can find almost everything and anyone within minutes. They can steal identities‚ make bombs‚ and find anyone’s personal information at any given time. Many of the people that use the internet are children and teens. Children and teens should know internet safety to protect
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School Uniforms Should Be Mandatory Your Name Course Information • It has been found that‚ parents or students have different or similar viewpoints regarding school uniforms. • However‚ looking at the history‚ one can hardly find any schools without having uniform at their premises (Raven‚ 2006). • But‚ this topic remains unsettled issue in general as many discussions have been taken place to weigh school uniforms’ pros and cons. • However‚ a uniform play a key role in getting reputation or success
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School uniforms should not be tolerated because some people feel unconf derboll wearing it.School uniforms also makes some people feel like they’re in jail because they all were the same close so it’s like they have numbers.The main reason is we should have the right to where what we want (school students have to wear school uniform Debate.org) School uniforms should not be tolerated because in summer it can get really hot.When it gets too hot studens will be distracted and will not learn.Or when
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Standardised Testing Name: Institution: Abstract This paper explores two published books that touched on pros and cons of standardized testing in schools. Popham‚ (2001) and Sacks‚ (1999) suggest that through pros a student will have to pass certain tests to determine that he or she has acquired proficiency in various fields of study. According to the two authors‚ in cons the students who have mastery of the content‚ don’t show in the test; it mostly promotes teachers to teach tests and evaluate
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When going to school students are supposed to learn based off a curriculum‚ but instead they are learning based off a test. These test are meant to help students‚ but instead they are hurting them. Standardized test requires all test takers to answer the same questions‚ or a selection of questions from common bank of questions‚ in the same way. Also they are scored in a “standard” or consistent manner‚ which makes it possible to compare the relative performance of individual students or groups of
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Federal involvement has had a deep impact in schools. As with all forms of change‚ the involvement of the federal government has pros and cons. The federal government has been a large influence over how the school system works. Overall‚ I believe that federal involvement has been positive for schools. One great advantage of having federal involvement is that teachers are held to a standard. The standards that teachers are held at allow organization and stronger learning to occur. This allows teachers
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