Noriega 1 To further one’s education after high school seems to always appear to be a parent’s largest concern. However‚ financial circumstances can highly influence whether or not college will be a possibility. Luckily‚ scholarships appear to be just about everywhere and can be fairly simple to receive. Many of these scholarships can be earned by simply writing an essay‚ or earned based on other merits. Many would define the word scholarship as an award of financial aid toward a student to further
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Ashley Milligan English 102 Prof. Belangia Writing Assignment 5 22 January 2011 Merit-based Scholarships Figuring out how to pay for one’s college tuition is probably one of the most stressful processes a person will face in his or her life. Many parents save money over the course of a child’s life to help pay for college‚ but this money is very rarely enough to cover the outrageous cost of a higher education. This is where scholarships come into play. But how should schools choose which students
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According to Ravitch‚ what is the goal for merit pay for teachers? Does merit pay for teachers work to increase student achievement scores? Explain? The goal of merit pay is to facilitate competition by tying pay to performance; the goal I to attract high quality teachers with the incentive of higher compensation. According to Ravitch the notion that merit pay is an effective way to motivate and award teachers is wrong. Most teachers don’t like merit pay and believes it put unnecessary pressure
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Merit and demerit goods Merit goods Merit goods are also things that are ’good’ for you‚ but unlike public goods they can be provided privately. The problem is that if they are provided solely by the private sector then they tend to be under-consumed‚ so‚ again‚ the government has to step in to correct the market failure. The best two examples are health and education. Both of these goods can be provided privately. Some of you may be at a private school (or independent school‚ as they are called)
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In the article the authors explain the different hypotheses behind merit pay‚ along with the Principle Agent Model to show why merit pay in public schools is so rare. The “nature of teaching” hypothesis states how difficult it is to evaluate a teacher. This hypothesis shows that the likelihood of merit pay working in public school very inconceivable‚ do to all the other factors that affect public school curriculum‚ like focusing on a topic for longer then the curriculum states should spent on a topic
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Running Head: TEACHER PERFORMANCE AND MERIT PAY 1 That’s Not Fair: Teacher’s Performance Based on Pay TEACHER PERFORMANCE AND MERIT PAY 2 Abstract There has been a huge debate on whether or not teacher pay or performance pay is a positive thing because there are no real guidelines. Many good points are brought into this debate as there are bad points
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The importance of the army in Spartan society: The entire Spartan society revolved around the army‚ essentially making it the key aspect of Spartan life and culture. The army influenced areas such as education and social structure as well as being the most important defence of Sparta in both combat and reputation. After an embarrassing defeat at the battle of Hysiai Sparta went through great military change‚ these changes dramatically changed all other areas of Spartan life‚ turning Sparta into a
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and Ridge Spartan Art and Culture Spartan sculptors were active in pan-European sites such as Delphi and Olympia.Pausanias‚ traveling through Sparta in the second century AD‚ recorded hundreds of significant buildings – temples‚ monuments‚ tombs‚ and public buildings – that were part and parcel of Spartan art and culture. According to contemporary sources‚ Sparta was particularly renowned for its music and dance. Spartan bronze works were coveted as gifts and imports. Spartan poets were admired
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Merit and Success are Related I believe in people who immigrate to America; they have the same dream-“American Dream.” The people who have the “American Dream” surely believe the U.S has meritocracy‚ which means they aware that there are plenty of opportunities to be successful in America if ones have good work ethic‚ put in their full effort to their careers‚ have an open-mind set‚ and willingly catch up with the newest technology‚ they can be successful. Unfortunately many people still stubbornly
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Explain the Social Structure of Sparta and its Significance in Spartan Society Good morning According to historical accounts‚ the Spartan constitution was created around the 750th C BC‚ by the great lawgiver‚ Lycurgus. The new system established a social structure that maintained a military power of Sparta and kept the conquered Messenians in cheque. Xenophon‚ writing 4th Century BC‚ recognised Lycurgus as the Spartan lawgiver. At the bottom of the social ladder were the helots. The Helots were
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