English 102 - Spring 2009

An interesting article that unites language and finance and the current fiscal crisis.

Newspapers have been battered by technological and economic forces, sure, but journalism has also delivered a one-two punch to its own jaw.

Although the state ruled that schools must support Darwin's theory, creationists are singing the praises of Friday's decision.

The author of this article does a study of individual level and school structural variables and weather they effect academic achievement. This study was conducted on about 12,000 10th graders so it is sufficient data and very reliable. They found that a schools climate is very important and can influence a students achievement level. Also, the article mentions student involovment will help academic achievement in many students.

In this article it brings up a very good point on how if a teacher is absent, then it will effect the students in their classroom. Some teachers are better than others and that could also effect the students. This study shows that 5-6% are absent days while school is in session. When teachers do take off of work, its hard for the schools to find good substitutes and it then leads to a day of no learning for the students.

The author in this article does a study to see if the relationship between teachers perceptions of the leadership of school principals in a large urban school district. This study seems very reliable because the number of people in the study is about 700, which i a sufficient number to collect data from. The article also explains that decision making in schools have changed and teamwork has improved and with the teamwork in urban schools it is important to have a leader.

This article is about the program Reading first. The program supports reading in young children. The children who participate in this program are much more literate than children who do not.

This article talks about how quick reads are encouraging adults to read. Authors are being encouraged to write quick novels to make reading mroe appealing to busy adults. This increases literacy in adults who are too busy to read.

This article is about the importance of starting children out reading at an early age. The earlier you read to your children and teach them to sound out words the more literate they will become. The year before the child goes to kindergarten is the year you should really push to teach children literacy.

This article is about the book that talks abot how different children read and learn differently. It gives good tips on how to figure out your childs best way of learning and reading, It has different sections about reading and learning

This article talks about how important it is to read deep. When you read deep you are more likely to understand what you are actually reading which increases literacy. Reading deep is reading more than just words but reading what the story is actually about.

This article talks about how important it is for parents being involved when their children are learning to read. It also goes on to talk about how they can decide their childrens futures and whether they will become literate professional adults. The involvement of a parent is very important.

This article talks about what makes Harry Potter so appealing to young people and why it encourages them to read. The books inspire children to read and think. They also encourage young people to use their imaginations.

This article talks about how Harry Potter has truly had a major impact on the literacy of young people. It give statistics of how many young people feel it has made them become more interested in reading. The article also gives results of studies done at a few universities

The author here starts out with a story or a project that was conducted in her classroom. She had a consultant come in to try and help her students with reading. he believed that building a relationship was necessary and to do before and post background information was necessary also. They then go into talking about how the No Child Left behind Act is sometimes hard to meet the requirements and many students may not meet them.

the author in this article descirbes how the transition from middle school to high school can cause a lot of stress on a student, which can allow them to not work to their full potential. So many urban schools are now considered failing schools, which means there is unequal learning going on. With the transition there are a change in expectations, social changes and it is a big adjustment. The author mentions a very important part where the achievement gap is widening and oppurtunities are becoming non existent.

This author suggests a way to improve the quality of teachers in urban school districts. This will hopefull help the students and close the achievement gap. It says that Teach for American should adopt the teacher residency to help qualify the teachers. Urban schools are in need of well prepared teachers. The program will screen and recruit college grads that are strong and will make a difference in the urban school districts and will change a childs life.

Article deals with academic dishonesty amongst college level students. Focusing on the business students at colleges and universities. How their high percentage of cheating is very alarming to incomming business recruiters.

Article deals with the top 25 ranked business schools in the country. Talks of academic dishonest and cheating that is involved in them.

A scholarly article written by the Dean of the North Carolina at Chapel hill, speaks of what college students should do and what teachers should do, to get off cheating. How to promote academic honesty and integrity for business schools around the world.