Characteristics of the 100 largest public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States: 2002-03

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Sable ◽  
◽  
Lee Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals GETTING CURSED OUT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: NOTES ON HANDLING VERBAL ASSAULTS WITH HUMANITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-22
Author(s):  
DARRICK SMITH
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Counseling Psychology ◽  
School Discipline ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Responsiveness ◽  
Verbal Abuse ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Social Justice Educator

A national dialogue on school discipline has now reemerged in the United States as many educators struggle with how to maintain a balance of cultural responsiveness and high expectations when addressing student transgressions on their campuses. While the field of child development, counseling psychology, and communications pose theoretical responses to such dilemmas, this article aims specifically to address the procedural challenges of dealing with verbal abuse from students and adults. Through the lens of a social justice educator, the author offers practical, humanizing steps that are intended to help secondary school educators engage with students in a way that emphasizes boundaries, respect, and reflection for students and adults alike.

Development of Mathematics in Secondary Schools of the United States

1934 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 281-295
Author(s):  
F. L. Wren ◽  
H. B. McDonough
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
The United States ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Equal Division ◽  
Elementary And Secondary Education

Prior to the latter part of the nineteenth century the energies of those interested in public education had been primarily directed toward the completion of the educational ladder. Elementary, secondary, and higher education had been placed under public control and to a large extent was financed by public taxation. In 1893 the Committee of Ten reported to the National Educational Association in favor of enriching the course of study in grades below the high school through the introduction of various subjects such as algebra, geometry, foreign languages, and natural sciences but their recommendations made no provisions for adapting these subjects to the abilities and needs of the children of the lower grades. During the early stages this movement for reorganization centered around the approximate equal division of time devoted to elementary and secondary education. The idea of dividing the six-year secondary school into junior and senior departments did not become a prominent one until the latter part of the first decade of the twentieth century.

The Mathematics Teacher Shortage—Some Solutions

1981 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-178
Author(s):  
Clyde Paul
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Teacher Shortage ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Superintendents ◽  
Qualified Teachers ◽  
Mathematics Classrooms ◽  
Teacher Applicants ◽  
Education Statistics

Evidence continues to accumulate that mathematics education in the United States is facing a serious peril caused by the increasing shortage of qualified teachers. Dunathan (1979) surveyed school superintendents in nine midwestern states about this topic. Approximately 70 percent of those administrators who responded thought a shortage of qualified mathematics teacher applicants existed. Less than 5 percent indicated that they believed there was a surplus. A 1977 survey conducted by the federal government discovered that approximately one-fourth of the nation's school districts had at least one opening in some field for which no qualified applicant could be found (Jacobson, 1979). Data from other sources suggest that many of those unstaffed positions were in mathematics classrooms. Reporting figures prepared by the National Center for Education Statistics, Dessart (1979b) states “… 1100 mathematics teacher positions were unfilled in the secondary schools of the United States during the fall of 1977.” The November 26 issue of Education USA (“Teacher Shortage,” 1979) quotes the Houston, Texas, superintendent of schools as estimating “… that more than 5,000 of the school district's students have 'no certified mathematics or science teacher at a time when we are emphasizing those subjects.' “That same article reports that Dallas had 150 current vacancies, most of which were in mathematics, science, industrial arts, and special education at the secondary level.

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