...Rancho Solano Preparatory School: Proposed Change for a Better Future Traditionally it is believed that you can get a better education from private school rather than public school. Private schools are smaller therefore have a better flow of communication within their network of faculty, parents, and students. Back in 2014, the Rancho Solano Preparatory School (RSPS) went about some drastic changes that affected the school board, students, teachers, and parents. Providing students private education for over sixty years, RSPS has been well established within the community. Parents and students used to look forward to attending RSPS because of how prestigious it was and the school’s well known history. Unfortunately, this is no longer the case. There is no law against people who make poor decisions and the past cannot be changed, however mistakes can be learned from to make way for a better future. A change within the school board subsystem of RSPS would make room for better information flow, a better workforce structure, and for other subsystems already in place to run more efficiently. The major organizational subsystem that needs to be changes at RSPS is the school board members. On January 6, 2014, Dr. Audrey Mernard (head of RSPS) announced to her staff that they would be closing campuses in Peoria and Gilbert (Illinois) due to a “strategic direction” that is best for RSPS (Moore, 2014). This was the only explanation given to the faculty and there was no debate...
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...RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LAGOS STATE NIGERIA BY DR. A. A. ADEOGUN AND G. I. OSIFILA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL DMINISTRATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, AKOKA - YABA Abstract This study investigated the relationship between educational resources and students’ academic performance in Lagos State public secondary schools. A descriptive research design was adopted. Five schools were randomly selected from Somolu Local Government Area of Lagos State. A research instrument was developed to collect factual and perceptual information from the principals and teachers of the schools selected. The data collected were analyzed with the use of chi-square statistics. The study found that there were not enough educational resources in the selected schools. Physical, materials, financial and human resources were found to be significantly related to students’ academic performance. Some suggestions and recommendations were made on how to improve academic performance through adequate provision of educational resources. Other category of material resources consist of paper supplies and writing materials such as biro, eraser, exercise books, crayon, chalk, drawing books, notebooks, pencil, ruler, slate, workbooks and so on. Physical resources include classrooms, lecture theatres, auditoriums, typing pools, administrative block, libraries, laboratories, workshops, gymnasia, assembly halls, special rooms like sickbay, staff...
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...Brilliant Minds Academy, LLC Business Plan Name, CEO Name, CFO Name, COO Name, CMO Address of School Confidentiality Agreement The undersigned reader acknowledges that the information provided by Brilliant Minds Academy, LLC staff in this business plan is confidential; therefore, reader agrees not to disclose it without the express written permission of Brilliant Minds Academy, LLC. It is acknowledged by reader that information to be furnished in this business plan is in all respects confidential in nature, other than information which is in the public domain through other means, and that any disclosure or use of same by reader may cause serious harm or damage to Brilliant Minds Academy, LLC. Upon request, this document is to be immediately returned. ___________________ Signature ___________________ Name (typed or printed) ___________________ Date Table of Contents I. Table of Contents 3 II. Executive Summary 4 III. Company Description 6 IV. Marketing Plan 8 V. Operational Plan…………………………………………………………………………… 22 VI. Financial Plan 32 VII. Exit Strategy 39 VIII. Appendices & References 41 Executive Summary Brilliant Minds Academy, LLC (BMA) will be a private school that offers group tutoring, individual tutoring, and a student supply store. BMA is scheduled to open on August 13th, 2012 at 113 Cumberland Avenue in Madison, Tennessee. The school and tutoring programs are on a year round schedule where the classes will meet for 45 days and break...
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...able to use them along with instructing the students on what the best way would be for each and every student in their classroom. Integrative Design and Evaluation Educational Technology Statistics Schools in 2003 did not have the computers needed to meet their student’s needs, out of all the schools in the United States the ratio of computers to students looked like this; there were 4 students for every computer. During this time frame there are only about 8% of the schools that would lend out laptops to the student body they had only about 5 computers available to lend out at that time. Also during this time frame about 10% of the public school system had some sort of hand held computer for both the students and the teachers to use during the school day (U.S. Department of Education). Out of all 50 states 48 of these included some type of technology standards in the years 2004-2005. During 2004-2005, out of the 50 states there were about 16 that offered or had some sort of charter school that were operating some type of cyber schooling. Also during this time frame about 22 of the 50 states established virtual school for students, it was during this time that about 56% of both 2 and 4 year colleges started to offer long distance courses, with about 90% of public schools offering long distance courses for the students (U.S. Department of Education). Something else that also happened during the early time frame with long...
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...Philippines, we can choose to attend a public school or a private school. And there are some who prefer home schooling, depending on the family’s financial capability. If the family cannot financially provide for private schooling, they can apply for academic or athletic scholarships. This gives the family of gifted children an opportunity to attend good private schools and make something of themselves. Scholarships are not just given to those who are intellectually gifted, thus giving more chances to students with other talents to be able to attend good private schools and get good quality education that they rightly deserve. Statement of the Problem This study aims to determine the effects of being a student-athlete. Hence, the researcher seeks to answer the following questions: 1. What are the benefits of being a student-athlete? 2. What are the disadvantages of being a student-athlete? Significance of the Study The study will greatly benefit athletes, particularly those who come from financially disadvantaged families, to attend very good private schools. This could be their guideline on how to go about in applying for athletic scholarships and what is required from them once they become scholars. This study will also help future athletes to determine if they can be students and athletes at the same time without compromising the quality of education that they can have by attending good private school. Assumptions of the Study At the beginning...
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...Charter Schools There are many different types of schools that falls into the education world; Charter Schools are a part of that world that goes though the learning process, by following a set of steps. Charter schools intend to improve our school system, while operating independently of the school district. They are run by a non-for-profit organization, governed by parents, business leaders, and the education departments in the community. These schools provide instruction for grades K-12. Sometimes they are sponsored by an existing local public schools board. Charter schools do not have a right to charge tuition, and not discriminate against any pupil. The schools have to follow a fair and open admission process. Charters are public schools, with similar operations as a regular public school does. Charters around the world are admitted on a first come first served basis. Some schools use a lottery pick when the applicants exceed available slots in the area. Charter schools operate in exchange for greater accountably. They operate on there basic principles, which are Accountability, Choice, and Autonomy. The schools are held accountable for how the students are educated in a responsible environment. They take pride in how well they meet the student achievement goals. Charter schools are given a few years to have food standers on academic performance. By changes children are not performing well, and their academic performance legs behind compared to public schools, then...
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...deciding on whether to send their child to a public and private school. Both public and private schools provide education and opportunities for students, but it sometimes can be a difficult for parents to make a choice. This paper will compare and contrast five areas that should be considered will make a choice should as cost, curriculum, class size, teachers and transportation that relate to public and private schools. One of the differences between private and public schools is cost. Public schools are free to the parent. Public schools are funded by the state through tax money. (Great Schools Staff, n.d.). Private schools will charge tuition. Private schools do not receive tax money and are funded through the tuition money along with donations from alumni (Great Schools Staff, n.d.). Many families will choose public school because it does not cost, and another family will choose private school no matter how much the cost. Another difference between public and private schools is the curriculum. Public schools must follow the curriculum that is mandated by the state. The state has set outlines for each grade level. (Great Schools Staff, n.d.). Private schools can set their own curriculum. Furthermore, public schools have to take standardized testing and private schools determine their own testing. Some public schools are crowded with students. The mean class size for students is around 25-40 students. Private schools are normally much smaller, in which the average...
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...Organizational Learning and Decision-Making: A Southeastern School District and Elementary School Greg Alford, DA University of Phoenix Org 714 Organizational Learning and Decision-Making: A Southeastern School District and Elementary School Although learning should be an easy task for a school and school system, the bureaucracy of a public educational system presents many obstacles to substantive learning on the part of the employees and the smoothness of the decision-making process. This paper examines the opportunities for organizational learning and the decision-making process in southeastern U.S. school district and specifically at an elementary school Pre-K CDC Program. What is Organizational Learning and Decision-Making? Organizational learning is the process through which managers seek to improve organization members’ desire and ability to understand and manage the organization and its environment so they make decisions that continuously raise organizational effectiveness. There are two types of organizational learning strategies that may be pursued by any group: exploration and exploitation. Exploration is a method where organizational members learn of ways to improve existing organizational activities and procedures through experimentation. Exploitation is where those members refine and improve on existing activities and procedures to increase effectiveness (Jones, 2010). Organizational decision-making is the process of responding to a problem by searching...
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...Uniforms in Public Schools I attended public school and was able to choose what I wore to class each day, I never decided if it was a privilege or a chore. What I did not realize was how much of an effect my appearance had on the friends I made and my concentration levels in class. If there were uniforms in class, then there would be less hassle in kid’s lives. Uniforms provide unity and loyalty in the school environment. Today more and more public schools across the country are switching to uniforms to help improve the academic success of students while relieving them from unnecessary distractions while learning. A lot of hassle and time could be saved by switching public schools over to Uniforms. Children and Parents would not have to decide what to wear to school each morning. While at school there would be a level field of social equality in the student body. Children from families with a less fortunate economic situation would not be viewed differently in a uniformed environment unlike today’s schools where your family’s worth can be deduced based on your attire. Gang affiliations would be unapparent and most likely greatly reduced without the ability to promote their individual symbols and/or colors, this alone could bring violence in public schools to all-time lows from previous decades. Children at a uniformed school will feel a sense of loyalty and unity. With everyone wearing the same attire and colors they will not be against each other but instead on the...
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...Violence that Follows Bullied Gay Teens in High School Science Perspective on Global Problems: Aggression and Violence Today in society we push our teenagers and young adults to strive well with their academics in high school. With that being said, there are so many unknown factors that come with it. With trying to strive with academics in high school, teenagers and young adults deal with those un-surfaced factors. They may have to deal with fitting in at school, per pressure, not being confident and cultural differences. These factors are all equally important but a factor that makes it almost unbarring to learn is Bullying. Although bullying affects all victims, one group in particular that is bullied the most is self-identifying gay teens in high schools (Wallace 2011).In my research I am going to note the facts on what it is to bully a gay class mate, the reaction from schools, how often it happens, why it happens, the consequences, and how bullying can be stopped in high schools. Research by Wallace (2011) suggests that bullying is a form of horrible harassment. Wallace (2011) said that conduct that is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive to limit a student’s ability to participate in or benefit from a public school education program or activity is considered bullying. Research by Fleming ,Meadows, Bob (2010) say that bullying creates a hostile or abusive educational environment at a public school including acts of verbal, nonverbal, and physical aggression...
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...is that its run by state and that instead we should be encouraging competition through different forms of private education. A central principle of the New Right is the belief that the state cannot meet people’s needs and that people are best left to meet their own needs and that people are best left to meet their own needs through the free market. A number of the principles of the New Right are based on the theories of market forces. They felt that the British economy was in decline and something needed to be done to change the situation. People had to take the responsibility for their own future rather than depend on the state. They said that there should be competition amongst schools in the same way as private companies compete against each other. This is known as the league table as schools would compete to get to the top so that parents were more likely to...
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...governmental recognitions during the last six decades. The case begins with an identified concern arising in Denver Colorado school system. The issue reveled concerns, the urban public school systems, which were not meeting scholarly standards set by their educational board to improve graduation rates for the state. One particular school, Manuel High School, set in one of the poorest areas of the City, was deemed underutilized and a poorly instructed; thoughts arouse that it was wasteful or the school to remain open. Manuel High indicated unsatisfactory performance, high dropout rate and, was identified as a failing school. Information provided, stated that nine out of ten students failed their state written test; ninety-seven of a hundred failed their math test; and one in five freshmen were said to graduate from this school. Since Manuel High School was meeting unsatisfactory performance, thoughts of reform were expressed towards the school. The chief of staff, Michael Bennet, was hired by the governor of Denver to take charge of leading school reform. Bennet’s strategy was to close the underutilized institution and have its students select another school to attend. Bennet’s made plans to address a new focus for the school, which was, to start over and prepare their students for graduation and college. As Bennet began his process to close down Manuel High School, he did not consider the impact that it would have on the students and its community. There was much opposition from...
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...City Schools There has been long ongoing debate of the levels of education when comparing public and private education institutions. Some argue that public education is for the poor and is not the most effective form of education when it comes to personal development. Baltimore City public schools has a high level of educational inequality when compared to private schools and it shows in their dropout rate, the poor preparation for college, and additional other factors outside of the schools that impact the educational development of the students. With education being the most vital part of a child’s development, one would believe there would be microscopic monitoring in this area of our city. We have shifted the focus from schools widely in the Baltimore City area and cut a lot of programs that helped develop and prepare kids for life. It is amazing that Baltimore has found funding to open two new casinos in downtown Baltimore City but has not added any more funding to the Baltimore City educational department. Our City leaders have raised taxes in the Baltimore City to all-time highs and it has made it harder for families to support a higher level of education for their children with after care programs as well as enrolling them into different schools. Also, one must consider the factor of kids just giving up because there has not been a strong focus on education within Baltimore City. In comparison to private and charter school students, Baltimore City Public schools have...
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...Vol. 3 (4), July, 2009 ISSN 1994-9057 (Print) ISSN 2070-0083 (Online) Study Habit, Self-Concept and Science Achievement of Public and Private Junior Secondary School Students in Ogun State, Nigeria (Pp. 492-506) Olatoye, R. A. - Institute of Education, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria E-mail: kingdemola@yahoo.com Abstract This study compared study habit, self-concept and science achievement of students in public and private junior secondary schools in Ogun State, Nigeria. Twelve secondary schools were randomly selected from Egba and Ijebu divisions of the state. A sample of three hundred and sixty (360) students participated in the study. Three research instruments were used to collect data. There was no significant difference in study habit and selfconcept of students in public and private schools. However, private school students performed significantly better than their public school counterparts in integrated science (t = 3.400, p<0.05). In both public and private schools student study habit and self-concept combined together and singularly predicted science achievement. Counsellors should encourage students to study and also train them on how to improve their self-concept in order to improve science achievement. Key Words: Study habit, self-concept, science achievement, public and private schools, junior secondary schools. Introduction Scientific discoveries affecting individuals and the society at large are frequently found in our homes and workplaces...
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...Failing School Systems: Are Students to Blame? The United States educational system is failing. This topic is in the news repeatedly. Failing schools are a problem that must be fixed. However, it cannot be fixed until we figure out its real cause. Many people put the blame on the government, school officials, and teachers. Critics such as Geoffrey Canada, the founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone, say that the problem lies within the public schools. He states, “Public schools are bad, privately managed charter schools are good” (Ravitch 1). This may be a true statement but there must also be an underlying cause for low school performance. Nobody ever thinks the students may have something to do with this problem. The students are the ones who are taking the tests, paying attention in class and completing the homework. Nevertheless, from another view it may not always be the child’s fault. Maybe other factors contribute to this. Some students want to succeed but they do not always have the necessary resources to do so. These reasons are student’s determination, financial limitations, family support, insufficient housing, and poor nutrition. Some students do want to succeed in life however successful needs to be defined in order to figure out criteria for success. According to Merriam-Webster, success is an “a degree of succeeding” and “a favorable or desired outcome”. In other words, success is having a series of goals set in order to achieve a bigger goal or accomplishment...
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