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This study addresses the reasons that African American students are disproportionately enrolled in public charter schools by surveying parents of African American charter school students at a small public charter middle school in California.The researcher utilized a quantitative research design by collecting survey data from 71 charter school parents.The findings indicate the following reasons that African American parents remove their students from traditional public schools: their desire...

Libya is blessed with many factories but regrettably these factories failed due to lack of skills and experiences.Often Libya due to their uncoordinated, unregulated and fragmented nature delivery systems and policies are the challenges faced by the state.It is difficult to design a training system that ensures demand driven skills provision and involves stakeholders from key relevant sectors and this requires a study to identify problems and prosper solution for sustainable future...

The study investigated gender differences in decisions on student disciplinary behaviours by selected Kenyan secondary school disciplinary panels which may be due to composition of disciplinary panels, perceptions of students presenting with disciplinary behaviours and behaviour expectations of students on the basis of school categories. The study employed mixed methods approach and collected both quantitative and qualitative data using questionnaire and interview protocol. Participants of...

This study investigated social group phenomenon of group polarization effects on disciplinary hearing decisions in selected Kenyan secondary school. The participants were 78 school personnel (females = 42 % and males 58%) from ten secondary schools with both unisex (n = 39) and co-educational schools (n = 39). Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed. The results suggested group polarization effects in disciplinary hearing decisions, in that there were shifts from...

With the advent of globalization and technological development, English has become a necessary tool of international communication in many areas such as education, business, politics, commerce, science, and technology throughout the world. Also, English has become the most widely taught foreign language in the world (Kachru &Nelson, 1996). Moreover, the issue of successful implementation of the English language curriculum has been the focus of a number of studies. In the case of Libya,...

While the most analyzed variable in education production function literature is teacher education and experience, very few research papers focus on teacher achievement. In this paper, we explore the potential effect of teacher knowledge in mathematics and reading on student achievement by using a unique international database which includes 14 Sub- Saharan countries. We show that teacher knowledge differs between countries, and between different clusters within countries. Moreover, while in...

The current study tries to verify the effectiveness of a training program based on emotional freedom technique in upgrading the feelings of happiness for diabetics. The sample is (36) diabetics enrolled in Khan Younis camp clinic purposively selected and equally distributed into two groups. The researchers designed the study tools (emotional freedom training program, happiness scale). The study findings revealed the existence of statistically significant differences between the treatment and...

This study primarily attempts to investigate if there is any relationship between selected factors namely gender, school factors and academic achievement in Statistics of high school students in Tripoli, Libya.The study specifically answered the following questions 1-Is there any relationship between students' achievement in Statistics and school factors in terms of the Availability and use of school library?2-Is there any relationship between students achievement in Statistics and the...

This research examines the effect of socio-cultural factors on the Girl-Child education in secondary schools in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. It is a survey study. research also took not of some key factors, which among other things, include the great attitude of parents towards girl-child education effect of early marriage. Influence of the family background and size and the socio-economic situation in the community. findings showed that almost all the above mentioned...

The paper attempts to evaluate the Global economic crisis and the challenges to entrepreneurship development of technical vocational education and training in oil and gas sector of the Nigerian economy. Effects of the global melt down in the economics of developed countries of the world and its chain-link action has gradually enveloped the entire world economy. This development impacted negatively on the Nigerian economy coupled with the Niger Delta Crisis that has drastically affected oil...

Soil transmitted helminths (STHs) are known to be endemic in developing tropical countries. A study on the prevalence and risk factors associated with STHs infections among children in three selected primary schools in Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State was undertaken between February and July, 2012. The stool samples collected from 338 children aged 5 – 13 years in the three primary schools were analyzed using direct normal saline and formal-ether concentration technique for the...

This study assessed the content validity of May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) questions in Chemistry from 1999–2002.  The researchers analysed the taxonomic spread of the content of the Senior Secondary School Core Curriculum in the 1999-2002 WASSCE questions in Chemistry. The Core Curriculum for Chemistry and WASSCE Chemistry question papers were the main sources of data.  170 performance objectives from the Core Curriculum and 590 questions from WASSCE...

The study examined the technological readiness of school district educational administrators in Ghana to carry out data-based decisions for school improvement. A descriptive study was conducted to gather data from the study population (n=169) comprised of district education directors. Random sampling technique was used to select 120 participants. Data collected were analysed using Data Use Continuum and means and standard deviations. The findings showed that data-based decision making for...

This paper examined the preparation of school heads in Ghana. It looked at the academic and professional credentials of the school heads and the criteria for their appointment. The paper also looked at the nexus between the role expectations of school heads and school improvement.  It explored the career path to school administration and the knowledge base of school head preparatory programmes in some selected countries from a discourse analytic perspective. The paper identified the...