Research paper on "How to prevent bullying in schools?"

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The Myth of Helplessness By Jay P. Greene

QUESTIONS ON MEANING

1. In a sentence, how would you define the Myth of Helplessness? What is Greene's claim regarding it?

2. Greene acknowledges that poverty and other social factors play a role in student and school success. What is the difference between Greene's position and the positions of Rothstein, Winerip, Rips, and Cohen?

3. What does Greene and Forster's Teachability Index measure? What does the correlation of the Teachability Index to actual student achievement suggest to Greene?

4. What is the correlation between accountability programs and overall student achievement, according to Greene?

5. What are some of the different reforms that Greene suggests may help improve student achievement?

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

1. What role do poverty and broken homes play in a student's pursuit of an education? Are schools rendered, impotent in terms of teaching some students because of these social problems?

2. What ethical responsibilities do schools have toward the students they serve?

3. Who, ultimately, is responsible for a student's educational success: schools, families, or the student?

4. Should Parents be given a choice about which public school to send their children to? What happens if too many parents want to send their kids to the same school? How will the local school system or government decide which students get to attend and which will be turned away?