HIV & Youth
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In 10 pages the author discusses HIV and youth. In the 1990s AIDS/HIV is a very real and very frightening disease. It does not discriminate; affecting all people from all walks of life, all races, nationalities, sexes, and ages. The prevalence of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) has been shown to have a considerable effect on the youth population, according to the preponderance of the evidence. This plague knows no limitations. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Hivyouth.wps

"Bone"/Multicultural Family Therapy
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"Bone"/Multicultural Family Therapy : A 6 page research paper and analysis that takes the point of view of a novice family therapist seeking ways to help and explain the behavior of the family featured in Fae Myenne Ng's novel Bone, which concerns a family of Chinese Americans facing the grief caused by a daughter's suicide. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: 00ngbone.wps

"Crack" Use in Urban Schools.
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(4 pp). The drug problem affects all types of students. All regions and all types of communities show high levels of drug use. Thirty percent of 1990 high school seniors in non-metropolitan areas reported illicit drug use in the previous year, while the rate for seniors in large metropolitan areas was 33 percent. Although higher proportions of males are involved in illicit drug use, especially heavy drug use, the gap between the sexes is closing Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BBcrckTR.doc

'In a Different Voice …'
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(5pp) Carol Gilligan is associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her 1982 book, In a Different Voice, presents a theory of moral development which claims that women tend to think and speak in a different way than men when they confront ethical dilemmas. Gilligan contrasts a feminine ethic of care with a masculine ethic of justice.
Filename: BBdiffvoi.doc

A Literature-Based Approach To Multicultural Education
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A 6 page paper. This paper provides and overview and critique of a specific journal article by Elaine Mindich Bieger entitled: Promoting multicultural education through a literature-based approach. An overview of the author's main points is offered, including the four levels to using literature for multicultural education. The writer concludes with remarks about the impossibility of teachers incorporating everything everyone would like them to incorporate into the daily curriculum. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PGmul2.wps

A Preferred Vision For Administering K-12 Schools: Tutorial
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A 16 page research paper that begins with a general introduction to the principal's job and how the role of the principal has changed over the last twenty years. The major tasks of the principal are outlined. The writer then focuses on the characteristics, knowledge, skills and abilities the principal needs to have to be effective. These discussions are drawn from numerous research studies. Finally, the writer presents a summary of the characteristics and skills that determine how effective a principal will be. Throughout the paper, tutorial suggestions are provided for writing your own paper. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: PGprncef.rtf

A Program To Combat School Violence
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This 15-page-paper presents an in-depth discussion on the origin and implementation of a student based survey regarding school violence. The purpose of the survey was to assist in the design of a curriculum for a pilot program in the prevention of school violence. It includes discussions about the significance of the investigation as well as the instrument used and the validity of the results. The bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: CWviolenc.wps

A Slice Of Life From Kozol's Amazing Grace
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A 5 page analysis of author Jonathan Kozol's book Amazing Grace. It is about children and how this nation is treating them. It is a disturbing book because it highlights the injustices that are still prevalent in our system and the ways this impacts the members of society who have the fewest resources to fight against themóchildren. The writer focuses exclusively on the sixth chapter as a representative section of this work. No additional sources cited.
Filename: KozolAm

A Sociological Perspective Of School Violence
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An 8 page exploration of the sociological reasons behind school violence. Proposes that children engage in deviant behavior when social controls are either ineffective or absent and that two of these social controls are parental punishment methodologies and the media. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: Socviol.wps

Abstinence-Based Sex Education Programs vs. Broad-based Sex Education Programs
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This 12 page paper that provides an overview of the basic arguments for abstinence-based sex education programming and a comparative view of broad-based approaches. This paper argues that in certain populations, there is a distinct need for broad-based sex education programs in order to reduce the chances of teen pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MHsexed2.wps