Title

Ring Patterns In Liquid Crystals Aligned By Phase-Separated Two-Component Monolayers

Abstract

Although the current state of schools in the United States is concerning to many, it is evident that schools continue to play a strong role in the lives of our children and have the potential to set the tone for our children's futures. Nonetheless, schools are facing numerous challenges. In particular, schools are facing situations in which they do not have sufficient financial resources to provide all the materials and services that are needed by their students, they face limitations in their ability to hire high quality teachers, they have low expectations for student performance (e.g., Eastin, 2008), and they over-emphasize annual achievement test scores to the detriment of students' actual learning and problem solving (in conjunction with the accountability that is now in place).Although some may think that children may be somewhat removed from these difficulties, research suggests that children are experiencing some effects. For example, only 29 percent of students in the Sixth through Twelfth Grades reported that their schools provided caring and encouraging environments (DeAngelis, 2010). Such perceptions may be affecting boys more than girls, as boys are less likely to remain engaged in their academic settings, less likely to keep pace academically with their female counterparts, and less likely to attend college (Chamberlin, 2008). Boys also are more likely to be rated as having externalizing behavior problems and attentional difficulties relative to their female counterparts (Rescorla, Achenbach, Ginzburg, et al., 2007; Rescorla, Achenbach, Ivanova, et al., 2007), although some of these ratings may be a function of teachers' perceptions of students' behavior. Rather than continue with the current status quo, some researchers are suggesting that schools should take a more holistic approach to educating our children. In such an approach, school services would be integrated with other community-based resources and services (Power, DuPaul, Shapiro, and Kazak, 2003), and schools would attend to children's social-emotional needs as well as the more typically addressed academic achievement needs. Given the importance of understanding the challenges being faced by schools today as well as how these concerns may be affecting our children, these concerns as well as possible solutions will be explored in this chapter. © 2011 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

2-5-2012

Publication Title

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volume

395

Number of Pages

32-37

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.11.035

Socpus ID

84855874078 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84855874078

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