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Educational Reform Essay Comment by Willie Hintze: Always try to come up with an original title. You never get a second change to make a first impression…

Student A. Sample

Grand Canyon University: Course

Month, ##, 2019

· Find a minimum of 5 GCU library, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal articles (books and websites do not count) to support your arguments. Since this is a research essay, you should have at least one citation per content paragraph (all paragraph besides the intro and conclusion). Comment by Willie Hintze: Please remember to delete this comment before submitting your essay

· Cite your sources with in-text citations and in the reference page, in APA style.

· View the rubric for this assignment within the assignment details: click “View Rubrics.”

· Stick to the detailed word count, 750 - 1000 words. You cannot “skillfully” meet the content exceeding the word count by more than 20 words. Word count does not include the title page, references page, and headers.

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· Make sure quoted text % is below 10%

· Make sure total % (Similarity PLUS quoted text = Similarity Score) is below 20%

· Also, ensure the assignment looks the way it should. If it is not, fix your document and start the upload process again. Please remember to submit the essay, not the LopesWrite Report.

· Since this is an APA assignment, make sure to use 3rd person POV: no forms of I, we, or you.

Educational Reform Essay

This is your introduction paragraph. It is scholarly to include this. Make sure to cite your sources in-text throughout. Introduce the purpose of this paper. You should actually write the words: “The purpose of this paper is to compare the positive and negative aspects of two education reforms in America over the last 100 years, and a reform that still needs to be made…” [and then write in the two issues that you choose to include]. A purpose statement clearly outlines the purpose and content requirements of an academic essay. For this essay include the two reforms you will be discussing and the additional reform that is necessary. (100 – 150 words)

First Change or Reform – Positive Effects

In this section, discuss a change or reform in American education over the past 100 years that has had both positive and negative impacts. Emphasize the positive aspects here. Give supporting details and specific examples. Cite your sources. (105 – 135 words)

First Change or Reform – Negative Effects

In this section, discuss the same change or reform, but emphasize the negative aspects here. Give supporting details and specific examples. Cite your sources. This is where you contrast the positive and negative effects. (105 – 135 words)

Second Change or Reform – Positive Effects

In this section, discuss a change or reform in American education over the past 100 years that has had both positive and negative impacts. Emphasize the positive aspects here. Give supporting details and specific examples. Cite your sources. (105 – 135 words)

Second Change or Reform – Negative Effects

In this section, discuss the same change or reform, but emphasize the negative aspects here. Give supporting details and specific examples. Cite your sources. (105 – 135 words)

A Change or Reform that Still Needs to Occur

In this section, discuss a possible change or reform that you believe still needs to be made in American education. Give supporting details and specific examples to make your point. Cite your sources. (150 – 210 words) Comment by Willie Hintze: Please don’t use first-person language. Instead of saying something like: “I believe that the following reform still needs to be made in three ways…”You should write something like: “The following reform still needs to be made in three ways…”

Please write a concluding paragraph here. Wrap up your thoughts here, however, don’t add any new material and don’t make any new points in your concluding paragraph. Comment by Willie Hintze: Please don’t use do not use contractions in your writing. For academic papers, you simply avoid contractions.

References Comment by Willie Hintze: These are just samples. Please replace them with your references, and then delete this comment…Remember, according to the instructions given on the assignment, you need to utilize the research from at least five different sources…

Daresh, J. C. (2004). Beginning the assistant principalship: A practical guide for new school administrators. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225-229. doi:10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (2003). Managing asthma: A guide for schools (NIH Publication No. 02-2650). Retrieved from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ health/prof/asthma/asth_sch.pdf

Reference #4. You are required to have a minimum of five scholarly articles from the GCU library online database to successfully complete this assignment.

Reference #5. Comment by Willie Hintze: Remember that you are required to have at least five peer-reviewed, scholarly articles included in your references.