...A Community Assessment of 71601 Kiona Okoro Arkansas State University Pine Bluff, Arkansas is the second oldest city in Arkansas. It is also the largest city and county seat of Jefferson County. The city of Pine Bluff was founded by Europeans on a high bank of the Arkansas River heavily forested with tall pine trees. The high ground furnished settlers a safe haven from annual flooding. Joseph Bonne, a fur trader and trapper of French and Quapaw ancestry, settled on this bluff in 1819. In 1829, Thomas Phillips claimed a half section of land where Pine Bluff is located. Jefferson County was established by the Territorial Legislature, November 2, 1829 and began functioning as a county April 19, 1830 (Wikipedia, 2014). The city prospered due to cotton production in 1860 and had one of the largest slave populations in the state. The city was devastated by the Great Flood of 1927 and the severe drought of 1930. The Army built the Pine Bluff arsenal and Grider Field in 1945. Major construction projects during the 1960s and 1970s were Jefferson Hospital (now Jefferson Regional Medical Center), a Federal Building, the Pine Bluff Convention Center complex including The Royal Arkansas Hotel & Suites, Pine Bluff Regional Park, two industrial parks and several large churches. In the late 1980s, The Pines, the first large, enclosed shopping center, was constructed on the east side of the city. The mall attracted increased...
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...Section 5 School Examples, Student Case Studies, and Research Examples • School Examples, page 5.3 – School-Wide Screening, page 5.4 – Progress Monitoring, page 5.5 – Tiered Service Delivery, page 5.9 – Data-Based Decision Making, page 5.13 – Parent Involvement, page 5.16 – Resources, page 5.22 August 2006 Overview In November 2002, the United States Department of Education requested that the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD) identify, describe, and evaluate the implementation of responsiveness to intervention (RTI) in elementary schools throughout the United States. The NRCLD staff worked with the six Regional Resource Centers (RRCs) to identify potential sites and solicit school participation. More than 60 schools across the country initially were considered, and information from 41 of those schools was submitted. The NRCLD research staff reviewed the extensive amount of information submitted and judged that 19 of those schools were engaging in one or more commendable RTI practices based on a review of the following six components of an RTI service-delivery model: • School-wide screening. Screening is a type of assessment characterized by quick, low cost, repeatable testing of critical academic skills or behaviors and can be administered by individuals with minimal amounts of training. A screening measures whether a student should be judged at risk. If a student meets the criteria for at-risk status, he or she is considered for more in-depth...
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...The setting is in the 1940s in Louisiana. The story involves Jefferson, an African-American man, on death row for a crime he did not commit. His Godmother, Miss Emma, attended his trial and heard the defense, which was that he was less than a man. He was compared to a hog, and it crushed her. She and her good friend, Lou, asked Grant Wiggins, Lou’s nephew, to teach Jefferson how to be a man. Grant Wiggins is the main character, and as he is teaching Jefferson, he becomes the student. He becomes less narcissistic when he teaches Jefferson, especially when he dies so nobly. I like that he changes in the story, but he doesn’t change entirely. It made him lose faith in society. People don’t change overnight, even when you go through life experiences. But in Grant’s case, the slight change he maid had an impact on his life. This spoke to me because it shows that the events of our lives can truly change who we are. Another reason I like this book is that it realistically reflects how African-Americans are treated, especially in the 1940s. The reason Jefferson received the death penalty was because he was African-American. We still see injustices like this today, such as the Ferguson Case, Trayvon Martin, or Michael Brown. A Lesson Before Dying took place before the civil rights movement, but still after the civil rights movement, not much has changed. The book was written...
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...MOOCs as the Remedy for Higher Education Abstract Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have recently developed into a popular topic of discussion in higher education forum. Undeniably there are a lot of problems existing in current mode of traditional higher education such as affordability, quality and flexibility. This paper will argue that MOOCs serve as a remedy to address the problems of higher education. 1) MOOCs are made to be affordable to every student who would like to learn, resolving the affordability of higher education; 2) MOOCs initiated interactive classes through various technological applications, to enhance the quality of class learning; 3) MOOCs allow for flexibility to cater to people with different needs or difficulties. Overall, despite some of the limitations, MOOCs could still serve as a remedy to resolve some problems with current higher education but they are certainly not a replacement of traditional higher education. The technology boom has led to a new trend in higher education – MOOC mania. A Massive Open Online Course, by definition of Tamar Lewin in his “Universities Abroad Join Partnerships on the Web”, is an online course for large-scale interactive participation and open access via the web. Besides traditional course materials, MOOCs offer interactive forums that build a learning community that involves both teachers and students (Lewin). MOOCs are widely recognized by its interactive and convenient online learning platforms, and its...
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...nine African American students from Little Rock, Arkansas who enrolled at Central High School. No African American student was allowed to enroll in an all White school, until the Supreme Court passed a ruling in which schools would be integrated. It was a trying time for these nine students as they suffered through violence, hate, segregation, humiliation, and fear. Little did they know that their actions during the 1957-1958 school year would mark an important event that changed history forever. They endured massive amounts of pain during their ordeal of mainly trying to get an education. But they received help and support along the way. The Little Rock Nine shaped the educational systems and gave hope to a divided nation at the time. They would grow to be successful individuals and remembered as unsung heroes in Civil Rights history. The Little Rock Nine: The Crisis That Shaped a Nation In 1957, nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights. The “Little Rock Nine” or the “Little Rock Crisis” refers to a time in history in which nine African American students were prevented from attending Little Rock Central High School, located in the southern state of Arkansas. This also took place during the Civil Rights Movement. The Little Rock Nine were the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School. The nine students were: Minnijean Brown Trickey, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green...
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...approach yields the greatest benefits for the individual and the greater society. This is especially relevant as the world becomes a smaller place and individuals become global citizens. Beginning in the 1600’s in the New England colonies, education was originally a private endeavor conducted in homes with families teaching children how to read, primarily for religious reasons so that they could read the Bible (Thattai, 2001). The country’s oldest school was founded in Boston in 1635 and taught grammar in Latin. Several other communities in the colonies had grammar schools by the 1700’s teaching a curriculum in Latin and Greek. Some of these schools also taught reading and writing in English, but according to Van Scotter (1991), “What students learned about history, philosophy, natural science, and even mathematics came through their study of the classics” (p. 47). Following the American Revolution, a case was made for education being the basis for prosperity and survival of the new nation. In 1779, Thomas Jefferson introduced the idea of...
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...Nicole Reyes Reyes1 Professor Peggy Ingram EDUU 512 12 March 2013 Teaching Case Assignment: “The Case of Cassie Brown” The assigned teaching case is based on a female, African American high school student by the name of Cassie Brown. Cassie is a senior at Jefferson High School right before the turning of the new millennium. The story takes place not far from a very poor inner city. Cassie has found that after many years of wanting to become a mathematics teacher, she is now questioning her dream. The reason Cassie has become uncertain of her goal is from an encounter she had with her mathematics teacher, Mr. Tempe. Cassie was unable to understand how to solve a calculus problem which Mr. Tempe tried twice to explain to her. After the second attempt, he informed her that she might want to reconsider becoming a math teacher: “There are not many minorities in this field and you are also female and African American” (Taylor and Whittaker, 210). There are several issues arising from this case, primarily the perception that the people in the case impose upon the female, African American minority. This perception is that black women are not equal in capability and intelligence and therefore unlikely to be successful in the fields of mathematics and science. Cassie made reference to the fact that she was among only 5 other African American girls in her class, accounting for just one Reyes2 ...
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...Linda D. Jefferson Fall /2016 Professor John Padgett PS4115 – Juvenile Justice Practice April, 2015 Teen at Center Of Juvenile Crime Debate Trying juveniles as adults is a highly debated and controversial area of concern among law enforcement experts, the criminal justice system, and juvenile advocates. I remember a case that happen in Florida. Lionel Tate was accused of murdering his neighbor child that his mother was babysitting. This was a very highly controversy case, based on his age at the time of 12 years. My case study research was done on the case of Lionel Tate. Lionel was charged with and sentence as an adults to life in prison at the age of fourteen. Lionel Tate, who has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in the wrestling death of his 6-year-old playmate. Under Florida law, Tate faced a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole for his conviction on first-degree murder charges. Tate, who was 12 when he killed 6-year-old Tiffany Eunick, who faces an adult trial under Florida law had been being punished under strong laws designed to deter other juveniles from committing similar crimes. Some believe that the punishment was too harsh and it would deter other juveniles from committing such crimes. Tate: Case Study of a Failing System? Tate was tried as an adult under a 1981 Florida statute that gave prosecutors discretion as to whether to charge juveniles as adults. Florida is one of...
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...Assessment without High-Stakes Testing Protecting Childhood and the Purpose of School David Mitchell, Douglas Gerwin, Ernst Schuberth, Michael Mancini, and Hansjörg Hofrichter 1 Picture a breezy spring morning at the beach. White-tipped waves roll rhythmically up the sand, washing away footprints like a blackboard eraser on a classroom blackboard. A group of children on a school outing marches purposefully along the shore through the edge of the frothy waves. A couple of eager kids stride out in front. The teacher walking along with the main group of the class notices that one of the boys is lagging behind. The teacher slows her step to find out why this child is not keeping up with his class. There are several possibilities: 1. The child is unable to keep up with the group, due to some disability, physical or emotional, or simply exhaustion for lack of sleep or nourishment; 2. The child is unwilling to keep up with the group, due to a lack of interest or, perhaps, a surfeit of distractions along the way; or 3. The child does not know how to keep up with the group, possibly because he is new to this experience and has not been taught how to hold his balance against the waves. In each of these cases, the teacher will respond differently. In the first case, she may scoop up the boy and carry him, or ply him with a quick snack or a sip of water. In the second, she may draw his attention to something of interest up ahead or coax him with some gentle words of sympathy and encouragement...
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...Introduction In this case, we study the problems that the Jefferson County School System, JCSS, incurred as part of a major data systems overhaul. The intended purpose was to provide a smooth transition and completely replace the old system that the JCSS had been using for many years. We can see that while the old system had many faults and shortcomings, one of the things people seemed to like the most about it was that they could have it tweaked to do exactly what they wanted it to do. The old system was an in-house system that relied upon the IT team constantly making changes to support users’ desires. While the overall process of submitting the a request for proposal, RFP, appears to be done well enough, it is only after the fact that we see that members of the selection committee did not take this serious enough and that more research and more detail were needed throughout the process. Background This Case Study provided very detailed background information on how this data systems migration came to fruition. For instance, we learn that when Dr. Greene was hired as the Superintendent of Schools, one of the first things he did was assemble a task force to analyze the current data system and make recommendations for the future. More specifically, this included the implementation of a purchased software package to meet their needs and to eliminate the programming staff. The Director of Data Processing, David Meyer, was infuriated that he was not included in this task force...
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...Compulsory National Service Compulsory national service has been a major debate topic for the past few years now. This means mandatory service would be required for all Americans graduating from high school today. There are pros and cons on both sides of the argument that hold weight and make valid points, but after doing the research and viewing both sides I have to agree that the pros outweigh the cons. Compulsory service will get our country back on its feet, and can bring unity to this wonderful country we call home, for that reason we need to act now and require a two year stint of national service. To begin, there are many Americans who are against compulsory national service they believe that it would impact teens from moving on to college...
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...character in the “The Case of Cassie Brown” is a high school senior named Cassie Brown. Cassie is a Jamaican, young woman of color, with strong faith and supportive parents. She is a very dedicated, hardworking and motivated student with aspirations of majoring in mathematics when she attends college. The case is about Cassies’ interaction with her Mathematics teacher, Mr. Tempe; which has caused her to doubt her decision to major in mathematics. Although Cassie has scored well on her Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), is a member of the National Honor Society, and participates in the Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP), she now is losing confidence in her abilities. Other notable characters in the case included Mr. & Mrs. Brown, Cassies’ parents. They were very encouraging and ultimately never wanted Cassie to give up her dreams. Mr. Horton was Cassies’ pastor at her church. Although he was a new pastor, Cassies’ culture and family values reinforced the practice of seeking guidance through the ministers of their church. Mr. Horton assisted in the facilitation of a meeting with Miss Jensen the school counselor who spoke very highly of Cassie and also encouraged her to follow her passions and her dreams. The town name and state were never mentioned in the case but the case takes place at Jefferson High School which is an inner-city school with a high population of low income and minority students. There were statistics published about the school that indicated a low...
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...In 1791, the Second Amendment, which was ratified by President Thomas Jefferson, has been adopted and believed to give the rights of keeping and bearing arms to US civilians: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” One statement, but two different views. The non-supporters of gun laws use it as a seem-to-be solid proof of people rights of being armed, which is given in order to prevent a dictator ruling the country and self-defense. The supporters claim that every word of the Second Amendment suggests otherwise: it only applies for ‘well-regulated Militia’ who help defend the country, not for any random civilians who use guns for sports or...
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...company, getting the dream job, buying a house whatever success is an education is needed to achieve it. Not everyone has the same circumstance. Some people are born poor with parents who don’t have well-paying jobs or broken homes but that shouldn’t mean that you are left without an education. If everyone has an equal chance then why don’t most become successful? It is because we don’t have an equal chance. Not everyone was brought up the same or started off with the same life. In fact, college graduates earn more than twice as much as high school graduates. Some studies have found that college graduates with a bachelor’s degree earn 80% more per year than those with only a high school degree (College Atlas). According to the United States Census Bureau, individuals achieve the following degree levels earned the following median annual salaries: PhD’s, $100,000 or more; master’s, $63,000; bachelor’s, $55,700; associate’s, $42,000; high school diploma, $32,500 ( Kezar). But to make that possible for everyone circumstances would have to be different. College should be...
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...Instructor Quesenbury English 1301 - 002 03 December 2014 Research Paper Today's schools have to focus on so much more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. Although school officials strive to protect the student and faculty from gun violence, it's a reality in today's world. Truly something is seriously wrong because school buildings should be a safe place for all. Study after study conducted on the who's and why's of school gun violence reveals an important fact: There is no reasonable answer for such violence to have taken such a rise in incidence and continue to be the prevailing societal threat it is today, in every school across the nation, especially large school communities. The whole community needs to act together and get involved. The statistics are threatening enough. The U.S. Department of Education estimated 5.5 million students were enrolled in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 in the 2006-07 school year. Among this population, during this single year, there were 767,000 violent assaults and 35 (27 homicides and 8 suicides) school associated violent deaths (Dinkes, pars. 5, 6, 10). From the broader period, years 1999 to 2006, reported 116 students killed in 109 school associated incidents (Shuster, par. 2). Although national attention to school shootings has heightened in recent years, a violent incident in a school setting was first recorded in 1955. In a Swathermore College dorm in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania on January 11, Bob Bechtel, age 22...
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