Achievement gap in the United States

Outcome of Children in Single Parent Homes There are 318.9 million people in the United States of America according to the United States Census Bureau. 13.7 million of the 318.9 million individuals are considered single parents, they are responsible for raising 22 million children today (wolf). A single parent is described as an individual who brings up a child or children without a partner. The fact that 22 million of today’s children are being raised by single parents is a statistic that…

and the community they live in by promoting preventive care, achievement of health and well-being, and patient empowerment (Balcazar et al., 2011, p. 2202). Community health nurses connect with partners in the community who can assist them in carrying out their goals. By partnering with doctor Clinton Sharp, a primary care physician, and Tommy Morris, owner and pharmacist of Trinity Specialty Pharmacy, I can assist in bridging the gap between diabetics in Slidell, Louisiana and the community…

Affirmative action, the practice of giving preferential treatment to minorities in application processes, specifically for higher education, has garnered significant amounts of controversy in recent years. There are people who believe that we as a nation have sufficiently atoned for the racist and discriminatory policies and laws of the past. They argue that African American and Caucasian American students operate on a level playing field, and as such the use of affirmative action programs is…

Throughout my life, learning more about the medical field has consistently secured my decision to pursue this path. Initially, my mother sparked my interests. After immigrating to the United States and passing her Nurse-Licensing Exam, she has worked as a Registered Nurse for over 20 years, exposing me to the medical field at an early age. She would often tell me, “The most important aspect of my job is helping my patients by advocating for their individual needs.” The compassion she displays…

the spectacular success of the New York cases were quickly forgotten, a strange fluke of memory in that era’s scheme of things. Hidden hands of those in power were at work again, obliterating all memory of Lakhovsky’s Multi-Wave Oscillator in the United…

strain public budgets. United States Senator Lamar Alexander made the statement that "Two years of college for a low-income student is already free, or nearly free”, although that is rarely the situation (Goldrick-Rab and Kelly,…

Philip the II of Macedon came to the throne after a colossal defeat within a year of him coming to the throne by his brother Perdiccas III, within a year of coming to the throne Philip began to evolve a new Macedonian way of war. One of Philip’s great contributions was to create the army with which Alexander conquered the Persian Empire. He was the first Macedonian King to rearm the Macedonian infantry with a sarissa a long spear 18 feet long, nearly twice as long as the usual spear carried by…

aspects of life. Reason was defined by the philosophes as being the absence of intolerance, bigotry, and prejudice. The many great thinkers of the Enlightenment transformed and affected history, especially through events in England, Russia, and the United…

“social reproduction” (p. 540). Cultural shifts and advancement in knowledge affected university’s curricula, mission, and student life (Geiger, 2014). Many of these changes allowed for colleges to advance and begin resembling institutions in the United States today. Scientific Knowledge The growth of scientific knowledge available in the late 1800s challenged colleges to determine how to best adapt their traditional degree offerings (Geiger, 2014, p. 543). To date, higher education…

I love working with children and I love the smile on their faces after a fantastic moment of discovery. I am willing to do whatever it takes to help close the achievement gap. I have the ability to make a difference in the lives of students and that’s why I want to join TFA. I was born in the country of Jamaica a third world country, and as a result, there are people who are really living in poverty. Where I grew…