Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Description of the Problem: School and family partnerships are lacking in the community to help decrease teenage pregnancy and their dropout rates. With declining adolescent birth rate, according to (Kail & Cavanuagh, 2016) 1 in six young women will become pregnant. (pg. 311). Majority of teen pregnancies will be unintended due to teens using birth control incorrectly. When teens discover the pregnancy; this typically throws young lives into chaos. Forcing the adolescent to make the most…

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS OF PARTICIPANTS REGISTRATION USING BIOMETRICS IN JOHN HOPKINS. NAME: SANDRA Y ODERA ADM NO: 642029 COURSE: IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSE CODE: MIS6160 INSTRUCTOR: PROF JIMMY MACHARIA SUMMER SEMESTER 2015 INTRODUCTION Jhpiego is an NGO that is an affiliate of John Hopkins University. It was founded in 1974 and has made enormous strides over the years. The headquarters is in Baltimore, Maryland USA. It focuses on Reproductive health, Family Planning and Maternal and…

I Have Tenure and There’s Nothing You Can Do About It Did you know the rainforests in South America are in trouble? Yeah my Spanish two teacher made us do a project on it! Yup, tenure… Throughout my ten years of attending public California schools I have heard many stories of horrible teachers that have been in the school for a long time. One of my personal stories is of my Spanish two teacher; She was more concerned with the planet and convincing us to get solar panels, that she did not care…

Lumina Foundation Financial Standing and Management Educational nonprofits in the United States exist in a space in which they may generate enormous change in the current culture. Educational nonprofits come in as the second most populous type of nonprofit in the United States, behind only religious organizations. Even with such prevalence, only a bit more than half of the nearly 212,000 educational nonprofit organizations operate in the financial space where the IRS Form 990 is required.…

Technology is rapidly improving its role in today’s academic environment. In 1969 advances in technology allowed the United States to successfully land on the moon. The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) only had 64 Kilobytes (KB) of memory (Marx 103) Today it is not uncommon for someone carrying an average smartphone to have thousands of times this capacity. As computers become more capable, the way that they can be utilized is only inhibited by one’s imagination. As technology improves and…

In the February 2015, the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District used YouthTruth® Student Survey to survey its students. The survey sought feedback from students in the areas of student engagement, academic rigor, relationship with teachers and peers, school culture, and college and career readiness. This report focuses on the results of the survey comparing Ranchview High School to the district and the nation. The main finding was the perceptions of students at Ranchview High…

For a food secure nation, Kenya still has to inject more into quality seeds Poor quality of the seed used translates to a small cost that is incurred to sustain a well fed economy. The farm yields diminish and the economic losses to the farmers are likely to be much greater. By Juma Chrispinus Farm inputs amongst small scale farmers including seeds, agrochemicals and fertilizers are key in improving agricultural yield. In order to achieve considerable yields, small scale farmers should be able…

The best logical starting point is through looking at the aptitude of students entering college. In a study funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and researched by the group Complete College America entitled “Remediation: Higher Education’s Bridge to Nowhere,” we can begin to answer the question of aptitude. What the study found was that the highest predictor of dropout rates of…

Versatile Payment, which can also be called as portable cash, portable cash exchange, and portable wallet alludes to the installment benefits that are utilized from or by means of a cell phone. Or maybe paying with money, check or charge cards, a purchaser uses a cell phone, a tablet or some other electronic gadgets to pay for an extensive variety of administrations. As of late, because of the progressions in innovation and furthermore the impacts of demonetization have reinforced the…

Personality Assessment Diane Glasgow PS330: Personality Development Summary of the Person’s Life Experience Born in around 1930, Warren Edward Buffett is regarded as world’s most successful investor (Blair, 2004). His birthplace is Omaha, Nebraska. Buffett was the second-born and the only son of Congressman Howard Buffett, who had three children. Buffett first attended Rose Hill Elementary School, but in 1942, his father relocated to Washington D.C, after being elected into the US Congress.…