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According to a report in 2012 by the Brookings Institution, less than 50% of children that grow up in poverty come to school with early math and reading skills, behavioral control, and the readiness to learn, these disadvantages continue into adulthood. The report states that “children with higher…

State administered tests have been a piece of American training following the mid-1800s. Numerous individuals trust that state sanctioned tests are solid and target measures of understudy's accomplishments on the grounds that without them, strategy creators would need to depend on tests scored by individual schools. Others, then again, trust state administered testing has not enhanced understudy accomplishment, as indicated by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB), went in 2002. Obviously, government…

programs can meet the needs of the market. Clean economy has been an important issue for the federal government. The government invest $50 billion into the clean energy industry and another $1 billion was invested on green jobs training. The Brookings Institution…

How well does the word “violent” describe Muslims? Despite anti-Muslim rhetoric flying around in modern politics, Islam is actually no more violent than any other religion. Historically, Islam and Christianity are pretty much on par for people killed in the name of God. Yet, in recent years, there has been a spike in hate crimes against Muslims, despite lack of evidence that Muslims are more likely to carry out attacks than Christians or Jews. So, why is there so much stigma surrounding one of…

Does it feel like school starts too early? Why is it that students always seem too tired to function during the day? If it does, it probably means they may not be getting a sufficient amount of sleep, causing poor intended achievements for both the students and the school. This could be avoided if school start times were pushed back. Schools start around seven-thirty to eight-thirty in the morning and last 7 hours. Many students also have extracurricular activities, which issues those students…

It is important for every classroom to have an educated and diverse teacher. However, in many urban school districts this is a major concern, since it is not naturally practices. In these school districts it tends to be high teacher turnover rates, lack of parents involvement, and unmotivated students and lacks well-structured curriculums. Urban district generally struggle with having a multiple students in high poverty areas with a wide tax base. However there needs to be something implanted…

Help Vs. Hindrance As the world progresses, as parents we expect the education of our children to progress as well. Within this progression, the state of North Carolina has spent 8 million dollars to adopt the new Common Core Standards for Math and Language Arts. These new Common Core Standards have been put into place to produce successful and college ready students. However, a problem has been created with these new standards. This has created a problem because the concepts of teaching now…

College : Worth the Effort? There are numerous critics who believe that college is too expensive and doesn’t have enough positive outcomes. Recently, there has been much scrutiny over the cost and time it takes to earn a college degree. However, in today’s culture, college is a common rite of passage for those who are eager to join the workforce. College is well worth the effort because there are countless financial and personal benefits presented when one has received a degree. College has…

cases, lives are lost because of what is said on these online sites. But, that is not to say that social networks aren’t valuable for business purposes, finding lost friends, or acquiring information. Martin Baily, PhD, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution said that social networks are “Powerful technologies that provide great benefits, but they also change the way we live, and not always in ways that everyone likes.” While there are certainly positive sides of communicating…

Immigration in USA The US is considered the promised land and the land of opportunity. It is also the world’s biggest economy, this is one of the many reasons people choose to relocate their lives to America. Immigration is when people from a country move to another country, ex. USA. There are many reasons for immigrants to move from their home country, they often move because of war, or religious persecution. Others simply move because they can get a higher paycheck, than in their home country.…