Council of Chief State School Officers

(Palast, 2002). WCC convinced the state of New Mexico that it could house, feed, educate and guard a prisoner for $43 per day. How was this possible? Does WCC employ lobbyist to promote their agenda? New Mexico eventually realized that WCC could not be fulfilled this commitment. April of 1999, a riot required 100 State Troopers to quail a riot at one of WCC prisons in New Mexico. August 29, 1999, a riot at the same prison resulted in the death of security officer Ralph Garcia (Palast,…

Background and Significance The Council Bluffs (IA) Fire Department has a long, rich history of providing quality emergency response services to its citizens. The department was formed on January 5, 1883, by resolution of the city council to establish a full-time, paid department (Petersen, 1992). This resolution came after numerous devastating fires exceeded the capabilities of the several volunteer fire companies that had protected the city during the previous 29 years. In 1918, the…

document that affects the development of a state and lives of ordinary citizens in an important way. The budget is supposed to show how the states intend to spend and raise revenue for the various expenses. As the chief executive of the state government, the governor oversees the development of the budget by state officers. The process of approving the budget proposal requires an excellent coordination between the legislature and the executive arm of the state. In this regard, the governor…

rights of the Mayor and Council. The new District had statewide authority and reported directly to Governor Brownlow, this lasted for three (3) years. The next attempt at creating a State Police was Chapter 96 of the Public Acts of 1919. It called for a force of six hundred (600) regular officers and ten (10) district officers. The act was repealed in 1939 when the Department of Safety was created. In 1926, an additional State Police Act was passed, patterned…

Debra L. Lee is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BET Networks, a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB) and the leading provider of entertainment for the African-American audience and consumers of Black culture globally. Ms. Lee oversees one of the most influential multiplatform media companies in the world, including several cable television networks, digital offerings, and a home entertainment business. BET Networks is committed to providing its audience with quality entertainment…

not good. According to the national average test scores our schools scores are very low. The school has gone from being an A+ school to being a B school and has been put into a failing school status, according to State Board of Education (SBE). The principle has received a letter from SBE stating the school has 2 years to get back on track to being an A+ school. If the school does not show an improvement in 2 years funding for the school will be cut. The principle has to come up with an…

The unit director at different times takes on different leadership decisions. This leadership style foucuses on team based problem solving where the leader endeavors to attain team goals (Northouse, 2016). Northouse (2016) states that successful leaders determine which intervention to use at which time. Paula monitors the census, the acuity of the patients, services needed, she meets with patients to discuss their personal needs and how they perceive the unit. At times…

the academic program review process at Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) to incorporate assessment reports and data in the review process. As Chair of the Liberal and Applied Arts College Council at SFA, I oversaw the college level approval of curricular changes. I also served as an active member of the Graduate Council, which is charged with approval of graduate curricular changes, and as an active member of the Undergraduate Council, which is responsible for reviewing and making…

Although the states common core and the nations common core can differ, there are many similarities, and there need to be for both of the core standard can work. Common core places a greater emphasis on basic algebra while most states emphasize higher level algebra (Porter). States more than likely focus on higher level algebra because they want to be the best in the category of algebra. National core standards however do not care about the advanced algebra based math, the focus more on geometry…

speech is getting censored. The United States is beginning to see the right of freedom of speech being taken away in businesses and universities as everyday life. Every day, businesses get shunned like the one called Chick-Fil-A. Chick-Fil-A is a private business owned by one person, Dan Cathy. They have a mission statement that says they support the Biblical definition of marriage; and that is between one man and one woman.To begin, the New York Council speaker Christine Quinn is violating…