District 9

conducting trials. • Criminal Courts - Established by the General Assembly to relieve Circuit Courts with heavy caseloads. Criminal Courts exist in 13 or the 31 Judicial Districts of Tennessee. In addition to having jurisdiction over criminal cases, the judges hear misdemeanor appeals from lower courts. In districts without Criminal Courts, the Circuit Court Judge handles trial level criminal cases. If a defendant or plaintiff has a complaint about the way his or her trial was conducted…

“The so-called reform movement” (Shuler 7) has turned some districts into a place of memorization for tests instead of preparing the child for a full and exciting life. It is time for policy makers to take heed of John Lubbock’s words, who said, “Reading and writing, arithmetic, and grammar do not constitute education…

The district being used for this study uses the online version of this assessment. That data goes into the student's assessment library. All students are given a word list and a spelling assessment. Those two scores are combined for a sum score. The sum score…

The idea of purchasing ammo did have precautions and it is believed that if background checks were to be implemented it would increase safety, but many disagree. Examples of officials that were in disagreement were some such as law enforcement, District attorneys, and the longest us spokesmen Richard…

According to Yale University, victims of bullying are 2 to 9 times more probable to think about committing suicide than non-victims are. Suicide is one of the effects of bullying. Bullying can be prevented by having consequences and prevention put in place. School officials, parents, and guardians need to execute more prevention, along with consequences, for the school bullies across the country. More prevention would prevent other incidents, keep the bullied kids safe, and reduce depression and…

APPENDICES Appendix 1: CONSENT FORM My names are Lucy Wairimu Mugo. I am a student at Aga- Khan University. I am conducting a research study on awareness of danger signs during pregnancy among pregnant women attending Antenatal Care at Gatundu District Hospital. The study is a partial fulfillment for the award of Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and I can only achieve this through your participation. I will be using a questionnaire to collect data. If you choose to participate in the study, please…

Statement: There are plenty of positive and negative aspects of standardized testing but to truly determine this argument you need to learn more about the history of standardized testing, how it impacts the students and how it impacts the school districts. Visual Aid: Introduction Attention Material: Kaboom! No don’t worry it wasn't an explosion it was just your grade after that Standardized History Test you spent all night studying for. It's not just you it is millions of students…

with possession of pseudoephedrine which can be used to manufacture meth. He was stopped by the Police during a traffic stop for expired registration. The K-9 squad dog alerted the officer of existence of drug. This gave the officer a probable to search the car. During the search, the officer found over 200 loose pills and others. The First District Court of Appeal affirmed, but the Florida Supreme Court reversed, holding that the State did not prove the dog's reliability in…

Educators want all students to succeed in learning skills in classrooms. However, there are some problems that these students with an LD encounter in classrooms with learning skills. Some of the students have problems with instruction because they are easily distracted. Some of the students are distracted by bullying problems from their peers (Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2012, p. 8). Many researchers have reported that students with LD had lower letter word identification scores, than…

that educators have a major role in policy by listening to the different issues that teachers are facing, The second way this will affect education in America is there will be an increase in teacher shortages which is already a massive problem many districts in America are facing. The massive problem is because the demand for new teachers and the shortage present brings about difficulties for schools to properly staff classrooms with qualified teachers (Ingersoll, 2001). One might ask how does…