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The School District This is the first school year of the merger between the Memphis City and the Shelby County school districts. Memphis City’s 212 urban schools prior to the merger were 83% African American and 7% White. The 52 Shelby County suburban schools were 50% White and 37% African American. The merger created the new Shelby County School District a combination of urban and suburban students. Prior to the merger Memphis districts 2012 dropout rate reported above 10% for the urban…

“This isn’t actually happening? How could this be? What? Why?” These questions kept running around in my head as I stay up through the gloomy, cold nights. I desperately tried to disregard the darkness of the situation. It was problematic for me to focus on keeping warm in this blank, emotionless room when this situation, of roughly three months ago, had kept recapping in my mind – the intense pain shared between friends and family, endless tears, and the cramping of my hands from trying to look…

Finlayson, Mary, "The Impact of Teacher Absenteeism on Student Performance: The Case of the Cobb County School District" (2009). Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects. 4. In this article, Finlayson examines the impact that teacher absenteeism has on the Cobb County School district. Moreover, the article examined several factors that were affected by teacher absenteeism. These factors include the financial impact that this is having on the district’s finances. More importantly, it examines…

In 1836, Bridgeport was born with the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. This alone “guaranteed Bridgeport's position as an industrial center,” as it encouraged the creation of lumberyards, manufacturing plants, and packing houses (Bridgeport, Encyclopedia of Chicago, 1). Due to the steady access to employment during this time, many immigrants began to settle and search for work in the neighborhood. This translated into a growing foreign ‘white’ population, as it “stood as a…

Every state in the U.S. are broken into congressional districts. The people of that certain district vote for a congressman to represent them in congress. Not all states have the same amount of districts, states are in different shapes and sizes, based on population that’s how many districts there are in that state. Mario Diaz-Balart effectively represents the needs, opinions and diversity of his constituents of the Florida 25th District. He’s a cuban-inherit, so he supports helping illegal…

However, there are many media reports which illustrate a completely opposite narrative, they indicate that the government has been taking many steps to stop this damage and these steps have even produced some fruitful results. Reports have mentioned that “to a large extent, land-grabbing in mangrove areas by unscrupulous builders in the city has stopped” because of the mangroves being classified as forests (McDermott n.p., 2011). The government has also taken steps like unclogging water channels…

In our society, Natives face systematic racism on a daily basis. From early on, they were confronted to discrimination. In the 19th century, the Canadian government completely ignored their needs and mistreated them. James Daschuk provides in his writing his thesis as to why tension rose between the two ethnic groups. His writings are quite complete and convincing, but yet lack coherence. Sidney Harring presents in his writing quite different aspects and many similarities regarding the reason…

my past experiences, I found myself guilty of some of the same practices. For example, Reeves explains that schools cannot claim to be “data driven” when they are guided only by evidence of student learning that reflects no more than a school or district average (Reeves, p. 22). In my early tenure as an administrator our school’s goal was focused on improving state assessment scores as a…

I have chosen to discuss the Timothy W. vs. Rochester School district case. It appeared in front of the court on May 24, 1989. It was a lawsuit that was filed against the Rochester School district by Timothy W. Timothy W. vs. Rochester School district case was ruled by the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals. It ruled that under the Education for all Handicapped Children Act; now known as IDEA, school boards were required to provide special education services regardless of how big or little the…

perspectives to our courts and our media, thus their presence is essential. One of the fundamental reasons is that women contribute an unique understanding to our judicial system. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg’s opinion in the Safford Unified School District v. Redding case emphasizes this point. In this case, a 13-year-old girl was strip-searched by school authorities because she was suspected of providing ibuprofen pills. When her fellow justices…