Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

In the Progressive Era, middle-class, white married women did not work outside the home. The average woman worker was young and single, or widowed, divorced, and women of color. Women who worked, worked in fields, factories, and as domestic servants. African American women, in…

exist in the United States’ education system among various economic and racial groups. Though many policies have since been instituted to address these differences since, few have worked to achieve progress in this area. In this paper we will explore the current state of the United States’…

assessments for the alternative schools within Denver Public Schools (Colorado Department of Education, 2015). MAP assessments are particularly important because the data allows…

However, the practice of objectively using merit to admit students within school is not entirely sound. However, it is arguable that this like many other circumstances in a capitalistic society wills not ever manufacture a ‘fair playing ground’ for applicants in both academia and in the real world. Irrefutably, there will always be a division between classes, and status that will be advantageous for some. However,…

The YMCA or Young Men’s Christian Association is more than the average gym and swim, more than a place for children to take swim lessons and learn a sport. The YMCA is not only for summer camps and gymnastics. The Young Men’s Christian Association is a movement. The movement is there to promote Christian values and principles in order to strengthen communities. “The YMCA works to bring social justice and peace to young people and their communities, regardless of religion, race, gender or…

The middle class of American society demanded change following the turn on the century for an increased emphasis on childhood education, women’s rights in society, and regulation of food and drugs. There was also an increase demand for the American people to be further involved in governmental affairs as well as the diminishment of monopolies and protection from financial exploitation. From 1900 to 1920, the Progressive reformers partially struggled to address the social concerns of the American…

History books have forgotten to include many significant events and people in the past, some of which have been the root cause for the trends, habits and. Likewise, in the 1800s, there was a group of middle class people among the Tejanos whose stories have been left out in many history books. The raza of middling status had been a part of Texas history from the 1830s, with farming and low-level government jobs as their primary income. They were the “better class” among the Mexicans who lived in…

Reconstruction is an era in United States history that can be defined by the period of time immediately following the Civil war when the Government decided that the defiant southern states could be apart the Union again. In the south, this period can be characterized by freedom for the slaves, but it unfortunately came at a cost. These slaves were subjected to terrible prejudice, unfair laws, and struggled for the right to vote. Abraham Lincoln, the president during the civil war was…

for weeks and weeks, and after those long vigorous hours of work you do not receive any payment in return. According to two professors from Michigan State University, Robert and Amy McCormick that is what is exactly happening to athletes when they play sports at the college level. (McCormick, R., & McCormick, A. (2006)) believe that playing college sports are more that an extracurricular activity and should be viewed more like a job. Under common law football and basketball athletes are…

paraprofessional in the middle school where I teach and I have maintained contact with her since she moved on to the high school. Gloria is a good mother. She has provided a positive home for her two children who were honor students through high school and who both attended college. In fact, her daughter who is preparing to be a teacher did a practicum with me as a part of her university studies. Another time, Gloria agreed to allow my daughter to interview her for a college research…