Opt-out

HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT MODULE Directions: Read the scenario, and then read the questions on the following page. Before you begin to respond to any questions, read the Strategic School Profile (SSP) and other documents that follow. Once you have read all the materials, respond to each question. Support your responses with specific references to appropriate aspects of the SSP and other documents. As you respond, consider carefully the criteria that assessors will use in evaluating your…

waiting for an organ. These are frightening statistics that enhance the immense organ shortage crisis in the United States. Although the problem seems daunting the solution is simple. The United States needs to adopt an opt-out system for organ donation. Countries that have adopted opt-out systems have seen a drastic increase in the amount of organs available. For instance, Spain has now achieved an equilibrium between the amount of people waiting for kidney’s and the amount of kidney’s…

According to the ABC 13 Eyewitness news, recently in Houston, hundreds of parents let their children to opt out of taking the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR exams (In Protest, Parents Keep Student’s Home during STAAR Test Days) For Texas, the STAAR test measures a student’s ability to move on to the next grade starting in 3rd grade (In Protest, Parents Keep Student’s Home during STAAR Test Days). Within this past year, about 500 parents in Texas choose for their…

This is said because if people do not know what organ donation is, or they are unsure what they believe, then how can we expect them to vote to change to an opt-out system? Thus, they would refute the opt-in policy once they are fully informed about the benefits of on opt-out system as well. Often times people refute organ donation out of fear, if they become more aware of the process and the benefits then it would help them become a donor. There have already been ways in which social media has…

A survey reported by Koffman & Singh (2011) compared countries using the mandated consent model to countries using the opt-in model; statistical analysis showed that there was an increase of 25 to 30% in donation rates. In particular, the opt-out policy will increase the availability of organs for transplantation and will in turn have a major impact on the survival rates of individuals with failing organs. More specifically, it reduces…

‘safe, equitable and transparent donation and transplantation network’ (DonateLife, 2014). Aside from the current policy there is a separate system which dictates who is a donor and who can become one. This system is known as the opt-in system as opposed to the opt-out system. This system is where ‘people have to actively sign up to register to donate their organs after death’ (MediLexicon International, 2015). Any Australian citizen who wishes to register to be an organ donor will be required…

Masterpiece and Patchwork, and with pulling evidence from the text. When planning the lesson, I specifically laid out the definitions in my lesson plan that I wanted my students to be able to approximately generate (“Masterpiece:…

The current challenges of HIE and ways to overcome them HIE he has encountered multiple roadblocks in the implementation process, but the top five roadblocks HIE's face are Data Sharing, Patient Consent, Standards, Complexity Costs, and Competition. The obstacles HIE's face depend on the perspective of who's looking at them...whether it be the patient's or the providers and these problems do not carry a one size fits all answer. Data Sharing...sometimes sharing information between providers…

Likewise, the stress that stems from standardized tests can be all for nothing for some students. Gilmore states “The stakes are high when standardized tests determine whether examinees will be admitted to educational programs… or to professions for which they have prepared” (288). Therefore, students are overwhelmed by the weight standardized tests pose over their future. When I took the ACT I felt a lot of pressure for me to excel so that I could get a scholarship for college. After spending…

On the other hand, with the opt-out model companies collect and use consumers’ information unless users specify they don’t want to. I was very curious after I read this section of chapter 8. So I browsed a couple of websites that I visit such as Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, and others…