Standards-based education

situation, delineating their interests, as well as which stakeholder should have the priority position. Finally, it will discuss the effect on State regulations if the Federal government, through the Environmental Protection Agency, changes the standards for air pollution…

The United States of America (USA) is one of the top carbon emitting countries. In 2011, the Union of Concerned Scientist reported that USA released approximately 5490.63 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. In addition, the USA has one of the highest per capita for carbon emission, which is around 17.62 metric tons of carbon dioxide per person. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that carbon dioxide emissions are causing the gradual heating and change of the Earth’s climate since…

Caucasians as the most privileged of all races. They claimed that whites had better earnings (Hao, 2011) greater life expectancy (Bleich, Jarlenski, Bell, & LaVeist, 2012) better access to health care (Smedley, Stith, & Nelson, 2003) and high-quality education (Rumberger, 2010) than other races, specifically African-Americans. As a result of their view of life in a meritocratic way, they are unable to acknowledge their own racial privilege and it results in their diminished support for…

the form of action for damages occurred such compensation. Negligence is the unintentional commission or omission of an act that a reasonably prudent person would or would not do. It is a form of conduct which is caused by the carelessness of the standard of care on reasonable members of the society; In the medical field it is consider malpractice. The person who shows negligence does not use their best judgment against possible risk. For example, in the case Dr. Haskins did not examine Kelly…

Risk and Return Student: Institution: For this assignment I shall use the financial records of Noni B Ltd 1. Calculate the monthly returns for your (assigned) company’s shares for the 12 months ending 30th June 2014. You should calculate the capital gain/loss yield only; that is, ignore dividends. Get the necessary share price data fromDatAnalysis.(2 marks) The following extract from the balance sheet is used to explain the monthly capital gain Equity 2013 2012 Issued…

California Wildfires: A Burning Problem California, as of recent decades, has a warming relationship with wildfires. The state has seen an increase in wildfires which some believe to be attributed to anthropogenic climate change. Climate change is expected to result in more variable weather patterns that are likely to lead to longer and more severe droughts (“Climate change”, 2016). Generally in late spring through autumn California has a dry, windy, and frequently hot climate. At times…

content, eliminating the chance of fruit flavouring disrupting sweetness perception. Another reason for conducting this study is to investigate inconsistencies in previous literature, such as whether red-coloured liquids are perceived to be sweeter. Based on previous findings, it is hypothesized that dark red samples should be perceived as significantly sweeter than light red samples, and that light green samples should be perceived as significantly sweeter than dark green samples. Method…

To the government of the People 's Republic of China (PRC), any negotiation with Taiwanese government was allowable expect the independence of Taiwan. One china, the idea that Taiwan was a territory rightfully belonging to China, served as the baseline attitude of the PRC. However, the concept of One China became continuously ambiguous in recent years especially when Taiwanese formed their own cultural, political system and understanding about Chinese nationalism. However, the PRC government…

in learning general science. Summary The data collected was a survey by using a self-developed text based on the concrete operational activities in general science. This sample included…

We are honest with others and ourselves. We meet the meet the highest ethical standards in all business. We do what we say we will do. We accept responsibility and hold ourselves accountable for our work and our actions -Chevron Weaknesses: • The company´s strategy of crisis management is not clear. • As it seems in their CSR reports…