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Vision And Spirituality In Post-Katrina New Orleans, Thomas F. Ryan

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

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The Portland Spectator, November 2008, Portland State University. Student Publications Board

Portland Spectator

Editor: Sarah J. Christensen

Articles in this issue include: An interview with Charles Lewis; National Decrease in Higher Education Funding Reflected At PSU; Pursuing Sustainability at Portland State; Abortion and Roe v. Wade; Accidental Feminist; and Freedom Divided: Understanding Political Orientation

Iceland Letter Of Intent, Iceland Minister Of Finance

Documents

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The Effect Of Knowledge And Attitudes Of Emergency Contraception On Its Use In Undergraduate Students, Amanda Marie Waldrup

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

A web-based cross sectional analysis utilizing the Spearman Coefficient was used to examine the relationship between 341 college students’ knowledge and attitudes toward emergency contraception. Personal characteristics and background factors such as age, race, gender, past and current use of contraception, past unintended pregnancies, and type of sex education in high school were compared to current knowledge levels and attitudes as related to use among college students. Results indicated that general knowledge is high, but detailed knowledge is lacking. Confusion between emergency contraception and RU-486 exist, which could lead to concerned attitudes ultimately effecting use. Most high schools that offer …

A Terrible Grace: Building A Just Society On The Rubble Of New Orleans, Mark S. Markuly

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Katrina Stories: Windows Into Religious Meaning, Pathways To Social Justice, Barbara J. Fleischer

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Elbows Together, Hearts Apart: Institutional Reform, Economic Opportunity And Social Trust In Post-Katrina New Orleans, Michael A. Cowan

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Public Campaign Financing: The Path From Plutocracy To Pluralism, Michael Clyburn

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

An Up-Close Perspective: The Enforcement Of Federal Immigration Laws By State And Local Police, Maria Fernanda Parra-Chico

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

"We Are Your Neighbors": How Communities Can Best Address A Growing Day-Labor Workforce, Amy Pritchard

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Ginger Hills Davis

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Lannie Mae Bailey

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Leadership Behaviors Of Superintendent/Principals In Small, Rural School Districts In Texas, Maria T. Canales, Carmen Tejada-Delgado, John R. Slate

The Rural Educator

In this study, 206 teachers, 35 school board presidents, and 37 superintendents/principals (n = 278) were surveyed regarding their views of effective leadership behaviors demonstrated by school leaders with dual role responsibilities through serving as both a school principal and as a superintendent in small rural school districts. Data were collected through use of the Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire Form XII and the Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire Form XII Self. Of the 12 leadership domains assessed through use of this measure, statistically significant differences were yielded on 6 of the 12 leadership areas: Representation; Demand Reconciliation; Tolerance of Uncertainty; Persuasiveness; …

Transformational Teacher Leadership In Rural Schools, Kirk David Anderson

The Rural Educator

In this paper, the author explores the rural school context and its teacher leaders as a third transformational leadership prototype adding to Leithwood and Jantzi’s (1999) two transformational leadership prototypes of females and new teachers in the elementary school. The author helps illuminate new understanding of rural schools and their highly interactive decision making styles where teacher leaders are a source of creativity development of unique forms of leadership. If researchers focus on teachers as leaders in rural schools, specifically those who operate outside of traditional leadership roles, there exists a promising area of new understanding for educational leadership as …

Relationships Between District Size, Socioeconomics, Expenditures, And Student Achievement In Washington, Vince Diaz

The Rural Educator

The purpose of this article is to describe the relationship between district size, socioeconomic status, actual levy percentages, and their predictive influence on the 2003 Washington Assessment of Student Learning results for 4th and 7thgrade students in Reading and Mathematics. The convenient sample was 82 Washington State 2nd-Class school districts with enrollments between 500-2,000 students. The results indicated: (a) no significant correlations between achievement anddistrict size; (b) socioeconomic status was the best predictor of achievement; and (c) actual levy percentages and student outcomes were significantly correlated in the positive direction.

Weighing In: Rural Iowa Principals’ Perceptions Of State-Mandated Teaching Evaluation Standards, Terri A. Lasswell, Nicholas J. Pace, Gregory A. Reed

The Rural Educator

As the accountability movement has gained momentum, policy makers and educators have strived to strike a difficult balance between the sometimes competing demands at the local, state, and federal levels. Efforts to improve accountability and teacher evaluation have taken an especially unique route in Iowa, where local control and resistance to state mandated curricular standards have been popular topics from the statehouse to the convenience store. This research explores principals’ impressions of Iowa’s state-mandated standards for best-practice teaching (as opposed to state mandated curricular standards). Further, the research examined the extent to which the Iowa Teaching Standards (ITS) and accompanying …

Teachers’ Perceptions Of Their Preparation For Teaching Linguistically And Culturally Diverse Learners In Rural Eastern North Carolina, Debra D. O'Neal, Marjorie Ringler, Diane Rodriguez

The Rural Educator

The number of English language learners (ELL) students in the US is increasing dramatically. The growth is even more evident in rural areas of the United States such as North Carolina where teachers are facing classrooms with a majority of second language learners. The authors conducted a study interviewing 24 teachers at a rural elementary school in eastern North Carolina. Teachers were interviewed regarding their perceptions of their preparedness to teach English language learners in the mainstream classrooms. Findings revealed that teacher training programs have not prepared these individuals for the student population they face today regardless of the year …

Rural Teachers’ Best Motivating Strategies: A Blending Of Teachers’ And Students’ Perspectives, Patricia L. Hardré, David W. Sullivan, Natasha Roberts

The Rural Educator

This paper extracts and elaborates rural secondary teachers’ most effective reported motivating strategies. From the data generated by two years of mixed method research in rural secondary schools, these strategies emerged as among the most successful. Selection of best practices was based on a synthesis of what both teachers and students reported as making the greatest positive impact on their school-related motivation. Strategies are illustrated by multiple detailed examples from teacher interviews.

Rural Community Input To School District Strategic Planning: An Action Research Model Using Focus Groups, Brent L. Winand, Carla Edlefson

The Rural Educator

A rural superintendent used action research principles in conducting a series of focus groups with community members, students, and staff. The focus group data informed strategic planning. At the end of a carefully designed process, district administrators found more agreement among residents than they had expected. Community members were grateful for the opportunity to participate, and the district’s strategic plan contained important goals that would not have been recognized without community input. Administrators believed conducting the focus groups themselves brought more benefit than if they had hired a consultant, because of the interaction with community members. The result was a …

Adolescents And Teachers As Partners In A School-Based Research Project To Increase Physical Activity Opportunities In A Rural Community, James Rye, Nancy O'Hara Tompkins, Darlene Mcclure, Jacqueline Aleshire

The Rural Educator

Schools are an important resource in combating the physical inactivity and obesity epidemics in rural economically depressed areas. Through a University-community partnership, teachers and adolescents in a rural West Virginia county with one of the highest obesity rates in the state developed a school-based research intervention to increase physical activity opportunities. The intervention included walking routes, educational sessions, and pedometers. A survey about barriers to physical activity revealed that “lack of willpower” was a barrier of concern among program participants (mostly school employees) and had a statistically significant (p = .0033) pre to post mean score decrease during the year …

Rural Research Brief: Math Infusion In Agricultural Education And Career And Technical Education In Rural Schools, Shawn Anderson

The Rural Educator

No abstract provided.

A Requiem For My New York Times Home Subscription, Kenneth Anderson

Popular Media

This very short (2000 words) online opinion piece addresses the question of why the author gave up home delivery of the New York Times. It argues that, quite apart from issues of political bias, the New York Times has successively moved to turn itself from a newspaper into a magazine, and, in facing the pressures of the Internet economic model, into a device for creating, caring for, and feeding the newspaper's "online communities" - a business model increasingly based on selling cultural participation in shared-bias-communities. The Times is moving toward a content model that presumes that its readers read it …

Memphis (Ment) Mills Radford

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

We Are…Marshall, November 14, 2008, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

Lacuny Executive Council Meeting Minutes, November 2008, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

On The Green Vol. 37 No. 44 November 14, 2008, Gallaudet University

2001-2010

On the Green is an internal publication of Gallaudet College, which later became Gallaudet University. It notified employees of updates around the campus and in the broader community, including new construction and the establishment of new academic programs. Running until 2010, it was supplanted by various forms of online mass communications across multiple audiences.

Gsu College Of Arts And Sciences Adds New Faculty, Office Of Public Affairs

Press Releases

New faculty members recently joined the College of Arts and Sciences at Governors State University.

11-14-2008 Date Auction And Winter Formal Planned By Swosu Model Un Program, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2008

Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s Model UN program is sponsoring a winter formal and date auction that is open to the public to raise money for the Model UN program on the Weatherford campus.

Brief Of Amici Curiae Members Of Congress In Support Of Respondents, Coeur Alaska, Inc. V. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Nos. 07-984 & 07-990 (U.S. Nov. 14, 2008), Kathryn A. Sabbeth, David C. Vladeck

U.S. Supreme Court Briefs

No abstract provided.

The Docket (November 14, 2008), William & Mary Law School

The Docket

No abstract provided.