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Global Strategies For Addressing Communication Disorders In Justice-Involved Youth, Sophia Martinez, Anne Marie Perrotti, Brooke Baker, Allison Chappell

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Throughout all stages of processing, most juveniles who encounter the justice system demonstrate cognitive-communicative difficulties (CCDs). Empirical evidence reveals that 19-22% of female and 28-38% of male youth offenders, culminating in approximately 50-60% of youth offenders, demonstrate language disorders that require intervention, but most have never received services (Snow et al., 2014; Winstanley et al., 2021). Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are communication experts certified to assess and treat CCDs. While nations abroad recognize the value of SLP involvement in all stages of processing for justice-involved youth (JIY), America lags in utilizing SLPs to improve JIY outcomes and lower youth's risk of …

Ways To Make Cybersecurity Education/Opportunities More Accessible In The Philippine Public School System, Joshua Oania

Cybersecurity Undergraduate Research Showcase

This paper will examine how the Philippines can make cybersecurity education more accessible in their public school system. The solutions it proposes include making cybersecurity a part of the school curriculum, creating summer/internship programs for Junior and Senior High School students in multiple different areas within cybersecurity, and providing basic infrastructure and resources for students to meet their educational needs and aspirations.

From The Ground Up: Restoring The Problem Of Education, William J. Norris Iii

Helm's School of Government Conference - 2021-2024

This paper will examine the impact of families and how they can restore the promise of education. At the local level, parents and concerned citizens should review the impact of their local school boards and how they can become involved to effect positive change. Education policies that promote school choice and educational flexibility should be promoted at the local, state, and federal levels. A comprehensive approach is needed to help ensure equality of opportunity for each child in America.

Develop Restorative Capacity, Don't Defund Your Safety Network, Louis L. Fletcher Phd, David Watson

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

The Executive Director of Facilities & Operations and the Director of Safety & Security for a Colorado School district with 27,000 students will share tools, techniques, and experiences, which have cultivated restorative practices (RP) in their district. The presenters will discuss the effectiveness of proactive techniques for training SROs and school security officers to provide successful restorative alternatives to traditional discipline approaches with the goal of helping participants evaluate whether getting rid of SROs versus retraining their approach to student discipline is the best alternative.

Comparative Education Understanding Why The United States Underperforms In International Test Scores: Learning From China, Japan, Canada, And The United Kingdom, Mama Aye-Addo

Symposium of Student Scholars

The United States has slow but surely fallen in their standing in global education. Education affects everything from economic standing to innovation for the future and thus the decline in educational standing presents a problem for the U.S. This research uses the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s Programme for International Student Assessment as a baseline for where countries place relative to the United States. The study then uses Canada and England to represent nations with ideologies and economies most similar to the United States as well as China and Japan to represent countries that differ. Each nation’s governmental structure, …

Title Ix Effectiveness At American Universities, Corrine K. Girard

Discovery Day - Prescott

The purpose of this research is to contribute to and improve existing university knowledge of the effectiveness of the University Title IX reporting process. After discussing experiences with Title IX with students at ERAU, it is apparent that there is a negative connotation among university students with this program. This research will build off of the research completed last year in which ERAU Title IX processes were compared to that of Occidental College and CalTech. This research aims to provide clarity to Title IX offices at the University to aid in successfully adapting their program to the needs of the …

From Crime And Punishment To Harm And Healing, Louis L. Fletcher Phd, David Watson

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Expulsion hearings do not have to be contentious events. Using restorative practices in an accountable environment changes the expulsion hearing into an alternative placement discussion where parents, students, and school officials figure out the next step together.

An Examination Of The Effects Of The Brown V. Board Of Education Ruling And The Desegregation Era, Toran Langford

The Annual Black Intersections Conference

´After adjusting to desegregation era, African-American students are at a split in the road: Where do we go? Since the beginning of time, educational systems have been created and destroyed. After the introduction of European thought at the beginning of the next millennium, European thought has flooded all academia. Ancient European thought has been replicated into contemporary white followers. Their scholarship has excluded the experience of African-Americans. Examining the philosophical, social, and historical facts forced the integration of schools, thus adding onto the beyond reach solution to Black coexistence in America. Brown v. Board of Education attempted to unify American …

School Inequality: Challenges And Solutions, Catherine Lhamon, Kimberly Robinson, David Hinojosa, Molly Hunter, Lisa Scruggs, Javaid Siddiqi, Jerusha Conner, Jason Nance, Marilyn Armour, Pamela Meanes, Meredith Harbach, Preston Green Iii, Gerard Robinson

University of Richmond Law Review Symposium

“Welcome Remarks” were given by Wendy Collins Perdue, Dean of the University of Richmond School of Law, and Dr. Ronald Crutcher, President of the University of Richmond. (9:05 a.m.–9:15 a.m.)

“Keynote” by Catherine Lhamon, U.S. Department of Education Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. (9:15 a.m.–10:00 a.m.)

“State-Level School Finance Panel” by Kimberly Robinson, Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law; David Hinojosa, National Director of Policy with the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA); and Molly Hunter, Director of the Education Law Center’s Educational Justice program. (10:00 a.m.–11:10 a.m.)

“Innovation in Addressing School Inequality Panel” by Lisa …

Shades Of Gray: The Future Of Affirmative Action In Higher Education, Eric Segall, Sarah M. Shalf, Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Andrea L. Dennis

Working in the Public Interest Conferences

Features prominent academics and experts on affirmative action discussing a variety of issues including the impact of Fisher v. University of Texas.

Bringing The Harlem Children's Zone To Georgia: Making The Program Work In Small-Town America, Andrea L. Dennis, Tim Johnson, Rasuli Lewis, Robin Shearer

Working in the Public Interest Conferences

Explains how the Harlem Children's Zone helps students graduate from post-secondary schools despite some legal and political barriers, and explores the program's potential in Athens, Georgia.