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Evaluating teacher effectiveness at Aldama Elementary using value-added analysis

Aldama Elementary is located in Los Angeles county, in the Los Angeles Unified School District. By looking at the school's STAR results over the last five years, it can be seen that Aldama is improving their test scores (See Table 1).

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No Child Left Behind's impact on rural special education

Mitchem, Katherine, Katie Kossar & Barbara L. Ludlow. (2006, Summer). Finite resources, increasing demands: Rural children left behind? Educators speak out on issues facing rural special education. Rural Special Education Quarterly, 25 (3): 13.

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Employer liability for occupational sun exposure and skin cancer

Generally, employers are liable for injuries or harm sustained by their employees where those injuries or harms are the proximate result of the negligence or failure to protect employees from reasonably foreseeable risks to which they are exposed in their employment (Halbert & Ingulli, 2008).

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Kohlberg's moral development theory and academic plagiarism in adolescence

Plagiarism can be explained in several different ways under Kohlberg's theory of moral development depending on the stage of individual development at the time of the incident.

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Employee retention strategies and organizational culture fit

What is your company's plan for employee retention? How effective is it? Our organization's plan for employee retention begins with our recruitment materials and the specific messages and values that are featured most prominently in them.

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Westport Alternative High School's Teenage Parenting Program and student success

Teen pregnancy is a significant concern for public school systems. Teen pregnancy and parenting can lead to increased drop out rates for schools. Kentucky ranks 25th in the United States, for teen pregnancy, and 14th for teen birth rate.

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Balancing mental illness rights with public safety concerns

The general public seems to have a perception that mentally ill people are somehow all dangerous to society.

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Core tenets and beliefs of Islam

As complex as Muslim culture may be, Islam remains at its core a straightforward and relatively simple religion. Islam traces its lineage to Abraham, the central patriarch for Judaism as well as Christianity.

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Physical classroom layout and teacher mobility in classroom management

This course and the discussions that it has inspired have taught me the importance of the physical layout of classrooms from the perspective of classroom management concerns.

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Business continuity and security planning for Dirt Bikes USA

Generally, modern business organizations must establish and maintain comprehensive plans and processes to guarantee that business can be continued or restored after being adversely affected by emergencies.

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