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Causes and consequences of special education teacher shortages

"If teachers are well-prepared in both content and pedagogy, 'it makes an enormous difference not only to their effectiveness in the classroom but also whether they're likely to enter and stay in teaching'… [and] it is 'more expensive to under-prepare people, and let them spin out again, than it is…

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Major depressive disorder in children and adolescents: diagnosis and treatment

Research on childhood and adolescent mood disorders has advanced significantly in recent years. It is now no longer common to find those who say that depression is an adult mental disorder alone.

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Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and American culture

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a short story by American author Washington Irving, was actually written while the author lived in England.

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William Blake and Langston Hughes as artistic revolutionaries

William Blake and Langston Hughes were two artistic individuals who both created a unique artistic and literary atmosphere during their lives as well as shaped the future of art and music long after their deaths.

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Discrimination and political representation of Latinos in Los Angeles

Given that nearly one half of Los Angeles County's population is Latino, it would seem that such a large portion of the population would translate into political and social power. To a degree that is true.

~14 min read

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Senior centers and successful aging in the elderly population

The baby boomer generation has just about a year to reach the retirement age prompting the urgent need of successful aging.

~16 min read

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The learning organization and managing institutional change

"Nothing endures but change." The "learning organization" is without a template. Writers have tried to give it an ideal form or a template in "which real organizations could attempt to emulate." (Easterby-Smith & Araujo 1999).

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American inaction and the Holocaust: examining historical responsibility

Holocaust: Where Were the Americans? The Holocaust is the most horrific act of genocide in history. Millions of Jews, and hundreds of thousands of others, were killed in cold blood.

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Dog day care center with circus performer training services

Millions of people in the United States must go to work and leave their dog at home. Many owners either risk coming home to a destroyed house or messes due to separation anxiety. Other dogs must be housed in cages for long periods of time due to the need to prevent such occurrences.

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Communication principles and practices in business organizations

The business environment is analyzed by numerous research studies that intend to understand the rules that determine business behavior, its factors of influence, and some of the most important effects of these factors.

~17 min read

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