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Showing 1 to 20 of 617 for “"advocating"”.
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Advocating Silence
The buildings people inhabit everyday frame their existence and provide a backdrop for life. This relationship is inextricable and, as such, begs the question as to whether buildings can function as more than mere containers for life or whether they, at some point or in some capacity, can begin to …
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Advocating for Shorter Lengths of Stay: Thyroidectomies
… is to assess the safety and feasibility of advocating for outpatient thyroidectomies when requested as inpatient. In short, we addressed the question of how to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs by encouraging physicians to perform thyroidectomies on an outpatient basis. The project …
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Advocating for Full-Day Kindergarten: A Policy Advocacy Document
<p> This proposed policy advocates for Northwest Suburban School District A to adopt a full-day kindergarten model in all seven of its elementary schools which would potentially impact over 600 kindergarten students on a yearly basis. The adoption of a full-day kindergarten model has been popular …
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Advocating for Women's Health: The Importance of Family Planning Clinics
<p>Many women regard family planning clinics as their first entry point into the health care system, and one they consider their usual source of care. Each year, publicly funded family planning services prevent 1.94 million unintended pregnancies, including 400,000 teen pregnancies (Guttmacher …
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Archiving and Advocating for Performance Festivals as Sites of Disciplinary Action
Performance festivals have a unique, significant, but largely undocumented history in the discipline of Performance Studies. Despite the vital role they serve in invigorating, sustaining and renewing interest in this field, little formal research has been devoted to studying the history, structure …
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Advocating for the Adoption of a Comprehensive Work-Based Learning System
<p>Work-Based Learning (WBL) is an instructional strategy that has the potential to help students make powerful connections to the world of work leading to the development of viable post-secondary plans and successful careers. This study advocates for the implementation of a structured continuum of …
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ADVOCATING FOR A TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
<p>This paper examined the development and implementation of a small Illinois school district’s English Language Learner policy, which advocated for the use of a Transitional Bilingual Education program. A number of challenges were addressed to provide English Language Learners with the same …
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Examining the dynamic of Indonesia's transnational networks in advocating Indonesia-Israel relations
… the dynamics of the role of actors involved in advocating IndonesiaIsrael relations. The reason they are involved in the network is because of the common interests with the third country. In this case, there are three important networks in the advocacy: business, minority groups, and …
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Advocating for Cycles of Inquiry as Alabama's Professional Development Model for Teachers
<p>The single most important variable in student achievement is the quality of the teacher in front of them (Darling-Hammond 2014). As Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) professional development mission statement has included adult learning principles, states must begin to align to this expectation. …
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Advocating For One-Way Dual Language Programs In High School, Academia Bilingue
<p>To reduce the achievement gap and stem the increasing dropout rate of English Learners (ELs), a one-way dual language program, Academia Bilingue, was introduced at Sterling High School. ELs then and now account for approximately 20% of the students in the district. A significant academic …
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Advocating for a Safe and Supportive School Environment: A Policy Advocacy Document
<p>This proposed policy advocates for Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to adopt the Safe and Supportive School Environment Improvement Plan. This improvement plan would be mandated for all schools that demonstrate low ratings on the 5Essentials Survey in the area of supportive environment and do not …
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A Policy Advocating for Turnaround Reform to Improve Failing Schools: Policy Advocacy Document
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p> I am advocating for the districts to adopt Turnaround reform. This reform would be available to all schools that are considered failing in the district and not showing sufficient academic improvement. The district has implemented many initiatives to reform schools including …
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Advocating for the Need of a College and Career Readiness Preparation Accountablity Policy
<p>This proposed policy advocates for Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to adopt a College and Career Readiness Preparation Accountability Policy wherein CPS sets district-wide criteria and structures for student college and career readiness at every grade level and ensures that resources and supportive …
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Advocating For Network Councils In Chicago Public Schools (CPS): A Policy Advocacy Document
<p>To reinforce best practices at the building level in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), this study advocates that CPS enact a policy to create Local Network Councils (LNCs). Using an analysis of need, the impact of Local Network Councils is examined through educational, social, political, economic, …
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A Balanced Approach: Advocating for Middle School Improvement that Levels the Playing Field
<p>With a large disparity in the rate of suspension incidents received between African American and White students, it is evident why there still exists a gap in academic achievement. Too often we rely heavily on out of school suspensions as a consequence for student misbehavior. This approach …
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ADVOCATING A SUCCESSFUL POLICY FOR IMPLEMENTING STATE-MANDATED REFORMS TO TEACHER EVALUATION PRACTICES
… and Change Plan papers, as a starting point for advocating a policy approach that districts should take in order to implement changes in teacher evaluation so as to accomplish the objective of making evaluations more effective while maintaining credibility among teachers. This policy approach …
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Changing the Narrative: Building a Conceptual Framework for Advocating Representation in History Textbooks
<p>At a time where Americans are beginning to engage in critical dialogue about the representation of minorities in the media, conversations about representation in education have been somewhat elusive or condensed. With the popular focus for marginalized communities being on issues of stereotype …
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Experiences of Parents Advocating for the “Complicated Child”: A Phenomenologically Oriented Descriptive Exploration
… study that analyzed the experiences of parents advocating for a complex child within the special education sector. More specifically the research examined parental experiences during the Individual Education Plan (IEP) and during the Individual Placement and Review Committee (IPRC) process. The …
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“KNOW WHAT I’M SAYIN’?”: ADVOCATING HIP-HOP AS A PRIMARY SOURCE FOR HISTORICAL SCHOLARSHIP
<p>Rap, hip-hop’s most characteristic element, evolved from cultural practices combining in New York and spread across the United States in the latter half of the twentieth century. This thesis argues in favor of the use of rap as primary source material in future historical research. Authenticity …
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