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Prediction and Trend Analysis

then we can use then the use of an averaging tool may be useful. One of these is the use of centred moving averages. In this we ca...

'Claudette Colvin Goes to Work' by Rita Dove

Her 1999 volume of poetry, "On the Bus with Rosa Parks" exemplifies the ways in which Dove captures a moment, sees it for what it ...

Public Policy and the Proposed New York City Stadium for the New York Jets Professional Football Team

candidate for future Olympics, something that would bring the city more money. Again, it is not necessary, but certainly enhances ...

Keeping Art In Public Schools

COUPLING Art can help students achieve at a higher level by encouraging them to stretch their minds beyond conventional sta...

What Kind Of Cultural Identity Should Public Schools Promote?

et al, 2005). Citing how public education in America "has historically been both the panacea for societal ills and the target fo...

Carter/”Just Be Nice”

todays society persists in the misconception that "all desires are rights" in and unto themselves (Carter). Carter, citing James O...

Creativity, Systems Theory, Problem Solving

reapplying existing ideas" (p. 46). Creative thinking is about putting a new twist on something but it will always involve the kno...

NCLB and High Qualified Teachers

applied, duplicated and scaled-up for wider use" (Chapman, 2007, p. 25). As this indicates, a basic premise of the NCLB is that th...

Servant Leadership in Service

Leadership is a mysterious entity. We know it when we see or experience it but we cannot really define it. In fact, there is no si...

Using Facebook, Twitter, and Other Tools at Work

First Amendments rights for free speech seem to always be in the news. There are cases when this issue is confusing-exactly what i...

Can Unsuccessful Districts Change

Is there any way to help schools that are seldom successful? It seems that changes are always being made in our public schools yet...

Public Service & Professionalism

the earliest theoretical frameworks devised for discussing motivation and public service, Perry and Wise differentiated motivation...

Censorship

in 2005, according to the American Library Association (ALA) (Manzo 26). The ALA defines a "challenge" as "any formal, written com...

Lazy Reporting Is Now the Norm

justify an invasion of Iraq, the media "rubber stamped" President Bushs agenda, rather than acting as an independent watchdog and ...

How Could Global Warming Affect Our Health?

no longer escape from our atmosphere as effectively as it once did. This couples with clear cutting that removes trees that actua...

Effects of an Older Population

is, the generation of Americans born directly after World War II who are now entering their retirement years (Takamura, 1999). Thi...

Adolescent Suicide

nature of both the emotional and the physical changes that are a natural part of adolescence ("Teen," 2003). Annually, close to 5,...

Ethical Decisions in the Public Sector

with religion or law. But thinking of ethics in connection with any other subject makes it very unclear. This paper discusses what...

New Advantages for Public Service Employees

services are also contracted, again with high turnover rates. In this environment, there is a need to find the biggest and...

The Function of Government

in turn, expressed particular concern about special interest groups, groups he calls "factions", whose interests are counterproduc...

Making People Healthier

of the annual physical checkup (SAMHSA, 2010). By the 1960s, health promotion was gaining in popularity in the U.S. and gained eve...

The Role of Advertisers and Public Relations in persuading women to smoke

that while the aesthetic nature is specifically associated with each passing era, the fundamental approach to reaching a female au...

Emergency Management Models

For instance, Avery argued there are three basic organizational paradigms: classical, transactional, organic and visionary (Jing a...

Controlling and Preventing Pandemics

Pathogenic organisms have the potential to radically alter human life. Human beings, like all animals, are both directly...

The 2008 Election and the Mass Media

often said, no longer reports public opinion, it drives it. This paper considers the way in which mass media sets the agenda for d...

The Rampart Scandal, Strip Searches and Police Power

is hiding something under his or her clothing. On the other hand, there is room for abuse. It is possible that strip searches are ...

Organizational Culture in Public Organizations

It is embedded in every employees mind and behavior. The culture incorporates all the written and unwritten processes, procedures ...

Leading with Ethics

Institute presents reports on an regular basis of the most ethical companies in the world and each report reaffirms the fact that ...

New York Public Health - An Overview

the belief that our society as a whole will benefit if we are able to provide sufficient health care to all. Based on what you alr...

An Overview of Public Relations Document Formats

more than a bit of controversy. Some individuals, especially in foreign countries, were worried that the old currency was being di...