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Mathematics Teacher and Student Inspiration Jaime Escalante

High School, Tito Melean (Jagodzinski, 2001, p. 232). This teacher was in the habit of carrying around a long, thick, bone from th...

Las Vegas Urbanizaton and Development

poor but improved 75 percent the next. Most of the biggest Vegas casinos, including the Hilton and, yes, New York, New York, laid ...

Which Play Best Exemplifies the Contemporary Woman, The Glass Menagerie or Lysistrata?

illustrate what the modern urban woman is, and then turn to discussing the two stories, arguing that today, the modern urban woman...

Motown and Berry Gordy

Vegara, and "Urban Crisis" by Thomas Sugrue. Berry Gordy and Motown Berry Gordy is considered to be the father of Motown. "In ...

Urban Development of Boston and London

In twelve pages this research paper compares London and Boston in terms of the urban development of each city. Eleven sources are...

Flint and Rochester and Urban Economics

This 5 page paper examines the towns of Flint and Rochester, and asks how urban economic and comparative advantage principles can ...

Striking a Balance Between Environmentalism, Urban Growth, and Economic Needs

In a research paper consisting of five pages the precarious balancing act between the necessity of economic development, the resul...

Rural and Urban Areas and Population Growth

that is the case. However, the situation is quite different in developing countries. Although the developing nations may have les...

Urban Planning, Modern and Postmodern Design

sprawl around factories and some sort of civic center usually comprising a town hall, church, municipal buildings; small terraced ...

Urban America and Cultural Wars

In nine pages this research paper discusses how social scientists define the inner city urban culture of African Americans and how...

Western US Cities

thing in multiples, rather than in the terms of one person, or family moving from a farm to city, and getting a new street address...

James Merrill's Life and Environmental Influences

after the divorce of his parents that occurred when he was twelve years old ("Keene," 2000). Certainly, the divorce would have an ...

The Balance Between Society and the Individual in Urban Society

This 5 page paper argues that the urban environment is in reality a delicate balance between society and the individual. The write...

Present And Future Issues in Urban Development

This 7 page paper discusses past trends in urban development and how they have influenced contemporary cities. There is 1 source l...

Michel de Certeau's Incarceration Concept

walks they can choose which blocks to go down. On the train, the path is the same everyday. If someone is mugged on the street, th...

3 Questions on Steven H. Star and Glen L. Urban's The Case of the Test Market Toss Up

Three questions are examined within the context of this book by Steven H. Star and Glen L. Urban in an essay of five pages. One s...

Americans and Urban Life Practices

in a small city to 44.6% in an unincorporated area around a medium city) belong to one or two social groups or organizations. Abo...

Proposal for a Photography Grant

national surveys on the relationship between marriage, cohabitation, and child abuse have not been conducted in the United States,...

Hartford, Connecticut's Adriaen's Landing

In twelve pages this area is examined in an overview of urban renewal politics. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography....

Overview of Empowerment Zones

successful. Reviews have been mixed. Some zones flourished while others did not and while some were justly criticized, voices had ...

U.S. Crime

publication from the University of Maryland, the authors note that one of the reasons for discrepancies in crime statistics is tha...

America's Urban Ghettos

Two developments after 1900 laid the foundations for the black urban ghetto: the industrialization of American and collapse of sou...

21st Century Urban American Housing

and 1970s that saw record numbers of city dwellers move to the suburbs and has brought a new influx of citizens back into the city...

Racial and Urban Policy Economics Issues

In six pages racial issues and their impact upon the economic conditions associated with urban poverty are discussed. Eight sourc...

Urban Modernism

In 5 pages this paper examines All That is Solid Melts Into Air by Marshall Berman as it applies to urban areas and the impact of ...

New York's Urban Environments

This 10 page paper describes various experiences in urban environments in New York City. The environments include a factory, a wel...

Challenges of a City Teacher

the urban teacher. In the following we see one aspect of this concern: "The need to prepare more educators to teach in culturally ...

Planning the City Upon a Hill by Lawrence W. Kennedy

In eight pages this Boston urban planning text is summarized and critically analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

Longer Version of a School Voucher Paper

In thirteen pages this paper includes added issues such as voucher effects upon the relationship between administration and teache...

Society Effects of Urban Schools

factors of modern society contribute to poor learning experiences in the inner cities. For example, there has been a significant a...