In recent years‚ the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) has made progress towards its ambitious vision of all students graduating from high school as “caring‚ competent and critical thinkers‚ fully-informed‚ engaged and contributing citizens . . . prepare[d] to succeed in college and career.” Since 2012‚ for example‚ the reading proficiency of high school students has nearly doubled from 19% to 38%. Yet OUSD continues to face significant challenges‚ and consistently trails the State of California
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learn. Instead of seeing the diverse students as a challenge in education they see them as an asset in the classroom for all to learn from. Teachers attitudes toward students significantly shape the expectations they hold for student learning their treatment of students‚ and what students ultimately learn (Pang & Sablan‚ 1995). Affirming attitudes‚ for example‚ have been shown to support student achievement (Nieto‚ 1996) When having the right attitude with students they will be able to show confidence
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Problem I: 1. Yes‚ the First Student Bank should comply with the risk-based capital rules. This is because‚ these rules is mandatory for financial banking and non-banking institutions and is supervised by the Federal Reserve. 2. The common equity capital of First Student Bank is $5‚000‚000. Tier 1 Capital = Common Equity + Non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock Tier 1 Capital = 5‚000‚000 + 5‚000‚000 = $10‚000‚000 3. Total Capital = Tier 1 Capital + Tier 2 Capital Total Capital = 10‚000‚000
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appeared in class on time‚ participated‚ and displayed respectful behaviors towards teachers‚ she regularly failed to complete required work. And when officials arranged meetings to address her school work‚ Tasha’s mother would‚ in front of other students and staff‚ verbally and publicly humiliated her for her lack of academic progress. During the meetings‚ Tash appears to be ashamed‚ cold‚ and emotionless.” I believe how Tash used the same tactics her mother uses on her to attain power and maintain
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General Problems of Low Student Enrollment The rural background : Underlying all the differences between the less developed rural areas of the world‚ there are certain almost universal features. At least‚ they are sufficiently common to make it advisable to check whether or not they are present in the particular rural area for which one is planning. First‚ there are some obvious features which reveal themselves to anyone taking a walk through a village or the countryside. There is its poverty;
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finishes his Sonata in C. But the main focus of this essay will be the Publication of the play “The Rivals” by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Sheridan is born in Dublin on October 30th 1751. This means that Sheridan was the young age of twenty-four when he wrote this play! This is an amazing accomplishment for such a young man. Sheridan began his professional life as an elocution teacher in Bath after he completed six years of school at Harrow school. He moved
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Calculating Consequences: A Student Refutation of Utilitarianism Erik Z. Hallworth San Francisco State University Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory holding that moral actions are based on the maximization of overall happiness‚ defined as the Utility Principle. Mill and Bentham ’s utilitarianism makes a plausible and convincing argument‚ though not everyone agrees with it. Bernard Williams writes Utilitarianism: For and Against the theory
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The Victorian era’s patriarchal ideals rooted on fear of female empowerment influenced Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s lesbian vampire novella‚ Carmilla. The social ambience created by patriarchy at the time limited women to be objects of desire to be owned and controlled by men. In hopes of defying this social construct Le Fanu creates Carmilla‚ a vampire who feeds on and loves other women. Her independence from and disregard for the patriarchy challenges male kinship. The novella Carmilla is an attempt
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INTRODUCTION The carpet industry plays a vital role in the economy of Pakistan. Pakistan is amongst the world’s largest producers and exporters of hand-knotted Oriental carpets. It is not only a major earner of foreign exchange for the economy as a whole but it also contributes to the relief of poverty in rural areas. Families can easily enter carpet-making as an occupation as it requires few infrastructural facilities. It does not require electricity‚ water‚ etc. A wooden loom‚ yarn and
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Predicting Students Drop Out: A Case Study Gerben W. Dekker1‚ Mykola Pechenizkiy2 and Jan M. Vleeshouwers1 g.w.dekker@student.tue.nl‚ {m.pechenizkiy‚ j.m.vleeshouwers}@tue.nl 1 Department of Electrical Engineering‚ Eindhoven University of Technology‚ the Netherlands 2 Department of Computer Science‚ Eindhoven University of Technology‚ the Netherlands Abstract. The monitoring and support of university freshmen is considered very important at many educational institutions. In this paper we describe
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