At the core of the framework is context – including individual/family, community, cultural, and socio-political contexts – because, as noted earlier, context affects everything else in the framework and, indee
. . . In politics they divided into two schools. One, like Rousseau, argued that nature is good, and civilization bad; that by nature all men are equal, becoming unequal only by class-made institutions; and that law is an invention of the strong to chain and rule the weak. Another ...
Put it into practice: On the first day of classes, I always state that “the syllabus is not written in stone.” Therefore, it is not uncommon to have changes in the course schedule to provide learners with additional time to work on a project or explore a topic. Also, I aim to iden...
political science professor at the University of Oregon. "But when all those factors are put together and the economists calculate the numbers, it ends up being a net positive, but a small one." Too bad most people don't realize it. ...
earth science, civil engineering and speech pathology are ranked in the top 100 “best schools” in the U.S. News & World Report. Nevada’s research programs in agriculture, environmental sciences, physics and biology are ranked in the top 100 of the National Science Foundation’s 400 best ...
The importance of reinforcing consequences for promoting prosocial behavior is one of the most established principles in behavioral science (Biglan,2015). However, it remains a significant challenge to create systems in schools to increase positive consequences for prosocial behavior and to provide non-...
(also a speaker). The allegations in this book rocked the foundations of the cover-up. To this day the neither the Army nor the Department of Defense nor any agency of government has formally responded to these allegations. The Washington Post would not even dare write an obituary for this...
In another section titled, “American Children are on Too Much Medicine – A Recent and Emerging Crisis,” the report claims that 25% to 40% of mild cases of asthma are overprescribed. But searching Google for the exact title of the paper it cites to back up that figure —“Overprescribi...
she accused the American Public Health Association ofmurderfor their shoddy upkeep of Boston Public Schools, which until then, had no ventilation or clean toilets. This speech rendered her unemployable, but she continued to teach chemistry and lobby for better sanitation in schools despite being blac...
Bowdoin isn't exactly Ohio State when it comes to sports results, but has its moments, including recent back-to-back field hockey national championships. Bowdoin and its peer schools in the New England Small College Athletic Conference show that small colleges with strict academic standards can do...