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A Bad Road Paved with Good Intentions: The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Poor and Minority Students
This paper considers NCLB's [No Child Left Behind] impact on the racial and income achievement gaps the law sought to narrow. It will also explain how, in some ways, NCLB may have actually worked to harm the struggling ...
Dignified Healthcare for Immigrants: The Need for Cross-Cultural Efficacy in America’s Medical Community
The diversification of the American population changes the healthcare landscape. Patients with different cultural belief systems and the increased incidence of tropical diseases in the United States requires reform in the ...
The National Housing Trust Fund: A Christian Ethical Defense
This paper argues that the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) effectively addresses the rental housing shortage for extremely low income (ELI) households and moreover, is compatible with Evangelical Christian moral arguments. ...
Redefining 'Lying' (thesis)
My definition of 'lying' is better able than the prevailing definition to capture common intuitions about what is a lie and what is not. It does so specifically by making novel inclusions to the definition, such as the ...
Reducing Family Homelessness and Improving Child Outcomes: A Housing-First Approach
Homelessness is a growing concern in the United States, and it has particularly detrimental consequences for children. Homelessness is a severe form of poverty that leads to increased vulnerability to traumatic life ...
Post-PRWORA Implications for Poor Abuse Victims: How Do They Fare?
Because most instances of physical and sexual abuse towards women fall into the category of family violence, in this paper I focus on the various forms of family violence in the United States. First I examine the problem ...
Speak Up and Dribble: John Stuart Mill's Freedoms and How they Apply to the Modern Political Athlete (thesis)
J. S. Mill's conception of liberty, as proposed in On Liberty, helps us better understand how society can benefit from viewing and embracing athletes as political actors, and how they can serve as examples for the significance ...
The International Law on Climate Change and Its Effect on the World's Poor
This paper first reviews the problem of climate change. Secondly, it surveys current and proposed international law in this area. Third, it examines the contextual situation and the difference that have arisen between ...