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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 ... -
Barriers of Access to Four-Year Colleges for Latinos in the United States
This paper examines and seeks to address the unique cluster of disadvantages that impair access to four-year colleges for Latino students in the United States. Latinos constitute the nation's fastest-growing minority group ... -
Behind Desks & Bars: The Impact of Latino Underrepresentation in the Workforce of the Criminal Justice System
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world with over 2 million people incarcerated in federal, state, or local prisons and jails (Rovner, and Porter). People of color -- particularly Blacks and Latinos ... -
Beyond Books: Understanding Libraries as Information Sources and Resources Against Poverty
This capstone's methodology is primarily based in literature review. To understand how libraries are or are not effectively intervening in poverty, this capstone primarily reviews two types of document. The first type is ... -
The Biomedical Burden: Sociological Analysis of the Opioid Crisis in Rural America
The current opioid epidemic is a highly complex issue, and as such, claims of direct causation seem nearly impossible. Yet another challenge arises in attempting to determine which components of the overall epidemic more ... -
Blight in the Rural South: Proliferation, Remediation, and Ethical Claims
Across rural communities in the Southern United States, the proliferation of dilapidated structures which do not meet code enforcement standards (i.e. blight) has developed into a primary concern for many communities. Using ... -
Bound: How Elimination of Forced Labor Will Reduce Poverty
In Part I, this paper will illustrate the presence of forced labor in the U.S. and globally. Part II will introduce current laws and mechanisms in place for fighting forced labor, and examine their efficacy, or lack thereof, ... -
Bounded: Comparative Study of the Italian Roma and the Navajo American Indian
First, I offer a brief history and background of each group, providing the reasons for their boundedness in the first place, a taste of their culture, and their origins as a group as we see them today. Second, I compare ... -
BRAAC Intern Training Manual
Blue Ridge Autism and Achievement Center's mission is to serve children and families who are faced with unique learning challenges, specifically autism and learning disabilities, in and around the Roanoke Valley. . . . ... -
Breastfeeding and Socioeconomic Status An Analysis of Breastfeeding Rates Among Low-SES Mothers
This paper focuses on the implications of the previous data for low-income women and their infants. It provides an overview of the science behind breastfeeding—including the physical and psychological benefits for both ... -
Bridging the Gap Between Family and School: After-School Programs for At-Risk Youth
Although the potential benefits of expanded after-school programming should be offered to all children, the focus of this paper will be exclusively on low-income, minority students -- those that face significant structural ... -
A Brighter, Healthier Future for SNAP: How Benefit Restrictions and Administrative Change Can Ensure a more Effective SNAP
SNAP is the largest and most important food program in the Federal Safety Net. Unfortunately, it does not currently meet its dual mandate of reducing food insecurity and improving nutritional outcomes. While it does reduce ... -
The Broken Trust Doctrine
Most Americans are unaware of the pattern of injustices that the United States government has committed against Native Americans. Native Americans are among some of the poorest in America. The United States Civil Rights ... -
Business Development and the Revitalization of Underdeveloped Local Economies
Predictable historical patterns have allowed poverty and associated social problems to dominate many economically underdeveloped communities. Intervening with prevailing free-market forces can help to reverse the cycle ... -
Can Sustainable Housing Development Play A Substantial Role in Mitigating Poverty: A Case Study of the Ten 50 B Project
First, this paper will focus on the environmental and housing challenges faced by those who live in poverty. Included in the discussion are challenges that are faced disproportionately by the poor and the effect on their ... -
Can Universal Insurance Ensure Access to Healthcare?
. . . providing health insurance does not ensure equitable access to care. Moreover, all health insurance programs are not alike and the minimal packages may not suffice. There are several types of access problems, including ... -
CASA Parent Resource Guidebook for Rockbridge County
This is meant to serve as a community guidebook on resources in the Lexington, Rockbridge County,and Buena Vista area, with information on how to access resources pertaining to health, transportation, childcare, food, ... -
The Case for a Culturally Appropriate Empowerment-Based Measurement Tool for Social Businesses
Anti-poverty social businesses which aim to assist disadvantaged groups by offering them employment opportunities emerged as a better alternative to classical top-down international development programs. While their main ... -
The Case for Low-Income Women's Access to Reproductive Health Care
Regardless of conservative lawmakers' moral and religious justifications, American society cannot afford to restrict low-income women's independence, economic opportunity, health, and ability to plan for pregnancy by ... -
A Case for the Universal Basic Income
The current system of distribution in the United States is unjust and degrading. The wealthy have not merited their incomes and the poor are not deserving of their situations. People, especially the poor, do not have the ...