Essays on Rubenstein

How to Use Policy to Change Public School’s Funding and Resources Allocation

Ph.D. in Education-Leadership, Change, Policy in Education

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the funding disparities deprive many minorities and low-income families of the opportunity for education success. The research endeavors to explore different ways policy can be used to equally allocate educational resources and use them to the advantage of the less fortunate sections of the society. As one of its important goals, this prospectus paper informs the research as to how to weigh the options available to the school managements and the education policy makers. The paper provides a purpose to the proposed study by dwelling upon ...

04 September 20XX

Markets work as the most efficient way to allocate scarce resources for which there are alternative uses. This is the theme carried through Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics. And this is the point that Becker and Elias offer in their Wall Street Journal article. They make the case that people are literally dying from a lack of organs that they need to survive. And they make the point that it is especially true in the case of kidneys. Live donors can survive perfectly well with one kidney. Such donations are becoming common, but usually among family ...

1. Identify a problem and explain the problem: Background: The project proposal is related to the prevention of fall among elderly. The incidence of falls is high among the elderly population. Studies suggest that elderly who fall once, are more likely to fall in the future. A number of conditions like poor eye vision or transient ischemic attacks or pets or general body weakness or other miscellaneous reasons, can increase the risk of fall in the elderly population. Falls can be particularly serious and life changing for elderly. It can make them dependent on others and also increases the ...

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Establishment of Jewish homeland in Palestine Stability of the Middle East remains questionable up to nowadays. An important part of the Middle East conflict is the struggle for the control of Jerusalem between the Jews, Christians and Muslims. In the field of International Politics, it can be considered to be a very deep-rooted conflict. It was considered, and remains to be, one of the most widely- and passionately-debated conflicts in the Middle East. ‘The Arab-Israeli conflict in the modern era is now in its 67th year (1948-2015), and is paralyzed’ (Anderson 2015). In my opinion, it can be explained ...

Across most of the globe, the percentage of elderly persons has increased radically. The elderly frequently have outlived a spouse, particularly women, and find themselves living alone on a pensioner’s income. This population is particularly at risk for malnutrition. This paper will discuss some of the sources of nutritional risk, how they can be assessed, interventions available to a gerontological nurse practitioner, and some community resources. 1. Causes of malnutrition among the elderly As individuals age, physiological changes in several systems take place that can impact nutrition, specifically perceptual, renal, gastrointestinal systems (Guigoz, Vellas, & Garry, 1996). Also, chronic ...

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Reaction to the Story In this story Cheever is concerned to bring out the world where some individuals have privilege and wealth which they think can protect can shield them from life challenges like, heartbreak, despair, and disaster. Many of his work is set in a Northern part of the USA, mainly at the wealthy outskirts of major cities like New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Most of his characters are rich, white and a little short on elitism. This story highlights unsocial behaviors like adultery relationships. Due to this, family quarrels are part and parcel in the lives ...

While traveling in an open-top convertible on the roads of Dallas, Texas, the 35th American President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated by getting shot twice. It was the Friday of November 22nd, 1963, at 12:30 pm in the afternoon. Rarely did his wife, the first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, accompany her husband on his political outings and endeavors, however, that day she was sitting beside him as his motorcade was being taken on the roads of Texas. Accompanying them were the Texas governor, Governor John Connally, and his wife. Sitting in that convertible, the Kennedys and the Connallys waving at ...

It is hard to imagine a company operating efficiently, with no external partners, still less employees around. Being an international giant that it is, Ford Motors has important stakeholders in external partners or suppliers, such as Bosh and TRW reported to provide the producer with critical components like brakes, seatbelts and airbags. There are elements vital to the safety of actual or would-be car owners, and the latter use this customer value as a benefit to compare it with the financial sacrifice the purchase implies. The reputation, employment conditions, and reasonable prices suppliers have to offer advantage the product ...

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The evolution of baseball has taken it from America’s greatest pastime, to the means of endorsing integration and diversity. In 1871, Major League Baseball (MLB) was launched as a traditional game. From 1945-47, Baseball made political and legal history through major league baseball. In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African-American players in the major league. His number 42 is worn by all players as a memory of Jackie Robinson overcoming the colour barrier on 15 April, and the day is celebrated as Jackie Robinson Day. In honour of Jackie Robinson, Allan Selig, the MLB commissioner stated, “Jackie ...

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As the aging population in the United States and other similarly developed nations across the globe continues to burgeon, the health significance of the aging population in these nations continues to increase. In 2008 alone, about 28-35% of those aged over 65 years were reported to fall every year with the proportion being greater at 45% for individuals aged 70 years and over in the US. The proportion of hospital admission owing to fall for people who are aged over 65 years ranges from 1.7 to 3.0 per every 10,000 individuals in the universal population. Hip fracture, upper ...

In August Wilson’s Fences, we follow Troy Maxon, a disillusioned, bitter middle-aged man who used to play baseball in his prime – however, since he played before the color barrier was broken in major league baseball, there was no chance for him to shine. This has left him a broken shell of a man who clings to what mild successes he had in the past and participates in an extramarital affair which tears his family apart.

This failure in baseball and other life pursuits is contrasted strongly with Jackie Robinson, the person who ended up actually breaking the color barrier years after ...