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New York State Standards and English Language Arts

which all students and staff members are learners who continually improve their performance" (NYCPDS, 2004). According to Spark...

NYC Education Reform

$77 million budget cut (Klein). At the same time, the administration was able to cut some money elsewhere by streamlining adminis...

What Would Life Without Illegal Immigrants Be Like?

could be catastrophic for many of the larger states in the nation. The fact that there are only fifteen of fifty states that emplo...

High Stakes Tests and Their Effects

with new and higher levels of standards for each grade level, standards that in many cases cause profound anxiety in students and ...

July 1863 NY Draft Riots

immigrated to America during the potato famine of the 1840s (Man, 1951). They found employment as dock laborers and longshoremen ...

Theoretical Analysis of 2004 and 2004 Stock Market Decline in the UK and US

NASDAQ, where the high tech shares are listed, and are separated out form the more traditional businesses. In figure 2 this differ...

New York City and the Problem of Animal Overpopulation

companion animal overpopulation in New York City is readily apparent. Many people, and especially animal lovers, do not see a pr...

Greek and Egyptian Art

In six pages this paper examines Egyptian and Greek pieces of art that are currently displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art i...

Policy Brief on NYC School Vouchers

to explore options for New York Citys education crisis. There does seem to be a great deal of detriments within the citys school s...

Urban Aesthetic and the Films of Martin Scorsese

large urban environment, humanity is even more vulnerable to the cruel and capricious winds of fate than at any other time in hist...

Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City Presentation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

together, ties up all loose plot ends, and eventually takes the story full circle. The participating narrator/protagonist appeale...

Advertising Industry Changes

course. The situation meant that the agencies had less freedom and would have to hire employees along with more bean counters. In ...

Concepts of Economics

at .2 billion ("World," 2004). However, for the nation of Brazil the difference is equivalent to 13.4 billion (2004). Of course, w...

NYC and Ending Sexism and Homophobia

reinforcement, the response is learned. This principle is frequently consciously used in dog training. For example, the dog is giv...

New York Retailer Barneys

eyed a nondescript storefront at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 17th Street, in the lowbrow Manhattan neighborhood known as Chel...

A Review of the Article Facing Probes, Governor to Resign

however, the article sums up what this resignation will mean for Connecticut. Rowlands speech announced the fact that, alth...

Architectural Comparisons Between the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building

city of lovely buildings that would withstand the test of time. Empire State Building The Empire State Building is probabl...

Caribbean Restaurant Business Plan

prior to deciding to open his own Caribbean restaurant. The owner began as a waiter and worked his way up to manager. The owner al...

A Marxist Perspective on Wal-Mart's Move to Queens

the capitalists make all the money off the backs of paid wage laborers. This is true and it is only the unions who fight for the l...

Show Me a Hero by Lisa Belkin

the white classes living in the east side while black citizens were relegated to the west side because that was the only location ...

Expansion of the Panama Canal

the U.S. became involved in construction, the engineers decided that it would be too difficult to dig a sea-level canal, since the...

Ancient Athens and Contemporary New York City

Most of us recognize that New York City serves as a symbol of all that is possible in the world today. It is also a city that repr...

The Hidden in Plain Sight Persuaders

basic factor in their lives. In the case of the buzzing that is related to BzzAgent the communication is intended to sell a produ...

Public Policy and the Proposed New York City Stadium for the New York Jets Professional Football Team

candidate for future Olympics, something that would bring the city more money. Again, it is not necessary, but certainly enhances ...

NYC and Teen Curfew Implementation

other cities handling the problem? Curfew times in one particular county for example are that those who are 12 or under must be h...

Article Review on Canada's Resistance to US Drug Sales Pressure

article provides a polite, superficial look at the problem. 4. This is a financial issue. IV. Conclusion This article should...

The Superiority of Missouri's Prison and Parole System

to be the case in areas that are extremely populated. In certain venues, this is not the case but rather, there is greater attenti...

NYC Schools and Vouchers

about systemic change" (Domanico, 1993). Their idea was school choice, not vouchers (Domanico, 1993). The difference is that paren...

Educational Human Resources and Diversity Management

part-time students and 40 percent are over the age of 24, with 80 percent commuting to campus (Mellow, Van Slyck and Eynon, 2003)....

Visiting New York City

the things that tourists typically do on visiting the Big Apple. First on the agenda was to visit the Statue of Liberty. This stat...