“Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and Their Political Identities” was co-authored by professors Janelle Wong (USC), Taeku Lee (UC Berkeley), Jane Junn (Rutgers), and UC Riverside’s Karthick Ramakrishnan. Released in fall 2011 by the Russell Sage Foundation, a research center dedicated to studies in the social sciences, the book has been recognized as “the most comprehensive study to date of Asian American political behavior.” ¹
The book is based on a multi-lingual national study conducted by the co-authors beginning in 2008, when they surveyed over 5,000 Asian Americans across the country from a range of national backgrounds. Although Asian Americans constitute only about five percent of the US population, they do represent a rapidly growing, well-educated, and politically active sector. As Profess
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Yesterday we wrote about Ohio’s recent waiver application to the U.S. Department of Education for relief from parts of the federal No Child Left Behind act and the proposed revamping of the state’s reporting system for schools and districts. We also warned that many parents, teachers, and students would be shocked by the results and that there would be a push to water down the new system, insisting that it is unfair and not accurate.
As we predicted, there have been several articles describing the coming changes and what they mean for districts across the state. The Columbus Dispatch today quoted the superintendent of Bexley City Schools, a suburb of Columbus, as saying, “I don’t know how a high-performing district like ours and many others gets a B?” “It might be a way of communicating in the simplest way but you miss a whole lot.” Bexley, currently rated Excellent with Distinction, would fall to a B under the new system. Superintendents of currently high-performing districts in Montgomery County will also see a decline in their academic rating under the new system. Of the 28 distr
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The Ohio Association for Play Therapy is offering a workshop this spring and would like to share this opportunity with interested school counselors. . General details are below.
- Integrating Sandtray-Worldplay into our Play Therapy Practice: Exploring the Gateways for Growth, Healing, and Well-Being
- Using Sandtray-Worldplay to Work with the Trauma of the Day: Being with Big and Small Unfinished Experiences of Life
Featuring: Gisela Schubach De Domenico PhD, MFT, Registered Play Therapist & Supervisor
Friday/Saturday, April 20 & 21, 2012
Columbus State Community College Center for Workforce Development
315 Cleveland Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43215
PHILADELPHIA The lunch lady won’t be serving up “pink slime” anymore at several school districts around the country.
Under a change announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, districts that get food through the government’s school lunch program will be allowed to say no to ground beef containing an ammonia-treated filler derisively called “pink slime” and choose filler-free meat instead.
Several school systems said they will change their cafeteria menus when the move takes effect next fall. What’s not yet clear is how much the switch might cost and whether it could lead to price increases for school lunches.
“Our district has long advocated for purity and disclosure in food products. And we will definitely be moving to the pure ground beef when that becomes available in the fall,” said John Schuster, spokesman for Florida’s Miami-Dade school system, the nation’s fourth-largest district with 345,000 students.
He could not immediately speak to the cost, noting that the district is on spring break.
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In a best case scenario, an accident is nothing more than an inconvenience. A few dollars are spent, maybe a quick trip to the doctor, a few days with a rental car and soon life is back to normal. No major harm done thanks to the benefit of insurance.
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A devastating car accident is a tragedy to all who are involved. However, being an accident victim of a driver without insurance is even more difficult. For someone involved in a collision with a driver without insurance, a simple car accident can be horrifying. Who will pay for?
- medical bills
- car repair bills
- loss of work
- loss of freedom
- time off work
Finding Help for Uninsured Accident Victims
If you are the victim of uninsured driver, there is help.
It is possible that you are already covered by your own insurance. Some policies have a clause to protect people from uninsured drivers. You may be able to use your own insurance to pay your bills. Your Read more…