Print of a lantern slide showing the Delaware Trust building in 1912. Trolley tracks can be seen in the streets as many people walk about. Print was made in 1953.
Many carloads of tank transporters were received and stored during the late spring and early summer of 1942. All were shipped out by August and in time for use by Montgomery at the beginning of his African Campaign commencing at El Alamein, Egypt.
This executive position paper proposes recommendations for the development of editing workshops and editing training for adjunct faculty of Wilmington University. An editing workshop was developed and taught to two groups of adjunct instructors at...
Educational Policy, Public School Teachers, Social Media
Social Media networking is the next frontier in educational policy. A plethora of issues has arisen in regard to social media practices on the part of educators in public school systems. There is a lack of regulation for use of social media across...
Sibling relational breakdown continually afflicts African American families. The effects of social inequality and its adverse impact continue to upset family adjustment in the lives of African Americans as evidenced by social conditions such as...
There are many advantages supporting the use of computers as an alternate mode of delivery for high stakes testing: cost savings, increased test security, flexibility in test administrations, innovations in items, and reduced scoring time. The...
Challenges of Military Leadership, Leadership, leadership challenges with global conflict, Military Leadership
The post 911 military challenges threaten Army leadership. Traditional leadership that governed a cold war military has made current policies and practices detrimental to effective leadership and, therefore, demands change. This paper examines the...
China, Chinese, Community College, Global, Higher Education, Language
Public education reform designed for K-12 and higher education exists to transform teaching and learning within the United States in order to graduate today's student. One specific initiative on the federal, state, and local levels is the...
Black Scholes Merton, Covered Call, Derivative, Dollar Strike, Great Recession, Penny Pilot
Options on equities valued below $50.00 have traditionally traded in $2.50 strike price increments. The SEC, in cooperation with options exchanges, has completed a pilot program of $1.00 strike price increments for options on equities valued...
Energy, Political Barriers, Renewables, Social Barriers, Wind Farm Development
Wind energy has been lauded as a resource for the United States to lessen its dependency on foreign fuels, reduce carbon output, and potentially create millions of jobs. Accordingly, wind energy is in the forefront of many government officials'...
accountability, diverse learners, English language learners, high stakes testing, mainstream teachers, preparation
The number of English language learners has grown at a pronounced rate in U.S. schools in the last ten years. Meanwhile, teacher training at the college level and local school level is not preparing teachers to meet diverse learners' needs...
acceleration, autoethnography, creativity, gifted, policy, social and emotional
Delving into the field of gifted education from an autoethnographic perspective is the premise of this research. Through introspection coupled with study of themes, personal stories are interwoven with current research. Though aspects of giftedness...
90-90-90, Administration, African American, High Performing, Poverty, Urban
Accountability is at an all-time high in education. High-stakes testing and the pressure of being an exemplary school put a considerable strain on school districts, schools, and their stakeholders. Many schools that are labeled as high-poverty,...
High Stakes Testing, Inclusion, No Child Left Behind, Teacher Perception
Recently, federal legislation has been implemented requiring that public school students meet a specified performance level of academic proficiency by the 2013/2014 school year. This reform movement, known as "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB), was...
As principals explore various professional development approaches, they must be aware that many initiatives often fail due to ineffective implementation. This paper focuses on a change process that gradually changed a school culture that believes...
The evolution of work environments has prompted an increased focus on the importance of service within industry. Today, service centered cultures exist in many industries in which high expectations are placed on employees to deliver extraordinary...
criminal justice, law enforcement, mental illness, police, probation officer, website
Probation and parole officers supervise a disproportionate amount of offenders with mental illness. Many causes contribute to this over-representation ranging from deinstitutionalization, to co-occurring disorders, to homelessness. It appears...
It was the intention of this analysis to show the history behind the State of Delaware`s SEED scholarship (Student Excellence Equals Degree), to learn how many additional SEED-style programs exist nationally, and to analyze the outcome of the SEED...
community college, developmental education, graduation, Hispanic, recruitment, retention
The graduation rates for Hispanic students in higher education are the lowest in the nation in comparison to any other subgroups, yet they are the fastest growing population in the nation. Lack of a rigorous curriculum in a K-12 setting and...
learning mentor, learning mentors, mentor, student mentor, student support mentor, support mentor
There are at least 4,500 mentoring agencies in America, and at least 2.5 million children being mentored (DuBois &Karcher, 2005 & Rhodes, 2002). America is not making the gains academically as it once was. Students are in need of more academic as...
