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    Currently, the topic of curriculum is a heated discussion across my district, one in which the district leadership and teachers’ union are grappling to find compromise. For the past 11 years, I have been working within San Jose Unified School District as a middle school math teacher. Throughout this time I have seen many, many changes in leadership and curriculum. This year in particular, many of the leadership positions at the district office have changed hands; new Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent

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    There are three different types of data brokers: 1. Entities subject to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA); 2. Entities that maintain data for marketing purposes; and 3. Non-FCRA covered entities that maintain data for non-marketing purposes that fall outside of the FCRA, such as to detect fraud or locating people (FTC, 2014). With respect to consumer privacy the FTC has started to try to implement how these data brokers are gaining consumer information

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    Legal Framework Differences: Regular and Special Students/Public and Private Schools During the interview we addressed the legal framework for students whether special education and general education students attending private and public school. “Private schools are not obligated to adhere to Special Education Laws. Many private schools do not accept students with disabilities. Public schools receive funding from the Federal Government for students with disabilities but private schools,” (Pritchett

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    Laws and policies related to special needs students are set in place to assist in providing an appropriate education in the most least restrictive environment possible for special needs students. A Law is defined as a rule that is created by the government of a town, state or country. A law is created in hopes of settling a cause. Within the past 25 years laws pertaining to Special Education have evolved for the better of special needs students around the country

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    to municipalities or counties in which the government has numerous and varying functions, special districts are normally limited to one special service such as education, water supply, transportation or fire protection, which are just a few examples of the specific functions that special districts offer, with fire protection being the one that is the most numerous in special district services. Special districts are found practically everywhere throughout the United States. Citizens that live rurally

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    The Burton School District Grievance Process is as follows: Eligibility: If new teachers are denied eligibility, they are encouraged to speak with the Coordinator of Mentor and Induction for New Teachers. At that meeting, the new teacher will be informed of the criteria that must be met in order to participate in induction. The new teacher must possess or have applied for a general education credential (SB 2042 or its equivalent) and receive the credential within the first sixty days of the school

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    The district level plan was developed through a many different collections of data that was reviewed by a leadership team within the school district, which was established by the superintendent. This data driven process led to the three major goals of the district level plan to be created. The implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the plan is the leadership team’s responsibility. Certain schools within the 18 schools in the district were required to develop and submit

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    ways of teaching rather than public schools.(“Charter Schools”) Iowa’s charter school legislation was passed in 2003 it allowed for ten charter schools to be created in Iowa. In 2006 the legislation lifted the charter school cap to twenty. Some purposes for charter schools are to improve students learning, encourage using different or

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    there is a main capital and thirteen districts. The mockingjay is an important part of the districts because it is a mutated breed that was half jaberjay, who could recite whole conversations, and half mockingbird, that could mimic the tone of someone’s voice. When a war breaks out between the capital and the districts, the districts use the birds to their advantage, but in the end, the capital wins the war. They exterminate the

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    encompass different aspects that would directly affect the plan’s efficiency, effectiveness, cost and overall purpose. Alvin Independent School District, for instance, has a program in place which assists individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 to earn a high school diploma. The goal of this program is to target the demographic needs of the community and the drop-out rate within the school district. Further, this program aligns itself with the school district’s goals and academic performance, which

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