The Unknown Legacy of the 13th Amendment
, 2016 On January 31, 1865, Congress passed the 13th Amendment, declaring slavery illegal in the United States. Or so it seemed. The second line of the Amendment, and the most oft unknown, states that slavery can still be used as a form of punishment for crimes,
Jones, Danielle E.
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Alabama Faith Council Statement on Voluntary Pre-K For All Four-Year-Olds [PDF]
, 2008 There is ample evidence that high-quality early learning programs are critical for children to be successful in school an din life. Research shows that 85% of brain development takes place prior to a child turning five (5) years old.
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AN APPLICATION OF THE PHOSPHORUS CONSISTENT RULE FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE COST-EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF BROILER LITTER IN CROP PRODUCTION [PDF]
We calculated the profitability of using broiler litter as a source of plant nutrients using the phosphorus consistent litter application rule. The cost saving by using litter is 37% over the use of chemical fertilizer alone to meet the nutrient needs of
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Cut Loose: State and Local Layoffs of Public Employees in the Current Recession [PDF]
, 2009 In the current recession, millions of Americans have lost their jobs. Unemployment has increased nationwide to levels not witnessed since the 1980s. This issue brief tallies more than 110,000 jobs that have been shed from state and local governments in ...
Matt Sherman, Nathan Lane
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Metacognitive Awareness and Mindset in Current and Future Principals
School Leadership Review, 2017 Metacognition is a key component in education, yet little is known about whether or not instructional leaders are metacognitively aware. Metacognition is described as thoughts about one's knowledge and control over their own cognitive processes (Flavell,
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Building Audiences: Stories From America's Theaters - What Theaters Are Learning About the Role of Programming in Attracting Audiences [PDF]
, 1996 Explores strategies being used -- from market research to free play readings -- to plan programming and select on-stage productions to attract ...
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Recent Advances in Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Advances in Virology, 2013 Swapnil Subhash Bawage +4 more
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The Pangloss Index: How States Game the No Child Left Behind Act [PDF]
, 2007 When policymakers wrote the No Child Left Behind Act, their goal was to steadily raise the bar for academic achievement. But many states have undermined the spirit of the law by lowering achievement goals every year. Kevin Carey explains how these states
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Democracy, Race, and Multiculturalism in the Twenty-First Century: Will the Voting Rights Act Ever be Obsolete? [PDF]
, 2006 Part I of this essay begins one hundred years before the passage of the Act, with Reconstruction. I briefly canvas the interracial alliances of the Reconstruction and Redemption periods, underscoring that American democracy has been most responsive to ...
Cashin, Sheryll
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