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controversy has swirled around sporting teams, mascots, and team traditions. Native American activists have demanded the Washington Redskins football team be renamed and Kansas City Chiefs fan refrain from dressing up.” Dr. Daniel Wildcat is an indigenous and American Indian studies professor at Haskell Indian Nations University and he said “It’s a stereotype, it’s a fabricated notion.” He then stated “We do find it incredibly disrespectful when a non-native tries to dress up like a chief.” “It’s

Lifespan Walden University October 12, 2014 SEL Standard The state of Kansas is one of only three states to enact comprehensive social and emotional learning standards with developmental benchmarks in K-12 education, (Dusenbury, Weissberg, Goren and Domitrovich, 2014), and it has also tied those standards to college readiness. The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) lists The Kansas social, emotional, and character development model standards aligned to Kansas college and career

Good grades in high school get you into a good college with possible scholarships, for example, Ivy League schools or a school similar to Stanford or University of Michigan. Then, if you get good grades in college especially like the colleges above your future employers will see your college that you attended and possibly see your GPA and hire you. Your alma mater follows you for the rest of your life.

Charter schools have been growing rapidly since the first school opened in Minnesota in 1992. Charter schools were first conceptualized by Ray Budde who happened to be a previous teacher and principal. That was in 1974 and by 1983 after the release of A Nation at Risk the concept caught on. Albert Shanker, then president of the American Federation of Teachers, talked of Charter schools in his speech in 1988 thus bringing it to a larger audience. By 1991 the concept caught fire bringing through the

Brandon Steven Business Intellect of Brandon Steven during His College Life Brandon Steven is a self-made entrepreneur; he was born on July 25, 1973 in Kansas. He is a successful businessman based out of Kansas City. Brandon has invested in different businesses, but he is best known for award-winning car dealerships. He has also received prestigious national “Man of the Year” award. His automotive dealership has sold more than 80,000 cars so far; he supports this organization by donating on a regular

Hi bloggers, Today I want to talk about my Thanksgiving break. During that I did several things. First of all, I want to Nebraska Lincoln to get my admission from there also to see the city and to know some things about it. In addition, it is a town in my opinion it is bigger a little bit than Urbana-Champaign. It has many nice restaurants and some places to have fun. They have a great union and bookstore which are best places for me to study. People there are polite and kind they helped me to find

In 1932 at The University of Kansas four women-Agnes Thompson, Amida Stanton, Rose Morgan, and Hannah Oliver made it their mission to designate an area known to many at KU called the Prairie Acre, as a space to be protected for future generations. The plot of land that is located on the southeast corner of campus behind Blake hall is the only vestige of native prairie that has been untouched by modern landscaping and maintenance techniques. The importance of preserving and restoring the prairie has

and John Smith. James was orphaned at an early life. He was brought up by his aunt and uncle and went Bennies Corners near Almonte. James later on graduated from the Almonte High School in Ontario in 1883. After graduating, James attended McGill University, Montreal. Since James had a great athletic ability, he was made to participate canadian football, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, etc. He was also a great gymnast and won many wicksteed medals. He earned a BA in Physical Education and a Diploma at the

Juanae (Thompson) Johnson was born in the “Air Capital of the World”, Wichita, Kansas on August 9, 1982. As a student growing up in Wichita, Kansas, she was exposed to many opportunities; to include, two summer internships with two sought after worldwide companies Cessna Aircraft Company and Smith & Barney. As an intern with Cessna Aircraft Company, Juanae learned about airplane widgets, nuts and bolts, workforce capacity and program managing. After completion of the program, Juanae was one of two

Methods of Preparing/Orienting Members Group orientation is a crucial step in establishing a safe and nurturing environment for all members. Group leaders will give an overview of the group and its purpose of developing a support system of women who have given up a child or children for adoption. Members and group leaders will be asked to introduce themselves and group expectations will be discussed. Group leaders will stress the importance of confidentiality, what is said in group must stay in group