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January 27, 2011 - 1790 words | Education » No Child Left Behind
President Obama has an immense task before him. In this upcoming year, he will be responsible for the long overdue reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001. This act is based on the standards-based reform model which is comprised of three main... Read Article »
January 25, 2011 - 3550 words | Education » Standardized Testing
If you talk to any person in the field of education today about high-profile and controversial issues in their field, the topic of high-stakes standardized testing will inevitably come up.  This issue has been around for a long time, but was really introduced... Read Article »
February 16, 2010 - 2241 words | Film and Cinema » Twilight Of the Golds
Within the first ten minutes of Twilight of the Golds, it is clear that both Judaism and homosexuality play a role in the Gold family. The family is at least culturally Jewish, if not more, and the son David (Brendan Fraser), is portrayed to be gay. Yet neither &ldquo... Read Article »
February 11, 2010 - 3792 words | Criminal Justice » Juvenile Delinquency
Every single person living in the United States today is affected by juvenile crime. It affects parents, neighbors, teachers, and families. It affects the victims of crime, the perpetrators, and the bystanders. While delinquency rates have been decreasing, rates... Read Article »
February 9, 2010 - 1505 words | English » Robert Browning
Robert Browning’s two poems, “Porphyria’s Lover” and “My Last Duchess,” have some striking similarities. Both feature men who seem mentally disturbed; Further, both of these men had relationships with "strong" women who, despite... Read Article »
February 8, 2010 - 2353 words | Political Science » Health Care
As the nation’s largest health insurance program, Medicaid plays a huge role in the current health care reform debate. The program serves over 50 million people and has total outlays equaling over $280 billion[i]. Medicaid is much more than simply a program for... Read Article »
February 5, 2010 - 2225 words | Literary Criticism » Female Characters
Despite both being the leading female characters in their respective pieces, Christabel from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Christabel and Madeline from John Keats’ The Eve of St. Agnes have many striking similarities. Throughout both poems, the two women are... Read Article »
February 3, 2010 - 1037 words | Education » Sleep Patterns
Take a look inside a high school classroom. You will most likely find a teacher at the front of the class and students sitting at their desks. Yet, look closer, and you might notice a familiar trend: many of these students are not paying attention. Instead, they are... Read Article »
February 2, 2010 - 2372 words | Education » Education in the Developing World
The Karimojong people of the Karamoja region of Uganda are perhaps one of the few groups left on the planet that remain mostly disconnected from modern civilization. This semi-nomadic community has lived in the northeastern region of Uganda for many centuries. Their... Read Article »

Alina Saminsky graduated in 2011 with a concentration in Educational Foundations And Reform from University Of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, MA USA.