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New Orleans
New Orleans Schools Reach Out to Parents
The unsuccessful state of public schools in the nation is epitomized by the devastation of the city of New Orleans and the New Orleans Schools. Inner city and racial achievement gaps that had been ignored before Hurricane Katrina were impossible to ignore once the districts had to be rebuilt. The biggest challenge in rebuilding the New Orleans Schools seems to reflect the overall problem with public education in the United States. While everyone seems to have an opinion, no one really knows the best way to educate our children.
Helping Parents Adapt to the New Orleans Schools
Many former students of the New Orleans Schools are still scattered in other cities around the nation. But for those who returned to the emerging new system, the past school year has been confusing and often frenzied. Low-income parents and parents with little education are rarely comfortable in academic settings. But these are the people who the New Orleans Schools need to reach out to most.
A coalition of community groups has come together to create a parents' guide to the new New Orleans Schools. The New Orleans Parents' Guide to Public Schools contains a ton of information on the school options available, how to obtain lost documents, childcare, and picking the best school for your child.
The guide lists all 69 of the new New Orleans Schools, maps, photos, how to register, and transportation for each. The goal of the guide is two-fold. First, it aims to make parents more comfortable with the New Orleans Schools. Second, it tries to make accessing the information they need as convenient as possible. A list of locations where parents of children in the New Orleans Schools can pick up the book is available at www.nolaparentsguide.org .
The book's editor, Aesha Raheed, said, "Empowering all of our families is a critical step for us to redesign public education in New Orleans. We're focused on student achievement and academic outcomes. We have an opportunity to push us in that direction. We're redefining what the expectations of public education are... and making sure our students get the best education they can."
Challenges of Low Income Populations
Educators in New Orleans Schools are intimately familiar with the challenges of educationing "at-risk" populations. Children who come from poverty, who have poorly educated parents, or absent parents, or live in dangerous environments, are more likely to suffer from attention issues, undiagnosed learning disabilites, and to struggle in school. As a result of Hurricane Katrina, many of these children in the New Orleans Schools are now dealing with post-traumatic shock issues as well.
The one unexpected benefit of the devastating hurricane is that the New Orleans Schools are being rebuilt from the ground up. Administrators, educators, and parents of the New Orleans Schools district are creating new public schools, charter schools and other initiatives designed to provide all children with adequate public education.
For more information please visit New Orleans School Ratings and Private School Ratings
Patricia Hawke is a staff writer for Schools K-12, providing free, in-depth reports on all U.S. public and private K-12 schools. For more information please visit New Orleans School Rankings and Private School Rankings Article Source: ArticlesBase.com
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I got passed over for a company wide "cost of living" raise.?
I was hired in May 2011. In November the company gave a "cost of living" pay increase, companywide. Well, I was passed over for the raise because I was told I hadn't been with the company long enough. (This is a large corp., 5000 employees and we are located in New Orleans, Louisiana Metropolitan area.) You have to be with the company a year+ to get the raise. I have two problems with this:
My first issue with this: If it truly was a "Cost of living" increase, that shouldn't everyone get it, no matter when you were hired. EVERYONE's cost of living increases. A Cost of living increase is defined as: a pay increase to offset the increased cost of day-to-day expenditure, because of higher prices. Changes in the living costs for an average household are measured by the retail price index (RPI.)
Source: http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/resources/pay/negotiating-on-pay/pay-glossary.cfm
My second issue: Two people who were hired AFTER me got the cost of living increase. When I questioned why these two had gotten it and I had not, I was told that their pay was being "brought up to scale." Mind you, these two people who have a job position that, typically the industry pays less than my position are now making more than I do and my pay remains below scale. I also find it funny that their "bring up to scale" pay increase coincided with the cost of living increase. Bad timing if you ask me.
So, here is my question:
Should I file a complaint with the Board of Labor about anything?
Some ideas:
A Violation of the Equal Opportunity Pay Act of 1963?
OR
Unfair and Discriminatory Equal pay laws?
What can I do?
Please help.
I will edit the question, as to answer any questions anyone may ask to get more info.
The uk website is only for the definition of Cost of Living.
I have started seeking other employment diligently.
As I read the Equal Opportunity Pay Act of 1963, it states that employees with similar jobs having similar duties should be paid the same (in common words.) Am I wrong about that?
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/epa.cfm
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What are fun things to do in New Orleans with 4 teenagers on a school trip?
We're going end of May/early June. What are some fun, safe things we can do during the day?
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U.S history help please 11 questions?
5. What was the main constitutional issue regarding Bush's claims to executive privilege?
(Points : 1)
Bush's interpretations of executive privilege posed a threat to the impeachment process.
Bush's interpretations of executive privilege endangered the principle of the separation of powers.
Executive privilege should not be applied in cases involving the judicial branch of government.
Presidential pardons cannot be granted to former presidents who have been indicted.
6. What two structures were the targets of Islamic extremists on September 11, 2001?
(Points : 1)
World Trade Center; Hoover Dam
Empire State Building; Pentagon
White House; Golden Gate Bridge
Pentagon; World Trade Center
7. Which of the following was a goal of the terrorist group that carried out the attacks of September 11, 2001?
(Points : 1)
start a conflict between Russia and the United States
topple the democratic U.S. government
topple pro-Western governments in the Middle East
install a fundamentalist Islamic government in Israel
8. What brutal and repressive fundamentalist Islamic regime came to power in Afghanistan and demanded strict adherence to Islamic law?
(Points : 1)
al-Qaeda
Taliban
Jihad
Hezbollah
9. All of the following were responses by the United States to terrorist attacks both at home and abroad except
(Points : 1)
the Department of Homeland Security was created as a new cabinet-level agency.
the Patriot Act was signed into law and became controversial.
the United States suspended constitutional rights of Americans of Middle Eastern descent.
U.S.-led forces invaded Afghanistan, overthrew the Taliban, and searched for Bin Laden.
10. Which of the following was an argument for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003?
(Points : 1)
U.S. allies supported the United States acting unilaterally to fight terrorism.
Intelligence reports indicated Iraq was seeking to acquire or make weapons of mass destruction.
Bush believed that Saddam Hussein should turn over power to the Shi'ites.
With an impending OPEC oil embargo, the United States needed to secure access to oil.
11. Which of the following best describes the initial progress of the war in Iraq?
(Points : 1)
Coalition soldiers met little resistance, and the war's mission had been achieved in six weeks.
Coalition soldiers met heavy resistance at first, and the war dragged on for six months.
Iraq surrendered within two weeks, and Saddam Hussein turned power over to coalition forces.
Iraqi forces turned back invading coalition troops and kept on the offensive for six weeks.
12. As the war in Iraq continued, more and more people became opposed to the war. Which of the following is not a reason for this opposition?
(Points : 1)
No weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq.
U.S. forces were having success in capturing al-Qaeda members.
Some believed Iraq was becoming another Vietnam.
Bush was accused of acting unilaterally.
13. Which of the following describes a Bush administration accomplishment in foreign policy in Africa?
(Points : 1)
U.S. diplomatic envoys to Somalia helped warlords in that nation reach a peace agreement.
U.S. forces restored peace and stability to Rwanda after racial violence erupted.
The United States threatened a trade embargo against South Africa in response to apartheid.
The United States threatened diplomatic sanctions against the Sudanese government.
14. Why was the federal government criticized in the wake of Hurricane Katrina?
(Points : 1)
National Guard troops did not do enough to evacuate poor residents of New Orleans.
President Bush went on vacation to Hawaii two days after the storm hit.
FEMA did not respond quickly enough after the storm had passed through the region.
Congress did not enact any legislation to help survivors of the hurricane.
15. The following were major issues in the 2008 presidential election except
(Points : 1)
a scandal involving several U.S. senators and a major oil company.
the continuing war in Iraq.
an emerging economic crisis.
McCain's age and Obama's inexperience in foreign affairs.
16. The election of 2008 was groundbreaking in several ways, including the fact that
(Points : 1)
for the first time, there were no independent candidates.
the two top Democratic candidates included a woman and an African American.
a woman was a vice presidential candidate for the first time in U.S. history.
a sitting vice president was running for the office of president.
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Predictions for the NFC South?
1. Carolina Panthers-11-5 (Cam Newton continues to run the ball some more which makes them dangerous).
2. Atlanta Falcons-10-6
3. New Orleans Saints-9-7
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers-6-10 (A new defense will move this team up, but what this team is really missing is a good quarterback, and they don't have a big named Wide Receiver).
Overall, I don't think that it isn't ridiculous to say that the Carolina Panthers could win the NFC South if you consider all of the events that have happened within the off season.
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US history help PLEASE??:)?
What was the main constitutional issue regarding Bush's claims to executive privilege?
(Points : 1)
Bush's interpretations of executive privilege posed a threat to the impeachment process.
Bush's interpretations of executive privilege endangered the principle of the separation of powers.
Executive privilege should not be applied in cases involving the judicial branch of government.
Presidential pardons cannot be granted to former presidents who have been indicted.
6. What two structures were the targets of Islamic extremists on September 11, 2001?
(Points : 1)
World Trade Center; Hoover Dam
Empire State Building; Pentagon
White House; Golden Gate Bridge
Pentagon; World Trade Center
7. Which of the following was a goal of the terrorist group that carried out the attacks of September 11, 2001?
(Points : 1)
start a conflict between Russia and the United States
topple the democratic U.S. government
topple pro-Western governments in the Middle East
install a fundamentalist Islamic government in Israel
8. What brutal and repressive fundamentalist Islamic regime came to power in Afghanistan and demanded strict adherence to Islamic law?
(Points : 1)
al-Qaeda
Taliban
Jihad
Hezbollah
9. All of the following were responses by the United States to terrorist attacks both at home and abroad except
(Points : 1)
the Department of Homeland Security was created as a new cabinet-level agency.
the Patriot Act was signed into law and became controversial.
the United States suspended constitutional rights of Americans of Middle Eastern descent.
U.S.-led forces invaded Afghanistan, overthrew the Taliban, and searched for Bin Laden.
10. Which of the following was an argument for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003?
(Points : 1)
U.S. allies supported the United States acting unilaterally to fight terrorism.
Intelligence reports indicated Iraq was seeking to acquire or make weapons of mass destruction.
Bush believed that Saddam Hussein should turn over power to the Shi'ites.
With an impending OPEC oil embargo, the United States needed to secure access to oil.
11. Which of the following best describes the initial progress of the war in Iraq?
(Points : 1)
Coalition soldiers met little resistance, and the war's mission had been achieved in six weeks.
Coalition soldiers met heavy resistance at first, and the war dragged on for six months.
Iraq surrendered within two weeks, and Saddam Hussein turned power over to coalition forces.
Iraqi forces turned back invading coalition troops and kept on the offensive for six weeks.
12. As the war in Iraq continued, more and more people became opposed to the war. Which of the following is not a reason for this opposition?
(Points : 1)
No weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq.
U.S. forces were having success in capturing al-Qaeda members.
Some believed Iraq was becoming another Vietnam.
Bush was accused of acting unilaterally.
13. Which of the following describes a Bush administration accomplishment in foreign policy in Africa?
(Points : 1)
U.S. diplomatic envoys to Somalia helped warlords in that nation reach a peace agreement.
U.S. forces restored peace and stability to Rwanda after racial violence erupted.
The United States threatened a trade embargo against South Africa in response to apartheid.
The United States threatened diplomatic sanctions against the Sudanese government.
14. Why was the federal government criticized in the wake of Hurricane Katrina?
(Points : 1)
National Guard troops did not do enough to evacuate poor residents of New Orleans.
President Bush went on vacation to Hawaii two days after the storm hit.
FEMA did not respond quickly enough after the storm had passed through the region.
Congress did not enact any legislation to help survivors of the hurricane.
15. The following were major issues in the 2008 presidential election except
(Points : 1)
a scandal involving several U.S. senators and a major oil company.
the continuing war in Iraq.
an emerging economic crisis.
McCain's age and Obama's inexperience in foreign affairs.
16. The election of 2008 was groundbreaking in several ways, including the fact that
(Points : 1)
for the first time, there were no independent candidates.
the two top Democratic candidates included a woman and an African American.
a woman was a vice presidential candidate for the first time in U.S. history.
a sitting vice president was running for the office
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