All Safe: Transforming Public Safety

Following the nationwide protests that erupted in response to the police killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade, and Rayshard Brooks, in late 2020 People For the American Way, Covington & Burling LLP, and the Avalan Institute for Applied Research partnered to develop a blueprint for reducing police violence. While systemic overhaul will also require action at the state and federal levels, at the local level, executive, legislative, and judicial authorities can take steps immediately to reduce police violence.The goal of All Safe: Transforming Public Safety is to provide concrete policy proposals for the transformation and implementation of public safety programs at the local level. Our research focused particularly on the 20 US cities or metro areas with the largest proportion of Black residents. Most of the research in this report was updated as of early 2022. Newer developments in data or policy may not be reflected.This report provides a range of policy options, recognizing that not every locality will be able to move immediately to the most aggressive approach. Our expectation is that, as localities begin adopting these proposals and gather and develop additional evidence of their effectiveness, these confirmations will strengthen the political case for going further

Handbook of the Cultural Foundations of Learning

Edited by a diverse group of expert collaborators, the Handbook of the Cultural Foundations of Learning is a landmark volume that brings together cutting-edge research examining learning as entailing inherently cultural processes. Conceptualizing culture as both a set of social practices and connected to learner identities, the chapters synthesize contemporary research in elaborating a new vision of the cultural nature of learning, moving beyond summary to reshape the field toward studies that situate culture in the learning sciences alongside equity of educational processes and outcomes. With the recent increased focus on culture and equity within the educational research community, this volume presents a comprehensive, innovative treatment of what has become one of the field’s most timely and relevant topics

Mustang Daily, January 27, 2009

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Handbook of the Cultural Foundations of Learning

Edited by a diverse group of expert collaborators, the Handbook of the Cultural Foundations of Learning is a landmark volume that brings together cutting-edge research examining learning as entailing inherently cultural processes. Conceptualizing culture as both a set of social practices and connected to learner identities, the chapters synthesize contemporary research in elaborating a new vision of the cultural nature of learning, moving beyond summary to reshape the field toward studies that situate culture in the learning sciences alongside equity of educational processes and outcomes. With the recent increased focus on culture and equity within the educational research community, this volume presents a comprehensive, innovative treatment of what has become one of the field’s most timely and relevant topics

America\u27s Preoccupation with Ethics in Government Essay.

Many Americans today expect that the law can, should, and will be used to ensure a level playing field in public life. Americans expect the law to eliminate, insofar as possible, any unfair advantage that might be gained through the use of special connections to those who exercise the power of government. There are numerous rules applicable to judges, lawyers, and public officials that each seek to promote equal treatment for all persons by limiting the ability of persons to use special connections and privileged relationships to gain an advantage in public affairs. There were two threads of development in America during the twentieth century that may account for the presence of such rules. The first involves the search for social equality, including the struggles between the rich and poor, black and white, and residents and new immigrants. The second relates to a very different but parallel search for ethical certainty. The rise of consumerism, the nature of the American media, and the “statutorification” of American law have been integral parts of that quest. These developments suggest that the present American preoccupation with ethics in government is neither surprising nor likely to cease. Yet, the pursuit of good government may pose a difficult challenge. The task may be to separate the types of favors and relationships that corrupt government and abuse power from those that do nothing more than smooth the rough edges of an imperfect legal system. It is not easy to draw the line separating practices which give government a human face and make its actions efficient from other forms of conduct which unfairly handicap innocent persons. The challenge is to decide how much ethics in government is enough, but not too much. That, of course, is a difficult question