The Politics of Play: A Sociocultural Analysis of Play in the Context of State Preschool Standards

The past decade has seen an explosion of brain research and early childhood policies resulting in academics as a priority at state-funded preschools. Although strongly supported through a century of research, play often is pushed out by a more formalized, academic curriculum. Under the direction of the No Child Left Behind Act (2002), and the Race to the Top\u27 program, states have developed early learning standards to inform preschool teachers and direct the education and assessment of preschool children in the United States. Through content analysis early learning standards for the 50 states and the District of Columbia were examined for the frequency of the word play. This study found a range of play frequency in the standards documents across the United States written in response to federal mandates. Case studies of 6 states illustrate the position of play and the prioritization, acceptance or omission of the play as learning paradigm.\u2

State Constitutional Protection of Children with AIDS and the Right to a Public Education

The purpose of this article is to examine the problem that the American public school system is facing with respect to children with AIDS. In addition, this paper will examine how the courts are analyzing this issue and show why the current trend of analysis is weaker than it should be. Finally, this paper will look at how state constitutions are more frequently being used to protect individual rights and how the state constitutions could be used to protect the right of children with AIDS to free public education

A Study of Best Practices in Designing and Supporting Effective Organizational Memory Systems

The use of information technologies to support organizational memory and assist in intelligence analysis and decision making has been examined by several authors (e.g., Stein and Zwass, 1995; Conklin, 1996; Huyhn et al. 1995; Chen et al. 1992; Ackerman, 1994; Walsh and Ungson, 1991; Huber, 1990). Information systems can turn informal knowledge and stored information (i.e., organizational memory) from media rich systems into actionable organizational knowledge (e.g. Conklin, 1996; Shum, 1997). Such systems make extensive use of organizational knowledge to effect shared understanding and learning by capturing and leveraging valuable information and making it widely available for use throughout the organization. The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of organizational memory systems in learning organizations. A conceptual model will be developed to provide managers with guidelines for developing and supporting organizational memory systems. In addition, the study will attempt to provide justification for investment in information technologies to support organizational memory

State Constitutional Protection of Children with AIDS and the Right to a Public Education

The purpose of this article is to examine the problem that the American public school system is facing with respect to children with AIDS. In addition, this paper will examine how the courts are analyzing this issue and show why the current trend of analysis is weaker than it should be. Finally, this paper will look at how state constitutions are more frequently being used to protect individual rights and how the state constitutions could be used to protect the right of children with AIDS to free public education

Transnational Cooperation in Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity has become a significant focal point for law enforcement, businesses, and consumers with the significant advancements made in cyber technologies, cyber use, and cybercrimes, [16]. Organized cybercrime includes activities such as skimming, botnets, provision of child pornography and advance fee fraud. Unorganized cybercrime could be simple fraud, downloading child pornography, trolling or uttering threats. Both organized and unorganized activities have grown more prevalent in today’s digital landscape. The media sensationalize breaches, such as the hacking of HBO’s Game of Thrones episodes and the Equifax data breach. These incidents get much fanfare shifting focus to law enforcement agencies their plans to address the crimes. We need to know more about the effectiveness of measures against cybercrime and the cooperation between nations against cybercrime. This manuscript examines this issue by exploring how transnational cooperation succeeded in the apprehension of wanted individuals in Operation Avalanche

A Systematic Literature Review on Digital Knowledge Sharing in Higher Education

Digital knowledge sharing is a common practice around the world. It can be used by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to maintain education quality. While several studies have been conducted to enable academics to share their knowledge and experiences, there have been few attempts to examine the main motivators of online knowledge sharing in HEI. This research aims to explore the state of the art of knowledge sharing behavior among academics in Higher education to construct a conceptual framework through examining motivators of online knowledge sharing in HEI. To achieve this purpose, a systematic literature review was performed using a variety of journals across several industries, including higher education. A comprehensive literature search did not turn up any articles that explore or test the association between social capital, knowledge sharing, technology, and quality of education improvement in the HEI. Hence, there is a need to conduct further research to improve online knowledge sharing behavior and education quality