Giftedness as property: Troubling whiteness, wealth, and gifted education in the US

The purposes of this article are to illumine the racist genealogy of gifted education policies and practices in the United States, to demonstrate how deficit discourses continue today, and to provide personal examples from the field of how educators can begin to question the status quo, resist taken-for-granted assumptions, and alternatively make substantive changes at the local level. I also aim to demonstrate how giftedness is an example of whiteness as property, or unearned white privilege, that, unintentionally or not, maintains a social caste system in school

A critical policy analysis of Texas’ Closing the Gaps 2015

This critical policy analysis uses critical race theory to provide a counter narrative to the P-16 initiative in Texas known as Closing the Gaps 2015. Findings indicate that while these reforms aim to increase educational access and achievement for people of color, they fall short of addressing systemic inequities such as enduring segregation and unconstitutional school finance policy. Using Texas as a case study illumines the ways the growing number of P-16 councils throughout the US might adapt and improve policy development and implementation to more adequately address educational inequities across racial, ethnic, and linguistic groups. The article closes with recommendations for Texas’ reiteration of Closing the Gaps 2015, titled 60x30TX, currently in revision to guide state education goals in 2016-2030

Hell Cats Call Back

By creating a forum for victims of sexual assault and harassment, campaigns like the Me Too Movement and Times Up have prompted widespread discussion about behavior and accountability. An onslaught of accusations and awkward stories have taught us that people are not always in agreement about what constitutes sexual misconduct. One murky area of sexual harassment is cat calling, which most often occurs in plain sight. In 2008, a nonprofit group called Stop Street Harassment found that 99% of 811 respondents had experienced catcalling. In their 2014 survey, Hollaback! and Cornell University found that women worldwide took extensive efforts to avoid street harassment. In the United States alone, 72% of women reported that they had altered their mode of transportation to escape harassment. Sac the Cat Call is a research project and social campaign intended to create discourse on the catcalling. The project uses a survey to collect demographic data about the people who experience and engage in catcalling. During the survey, respondents are invited to share their experiences with catcalling. This project will display data gathered during the research process

An evaluation of interactions between sea turtles and poundnet leaders in the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia : final report

Every year, thousands of sea turtles seasonally utiliz.e the Chesapeake Bay and coastal waters of Virginia as foraging grounds and developmental habitat. Sea turtles migrate north into Virginia\u27s waters in the spring when sea temperatures warm to approximately 18° C (Coles, 1999). Since 1979, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) has recorded high sea turtle mortalities in the spring of the year when sea turtles first migrate into Virginia\u27s waters. Each year, between 200 and 400 sea turtle stranding deaths are recorded within Virginia\u27s waters. The vast majority of 1hese strandings are juvenile loggemead (Caretta caretta) and Kemp\u27s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles. Historic stranding data show that 50.0% to 55.0% of the yearly turtle deaths occur in May and Jmie when the turtles first enter the Bay (Lutcavage, 1981; Lutcavage and Musick, 1985; Keinath et al., 1987; Coles 1999; Mansfield et al., 2002). At the time when stranding coW1ts are highest, mean water temperatures range between 18° and 22° C (Coles, 1999). Kemp\u27s ridleys also have an additional peak in strandings in 1he fall (October and November) when temperatures begin to drop (Lutcavage and Musick, 1985; Coles, 1999). Despite research efforts over the past 24 years, many questions still remain regarding the sources of spring mortalities. State stranding counts have risen steadily over the last ten years (Mansfield et al., 2002). This increase may in part be due to either intensified fishing interactions, an increase in the sea turtle population. To address this problem, VIMS, Wlder contract and supplemental fimding from 1he National Marine Fisheries Service and Virginia\u27s Commercial Fishing Advisory Board, conducted aerial, swface and sub-surface fisheries surveys and aerial sea turtle population surveys in the Chesapeake Bay during the 2001 season. (...

Uma análise crítica da política de Texas fechando a brecha de 2015

This critical policy analysis uses critical race theory to provide a counter narrative to the P-16 initiative in Texas known as Closing the Gaps 2015. Findings indicate that while these reforms aim to increase educational access and achievement for people of color, they fall short of addressing systemic inequities such as enduring segregation and unconstitutional school finance policy. Using Texas as a case study illumines the ways the growing number of P-16 councils throughout the US might adapt and improve policy development and implementation to more adequately address educational inequities across racial, ethnic, and linguistic groups. The article closes with recommendations for Texas’ reiteration of Closing the Gaps 2015, titled 60x30TX, currently in revision to guide state education goals in 2016-2030.Este análisis de crítico de políticas utiliza la teoría racial-crítica para proporcionar una narrativa en contra de la iniciativa de P-16 en Texas conocida como cerrando las brechas 2015. Los resultados indican que, si bien estas reformas tienen como objetivo aumentar el acceso y logros educativos para minorías raciales y étnicas, no consiguen  abordar las desigualdades sistémicas y duraderas como la segregación y la política inconstitucionales de financiamiento educativo. El uso de Texas como un caso de estudio ilumina los caminos del creciente número consejos escolares en todos los EE.UU. podría adaptar y mejorar el desarrollo y aplicación de políticas para abordar de manera más adecuada las desigualdades educativas entre los grupos raciales, étnicos y lingüísticos. El artículo concluye con recomendaciones para el nuevo programa en Texas cerrar las brechas 2015 titulado, 60x30TX, actualmente en revisión para guiar a las metas educativas 2016-2030.Esta análise crítica de políticas usa teoria racial-crítica para fornecer uma narrativa contra a iniciativa P-16 no Texas conhecida como fechando as brechas de 2015. Os resultados indicam que, enquanto estas reformas visam aumentar a acesso e logros educativos para minorias raciais e étnicas, não conseguem resolver desigualdades sistêmicas e duráveis  como segregação e políticas inconstitucionais de financiamento da educação. Usando Texas como um estudo de caso ilumina os caminhos que um grande número de escolas em todo os EUA poderia adaptar para melhorar o desenvolvimento e implementação de políticas para tratar de forma mais adequada as desigualdades educacionais entre os grupos raciais, étnicos e linguísticos. O artigo conclui com recomendações para o novo programa no Texas fechando as brechas de 2015 intitulado, 60x30TX, atualmente em revisão para orientar os objetivos educacionais 2016-2030

Risks and benefits of whole body vibration training in older people

Risks and benefits of whole body vibration training in older peopl

Sensationalising the New Woman: Crossing the boundaries between sensation and New Woman literature

My thesis seeks to conceptualise and explore the relationship between Sensation and New Woman fiction, two popular genres of the mid- to late-Victorian era, to investigate the extent to which Sensation literature is a forerunner to the early development of the New Woman novel; and consequently how the two genres blur, or cross, temporal and conceptual boundaries. Both genres challenged prevailing attitudes to gender, sexuality, morality and domesticity: Sensation fiction more implicitly by making the erstwhile Angel of the House the agent of domestic and marital upheaval and even crime, New Woman fiction explicitly by making the rebel of the house the rebel in society; here, she was more often positioned within the larger socio-economic setting for which her rebellion could have dramatic consequences. While previous comparisons of the two genres (although they are limited in number) have focused solely on the crossovers between the female protagonists, I seek to extend existing scholarship by investigating the relationship between Sensation and New Woman fiction through the two genres’ response to contemporary legal and social debates, the characters, both female and male, Gothic literature, a mode both genres revisited, and their subversive endings. I argue that it is in challenging Victorian ideologies that Sensation and New Woman literature obscure and, to a certain extent, redefine genre paradigms

An evaluation of sea turtle abundances, mortalities and fisheries interactions in the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, 2001

Since 1979, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) Sea Turtle Research Program has served as the Commonwealth\u27s center for sea turtle research and conservation. The primary goal of this program is to assess and monitor sea turtle mortalities and population trends within the Chesapeake Bay and coastal waters of Virginia This has been accomplished through the management of a statewide sea turtle stranding network, aerial population research, behavioral studies using radio and satellite telemetry, arid age and growth research. A major migratory pathway for loggerhead (Carella caretta), Kemp\u27s ridley (Lepidochelys kempi) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtles exists between Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and Virginia (Shoop et al, 1981; Shoop and Kenney, 1992; Keinath et al., 1994). Each year, between 200 and 400 sea turtle stranding deaths are recorded within Virginia\u27s waters. The vast majority of these strandings are juvenile loggerhead and Kemp\u27s ridley sea turtles. Historic stranding data show that 50.0% to 55.0% of the yearly turtle deaths occur in May and June when the turtles first enter the Bay (Lutcavage, 1981; Lutcavage and Musick, 1985; Keinath et al., 1987; Coles 1999). At the time when stranding counts are highest, mean water temperatures range between 18° and 22° C (Coles, 1999). Kemp\u27s ridleys also have an additional peak in strandings in the fall (October and November) when temperatures begin to drop (Lutcavage and Musick, 1985; Coles, 1999). Despite the VIMS Sea Turtle Research program\u27s conservation efforts, a significant number of sea turtle mortalities still occur each year within Virginia; state stranding counts have risen steadily over the last ten years. This increase may in part be due to either intensified fishing interactions, an increase in the sea turtle population. To address this problem, VIMS, under contract and supplemental funding from the National Marine Fisheries Service and Virginia\u27s Commercial Fishing Advisory Board, conducted aerial, surface and sub-surface fisheries surveys and aerial sea turtle population surveys in the Chesapeake Bay during the 2001 season