Virtually Every State Experienced Deteriorating Access to Care for Adults Over the Past Decade

Presents state-by-state data on 2000-10 changes in the likelihood of non-elderly adults and a subgroup of uninsured adults having unmet medical needs due to cost, receiving a routine checkup, and having a dental visit

Evolving Landscapes

Photos of evolving landscape

Exemplarist Virtue Ethics

In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle introduces the concept of virtue, states of character that allow an agent to perform her function well, and gives a practical account of how someone can become virtuous. I will argue that Aristotle manages to be vague with respect to two epistemic questions: First, how can we identify virtuous people? Second, how can we know which states of character are virtuous? Recently, Linda Zagzebski has introduced a moral theory called exemplarism, which answers that we may identify virtuous people via the emotion of admiration, and that by studying virtuous people, we may come to know which states of character are virtuous. But, Zagzebski’s exemplarism is unmediated; there is no difference between a moral concept and what an exemplar would do or feel in certain circumstances. Problematically, on this account it appears that the more moral experience we have, the murkier our moral concepts become. In what follows, I propose what I call a mediated exemplarism, an account that answers our questions about virtue in the same way as Zagzebski, but on which an exemplar’s actions or feelings do not constitute moral concepts. Rather, on my account, exemplars serve the pedagogical purpose of indicating virtues to an agent, who may then construct a theory of virtue from which moral concepts may be inferred that are divorced from the actions and feelings of a particular exemplar

Shared Reading Lessons for Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grade English Language Learners

This project explains what shared reading is and how it fits into balanced literacy. It explores the benefits of shared reading for English language learners and things the teacher should consider when teaching them. The project includes a collection of shared reading lesson plans for teachers of fourth, fifth and sixth grade ELL students. It explains what shared reading is, materials needed, possible texts, and skills and strategies that can be taught in a lesson. This guide is intended to help teachers of fourth, fifth and sixth grade ELL students teach shared reading lessons in their classrooms

The effects of standardized testing on second grade students

This study was conducted to evaluate the stress and anxiety of high-stakes, standardized testing on second grade students. Twenty second-grade students participated by giving their responses on an affect survey before and after STAR testing each day for two weeks. An analysis of the data revealed the students\u27 different emotions towards taking the California STAR tests for the first time in their young academic career. The results from their responses showed that 85% of the participants experienced test anxiety or stress at least one day of testing. A majority of the students indicated feeling nervous , scared , sad , or sick before or after STAR testing. The results from the study are used to help parents, teachers and administrators understand what second-graders experience during STAR testing