A Balanced Approach: Advocating for Middle School Improvement that Levels the Playing Field

With a large disparity in the rate of suspension incidents received between African American and White students, it is evident why there still exists a gap in academic achievement. Too often we rely heavily on out of school suspensions as a consequence for student misbehavior. This approach leads to students falling behind academically and feeling less connected to their learning environment. My study takes a close look into establishing district policy to help each middle school offer a balanced approach to addressing student discipline in order to improve behavior and increase the amount of instructional time that African American middle school students receive

Resonance in Magnetically Coupled, Tuned Circuits

This paper is devoted to a study of resonance in magnetically coupled, tuned circuits, the primary having impressed on it a sinusoidal e.m.f. and containing capacity, inductance and resistance, the secondary circuit being the same as the primary except that the e.m.f. is induced by the primary. Two such circuits are represented in figure 1. The ordinary radio receiving or broadcasting se consists fundamentally of two such circuits. In the receiving set the e.m.f. in the primary is received from the waves in the ether, the ariel and ground being similar to the generator connections as show in the figure. The broadcasting set is almost the opposite of the receiving set. IN receiving and broadcasting, the thing of importance is that the current particularly in the secondary, be a maximum at some definite wave length that is some definite frequency. The first thing taken up is the symbols used and then the general equations for current in the type of circuits used. When simple circuit, such as number 1 in figure 1, is taken and the current, squared plotted as ordinates and the frequency as abscissas, a curve like those shown in figure 3 are obtained, but when another circuit, such as number 2 in figure 1, is brought near, the curves begin to show two peaks instead of one, as shown by figures 4 to 9. The figures raise the questions as to what frequencies will give a maximum value of current, that is a peak in the cure: what values of K will give one peak and what values will give two peaks, first in the curve for the primary and second in the curve for the secondary; what conditions will make the two peaks in the primary curve equal, the two peaks in the secondary curve equal

The nature, meaning, and significance of the conversion experience of St. Paul

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Analysis of meat consumption and expenditure in Knoxville, Tennessee

This study was designed to: (1) derive a consumption function for quantities and expenditures for total meat using economic and socio-economic variables which have been assumed to determine the con-sumption pattern of a typical household; (2) determine which variables significantly influence meat consumption and expenditure when income is treated as a continuous variable; and (3) estimate and compare income elasticities of total meat consumption for different income groups. Data were obtained from 215 families in Knox County, Tennessee, for the period from September 4 to November 12, 1967. A step-wise regression program was used to estimate the influence of 29 economic and socio-economic factors on total quantities purchased and total expenditures for meat. This study made use of three regression models holding both total quantity and total expenditure dependent. The models varied according to the number of independent variables included. Model I included only income as the independent variable; Model II included income and consumer units; and Model III included all 29 independent variables. Five different equations were used in each model. They were: (1) simple linear, (2) cube root, (3) intercept change, (4) slope change, and (5) intercept and slope change. Equation 5, which permitted both intercept and slope to change, was accepted as the best fitting in each model for both quantity and expenditure. Model I—equation 5 showed an R2of 0.197 for quantity and 0.377 for expenditure. Income was statistically significant in income groups 1, 2, and 3. Negative income coefficients were shown in the fitted model for income groups 2 and 3 for both dependent variables. Model II—equation 5 showed an R2of 0.462 for quantity and 0.50 for expenditure. Income group 3 was statistically significant for both dependent variables. The fitted model showed negative income coefficients for groups 2 and 3 for quantity and group 3 for expenditure. Consumer units were significant for both dependent variables. Model Ill—equation 5 showed an R2of 0.573 with a standard error of 31.64 for quantity and an R2of 0.569 with a standard error of 21.84 for expenditure. Income was statistically significant in the third income group when quantity was dependent; however, the fitted model showed a negative income coefficient for income group 3 for both quantity and expenditure. The number of consumer units, race, religion, and number of meals served to guests, were statistically significant for both quantity and expenditure. Number of meals eaten out and skilled labor were significant in determining quantity, while one or more years of college for the homemaker, one to four years of high school for the husband, and one or more years of college for the husband were significant in determining expenditure. The income elasticity values were positive for equations 1 through 4, but negative in some income groups for equation 5. The income-quantity elasticities for the best equation. Model III—equation 5, were 0.1505, 0.2574, -0.6857, 0.1861, and 0.3514 for income groups 1 through 5, respectively, while income-expenditure elasticities were 0,1139, 0.3063, -0.4748, 0.5928, and 0.5947, respectively. Negative income elasticities appeared for Model III—equation 5 in income group 3 for both quantity and expenditure

Compared to other crimes, law enforcement closes warrants for sex crimes and violent crimes more quickly

For many crimes there is often a gap between when an arrest warrant is issued, and when a suspect is apprehended by law enforcement authorities. In new research using data from the National Crime Information Center Database, Sarah W. Craun and Andrew D. Tiedt analyze the time it takes for a warrant to be closed for various types of crimes. They find that while most warrants are closed in a little over a month, warrants for child pornography, child exploitation and violent crimes were more likely to be closed more quickly, as were those which allowed for full extradition or extradition from adjacent states

How servant leaders navigate conflict: An analysis of Acts 15:36–41

Greenleaf’s foundational work on servant leadership has evolved considerably over the past 50 years. Servant leadership has been found to have positive outcomes on group and organisational effectiveness. While servant leadership characteristics and outcomes have been measured, is a need to be better understand how servant leaders navigate when they disagree. Using a social and cultural analysis, the conflict between Paul and Barnabas is explored. Social and cultural analysis allows interpreters to understand what the characters in the narrative ‘see and hear.’ The analysis of Acts 15:36–41 yielded three emerging themes related to how these servant leaders navigated conflict: (1) the tension created by conflict, (2) leader maturity and conflict and (3) the effectiveness of servant leadership amid differences. It was found that servant leaders are not immune from conflict, and when two servant leaders disagree it creates tension between the various servant leader behaviours. Furthermore, a leader’s experience and maturity influence their responses to conflict. Lastly, it was found that servant leaders do not allow conflict to derail their mission. Contribution: This article contributes to the body of knowledge on servant leadership by exploring how servant leaders navigate conflict from a biblical perspective. By exploring servant leadership behaviours from a biblical perspective, this article contributes to the interdisciplinary focus of HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, engaging social scientific constructs through a New Testament paradigm