Capitalist Reproduction in Schooling: The social control of marginalized students through zero tolerance policies

Due to increasing media focus, there has been growing concern that U.S. students and the school environment are increasingly violent, leading the public to believe that school discipline should become more strict and punitive (Giroux 2003; Schept, Wall, & Brisman 2014). However, scholars argue that there is little evidence that current practices of school discipline have made the school environment safer, but instead have criminalized the school and are disproportionately targeting students of color and disabled students (Beger 2002; Civil Rights Project 2000; Gregory, Skiba, & Noguera 2010; Hirschfield 2008; McNeal & Dunbar 2010; U.S. Government Office of Accountability 2018). The expansion of zero-tolerance policies and the surveillance culture in schools have played a large role in the creation of the school-to-prison pipeline, in which students are increasingly being suspended and expelled from school and coming in contact with the juvenile justice system. This research explores the relation that zero tolerance policies function as the neoliberal social control mechanism to control students who are seen to have “no market value and [are] identified as flawed consumers because of their associations with crime and poverty, redundancy and expendability” (Sellers & Arrigo 2018, p. 66). Zero-tolerance policies function as the latest manifestation of capitalist reconstitution of educational institutions, through curricula, student conduct codes, disciplinary procedures, and the hidden curriculum, constructed of the language of capitalism, disproportionately targeting students of color (Bowles & Gintis 2011). A series of OLS regression analyses were conducted to analyze how community partners and school resource officer involvement impact the rate of suspension, expulsion, and combined school disciplinary measures using the School Survey on Crime and Safety Survey 2005-06 data. It was found that community partners and school resource officers have a positive and negative relationship with disciplinary rates. This research further substantiates that racial and ethnic minority students receive disproportionate rates of discipline

Attitudes of county commissioners toward farmland preservation in West Virginia

The purpose of the study was to determine county commissioner\u27s knowledge and attitudes toward the farmland preservation program, in West Virginia. The study also sought to identify the barriers and benefits perceived by county commissioners toward farmland preservation. The majority of county commissioners (85.5%) in West Virginia are male. Slightly less than three fourths of the county commissioners (73.1%) were familiar with the Voluntary Farmland Protection Act. A majority of respondents (93.0%) moderately agree that citizens should be educated on farmland preservation. Slightly greater than one half of the county commissioners (57.7%) perceive that small family farms would be maintained as an impact of the farmland preservation program within 10 years. Slightly greater than half of the participants (56.3%) indicated that limited funding for the program is a barrier. Newspaper was ranked first among respondents as being the most effective educational method to inform the public about farmland preservation

A Co-Curriculuar Theatre Arts Handbook: Tips and Techniques to Use When Directing a Production at the High School Level

This project is a handbook of techniques and strategies for beginning directors of high school drama programs. Included in this handbook are sections on selecting the best productions for your actors, strategies for directing the young actor, helpful hints on how to build a successful extra-curricular drama program, and more. This project was based on a review ofliterature (including extant curriculum guides and articles and textbooks on directing and acting) and the author\u27s fifteen years experience as an actor, director, and theatre arts educator

The Impact of the Deposit Requirement for Patenting Biotechnology: Present Concerns, Proposed Solutions

Patenting the fruits of biotechnological research often involves problems unique to that scientific field, especially when the resulting inventions employ micro-organisms that cannot be described easily because of their novelty to the field. The importance of satisfactorily resolving these problems increases because most developed states now allow biotech inventors to patent the novel organism itself. In response to the concern that words are often inadequate to identify completely these microbes, states began allowing biotech patent applicants to deposit a sample culture of the novel micro-organism as a supplement to the written description. This Note addresses the shortcomings of the deposit requirement due, in part, to its nonuniform development among developed states. The Note begins by following the development of the requirement in the United States, certain European states, and the European Patent Convention. The Note also addresses the genesis of patenting the micro-organisms themselves and the various attempts at solving the attendant problems of deposit. The Note concludes by evaluating the current situation and proposing some potential solutions

The “Crossing Borders” Program: Increasing Intercultural Competency Via Structured Social Interactions

Increasing diversity in American college classrooms and recent trends toward globalization require professors to teach more creatively in order to encourage students’ face-to-face intercultural interactions and resulting competencies. At a commuter campus with a heterogeneous student population, a series of large-group activities and small-group dialogues between American and international students resulted in satisfaction and growth for a majority of American participants. Areas of self-reported growth primarily involved intercultural competencies, including knowledge of, attitudes toward, and skills when interacting with others from different cultures

Interview with County wildlife officer, Michael Miller

Michael Miller talks about his job as the wildlife officer and local wildlife issues.https://digital.kenyon.edu/lak_interviews/1024/thumbnail.jp

Interview with Richard Grimm

Dick Grimm talks about mushroom farming.https://digital.kenyon.edu/lak_interviews/1023/thumbnail.jp

Interview with Harold Bower

Harold Bower gives a history of the Kokosing River area.https://digital.kenyon.edu/lak_interviews/1022/thumbnail.jp

Interview with Janet Snow of the Army Corps of Engineers

Janet Snow talks about the Army Corps and what they do.https://digital.kenyon.edu/lak_interviews/1021/thumbnail.jp