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In many private schools, especially church-sponsored private schools, community involvement is part of the required curriculum. The rationale is that when young people provide a helping hand to others in the community, it helps to foster their moral and ethical values. It allows them to see the lives of the less fortunate, e.g., low income […]

One of the most terrifying atrocities in human history occurred in Nanking over a six-week period beginning on 12/13/1937, when the Japanese troops entered and controlled Nanking, the then capitol of the Republic of China. During this short six-week period, about 300,000 Chinese (mostly civilians) were killed and over 20,000 Chinese females (women, girls, and […]

Using public domain data (http://www.state.nj.us/njded/data/) from the NJ Department of Education (DOE), I have performed an analysis of the racial group (RG) distributions for the students and certificated staff of several school districts in NJ, and have found that there are systemic racial group staff disparities in NJ. For example, for the Middletown Township School […]

After working for 35 years, I recently (at the end of January 2006) retired. Actually I was laid off, and that made my decision to retire slightly early a very easy decision. During the last 10 months, I have really enjoyed my retirement. As a matter of fact, I found that this past year since […]