Now that you are familiar with the Civil Rights Movement, you will analyze and assess three of its events by creating an informative presentation. Use your chart to help you begin your work.

Steps:

1. Choose three of the following events or actions to profile in a presentation:
   • March on Washington
   • Montgomery bus boycott
   • Watts Riots
   • Selma March
   • Children’s Crusade
   • Formation of Black Panthers
   • Freedom Summer
   • Freedom Rides
   • Greensboro sit-ins
2. Summarize each event, including which of the civil rights organizations and leaders were responsible for it.
3. Explain whether each event was violent or non-violent and why.
4. Explain whether each event could be considered a success or not. Be sure to include specific details to support your claim.
5. Explain your response to the following question: Based on the outcomes of the events you chose, do you think violent or nonviolent protest strategies were more effective?
6. Organize your work into one presentation in your choice of format. Examples include a podcast, voice thread, slideshow, video, or newsletter. There are many 21st century tools available for creating and submitting these types of presentations. For more information about tools your school recommends, please visit the Web 2.0 Tools area in your course or contact your instructor.

Assignment6 – Calculating Response Rate

Purpose: To estimate response rates using different data collection methods. To recommend methods for handling low response rates.

• A group of researchers is interested in comparing attitudes toward two competing products. A random sample of 500 students was invited via email to participate in the study. They received a total of 347 completed surveys, and 24 of the email addresses were not longer valid. Calculate the response rate of the project. What method(s) would you recommend to increase the response rate?
• The Regional Transportation Authority is interested in conducting a disparity study in a particular zone of the city. The researcher drew a sample of 1,500 names from the local telephone directory. The researcher believes that at least half of the households to be contacted include at least one user of the transportation service. To identify these households, a screening question has been included: Has a member of this household used the public transportation in the previous year? Data collectors reported the following results of the calls:
• A store located in a Midwestern city was interested in determining attitudes toward the brands offered by the store. Store managers hired a local market research company to collect data. The researchers drew a systematic sample of 2,000 names from the local telephone directory and set out to conduct telephone interviews. At the conclusion of the data collection phase of the project, the researchers recorded 956 completed interviews, 398 not-at-homes, 427 refusals, and 219 nonworking telephone numbers. Calculate the response rate on the project. What method(s) would you recommend to increase the response rate?

Calculate the response rate on the project.

Format

• Show calculations for each problem.
• Please use Times New Roman font, 12 pt.
• Be precise, concise and to the point.
• Your assignment should be submitted via Blackboard-Assignments/Projects tab.

State should be New Jersey.

Topic: Federal, State, and Local Laws

Federal, State and local laws must be adhered to when developing or managing a business.

In this Discussion you will review Federal and State laws as well as examine your local laws in relation to the simulation of Tim’s Coffee Shoppe and Exavier Candy Company.

To begin, go to the U.S. Small Business Administration website and select “Starting and Managing” and then select under “Managing a Business — Business Laws and Regulations” where federal laws and regulations can be accessed for reference purposes. Make sure you research your state and local laws that apply (Search: State of your state here on the Internet).

• Identify one Federal, State and local law each for Tim’s Coffee Shoppe and Exavier Candy Company (a total of six laws) that would apply to those businesses (laws you have not previously described) if they were located in your area. State why each law applies based on the difference in the size and type of each business.
• Describe the impact of these laws on each of these companies.

U.S. Small Business Administration. (n.d.). Electronic lending. Retrieved from https://www.sba.gov/category/navigation-structure/starting-managing-business/starting-business/business-law-regulations

Directions: This field task is designed to have you learn more about a classroom teacher.

To professionally inquire about an opportunity to speak in detail with an individual, it is crucial that you explain the purpose of your desired meeting, and your objective. This can be achieved by explaining that you are students at CSUS, enrolled in an Urban Education course. State that the objective of the course is to:

Provide analysis of the following: historical, socioeconomic, and political factors influencing urban education; the distribution of opportunity in cities and their schools; and effective instructional and organizational practices that close the achievement gap, including multicultural education, the development of positive school cultures, and the use of community services and resources.

In addition, you should explain that you are interested in speaking with this person for about 40 minutes, and that he/she is being sought based on his/her commitment to teaching/service in our local schools and community. You should plan to take notes, and you should ask whether or not the individual will allow you to record your interview to ensure accuracy in the note-taking process. You must communicate that you will ensure that the audiotape is confidential, that the tape will be destroyed after transcription, and that this interview data is only for classroom learning/research purposes to ensure accuracy. Of course, the person can decline tapping, which is his/her right.

Based on your interview, you will write a 7-10 paged paper utilizing APA style, whereby you explore and discuss your search for knowledge and findings related to urban education. Students should use at least 5 sources (in class and outside sources) to support your inquiry-based approach in knowledge construction about urban education; one source must be scholarly. (Scholarly means an analytical essay or chapter from a peer-reviewed journal or from a book. Points will be deducted for a lack of scholarly research.) You must include a cover, abstract, reference page and adhere to APA standards. Some guiding questions are provided below.

Guiding Questions:

Provide biographical background information about the teacher, school board member or principal, e.g., schooling and professional background, career interests, philosophy on education.

• Describe your personal experience and involvement with the public schools.
• What is your view of public education’s purpose?
• Why did this person decide to become a teacher?
• In what ways does this person feel that he/she is challenged/supported in his/her work?
• What is your personal educational philosophy?
• What are your top five objectives for your work?
• What long-range plan would you want to implement for the school district/school? (May include growth, curriculum, staffing, and/or parental involvement.)
• What specific changes do you want to make in school district policies, programs, or the various school curricula being offered? If so, what changes do you want to make and why?
• What is your view of the respective roles of the school board, the superintendent, school councils/PTA, and teachers in the development and selection of classroom curricula, textbooks, school counselors, etc.?
• What is your opinion of the current school district policies towards students with special needs, i.e. mainstreaming behavioral problem students, English as a second language, breakfast programs, students who face the problems of poverty, family problems, etc.?
• In what way has demographic and economic changes influenced the focus of your work?
• What inequalities of opportunity along race and class lines have you noted in your work?
• In what ways, if any, do you believe that your racial, class or gender identify shapes your views about education, and directs your focus?
• What efforts/strategies have been utilized to ensure that the teaching force reflects the needs of populations within urban schools or low-income students in suburban schools?
• What strategies do you advocate for/ or what strategies are being utilized by the teacher to strengthen home-school connections for students and their families?
• Other questions you deem important