Reform

media type="custom" key="12901398" Dorothea Dix: Prison Reform
 * Dorothea Dix was born on 1802 in Hampden, Maine and eventually moved to Boston at the age of ten. Many years later, while working as a teacher, she **


 * had discovered the horrendous treatment of the mentally ill at the East Cambridge House of Correction. This sparked her curiosity to investigate **


 * these state institutions further, documenting physical abuse and neglect towards the mentally ill, and eventually reported her findings to legislature in **


 * Massachusetts and suggested they create separate institutions for the mentally ill and criminals. Legislature was moved by her plea and began to **


 * create humane asylums. Dix continued to promote humanity to the mentally ill, internationally. At the beginning of the civil war, Dix was appointed **


 * Superintendent of Woman Nurses, where she was to manage a large organization of female nurses. Dix served as a full time Social Reformer until her **


 * death in 1887, leaving a culmination of mental hospitals throughout America. **

** Changing America ** = Dorothea Dix changed America because she changed the nation’s outlook on treating the mentally ill instead of abandoning them, her influence led to = = = = the creation of many asylums and mental hospitals. She proved that one person could start a huge change, she had even changed levels of training in = = = = hospitals and spent years of her life to help the less fortunate. Dix caused major legislative change as well as in America’s institutional practices. = = = = Besides having to fund these multiple institutions, there were no negative effects on America through the reform of prisons, which brought America = = = = another step forward with humanism. I for one believe that this brought much more morale to the United States, showing how no person could be = = = = abandoned and also displayed how one person could make huge change and the the government was clearly supporting any needed reform. =

** Reform Today: No Child Left Behind **


 * At the age of 54, George W. Bush became the 43rd president of the United states. He was the second president so have been the son of a previous **


 * one. Since one of Bush’s main priorities was education, bush created his own reform movement which was passed in an act, called the “No Child Left **


 * Behind Act”. Passed on June 14, 2001, this act was based on the philosophy of every child being capable of learning and can’t simply be neglected. **


 * The act assisted disadvantaged students and also created standards to be followed by public school. Students were to be tested annually in **


 * mathematics and reading, schools that continually fail were subject to corrective measures. Measures that could consist of governance change. Some **


 * states requested waivers to be excluded from these conditions since the act’s expectations are very high and can lead to large problems in the public **


 * school community as 82% of schools are stated to be “failing”. “Failing” is to not have all students score proficient or higher on their exams by 2014, **


 * setting standards far beyond anything realistic. Although striking problems with the public school system, students would have a more serious grip on **


 * their education and begin to focus and although they probably can't reach these expectations, they can excel in their learning with more goal oriented **

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 * George W. Bush changed America by creating standards for schools to follow, this can possibly promote education within all student and immigrants because they can now be certain that no immigrant will be denied complete education. This also will provide competition against other countries because most seem to dominate the U.S. Yet, too many problems have arisen because of these high standards and qualifications. If 82% of schools just won't make the cut, than obviously the act is too strict, its too high of a negative outcome and these "corrective measures" will surely be way to difficult to carry out. So, the No Child Left Behind Act would be perfect, if the standards are lowered, because it is sealing the fate of thousands of schools with hopeless scores. **
 * This document displays the struggles gay rights movement activists are facing. Many of the new aged states are planning on alleviating their opinions on gay marriage. Their movement has succeeded into adding Maryland and Washington into gay-supporting countries. Although, these states making their own decisions still create rivalries with the other states, creating law suits that could bee deemed unnecessary. Now, Minnesota and North Carolina are in the process of voting whether to allow gay marriage or not. **


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 * "Dorothea Dix (1802-1887)." Maine Public Broadcasting Network, Maine News & Programming. Web. 07 Mar. 2012. . **


 * "George W. Bush." The White House. Web. 07 Mar. 2012. . **


 * "No Child Left Behind." Research Center:. Web. 07 Mar. 2012. . **