What is the impact of the Fourteenth Amendment on religion and public education?

Religious issues tend to elicit strong emotions for all involved in the school system. Educational leaders today need to have at least a basic knowledge of the legal guidelines regarding religious expression in public schools. Additionally, effective communication and appropriate practices are essential for resolving issues around religion and core cultural values.
After completing the required reading, respond to the following questions using examples, the text, and at least one outside source to support your thinking:

What is the impact of the Fourteenth Amendment on religion and public education?
Why might it be difficult for some school districts to find the proper balance between holiday activities being religious enough but not offending minority religious beliefs or those who believe schools should remain neutral?
The role of religion in public education is often cited as part of the “culture wars.” How would you define culture wars? What may be some areas other than religion that intertwine public education in the culture wars?
How do you plan on responding to potential dilemmas surrounding religious expressions? What basic guidelines will you use to influence your decision-making?

The Religious Expression Paper

Must be at least two double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style

What are some differences between a Cloud Reference Architecture and a Cloud Computing Framework

“We know what cloud computing is and we have ITIL that guides us for service management. Do we really need any additional model or framework?”

Discuss (4) reasons why NIST may or may not be superior for planning, designing, and building a real cloud computing environment when compared to IBM architecture

IBM Cloud Computing Reference Architecture
NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture

2. What are some differences between a Cloud Reference Architecture and a Cloud Computing Framework, if any

Please make sure it is APA formatted and have 500 – 600 words. All initial posts must contain a properly formatted in-text citation and scholarly reference.

Examine analysis objectives for evaluation and re-design of organizational structures.

Examine analysis objectives for evaluation and re-design of organizational structures.
Instructions:
It is often difficult utilize sound reasoning and theoretical principles in stressful situations. In this assignment you will develop a change plan for the corporate headquarters of a large long term care organization. You will be moving from a traditional vertical (hierarchal) design to organizational structure (horizontal) to adapt to the rapid changes in consumer needs. This will also make several positions unnecessary.

What are the advantages of this change, what are the disadvantages?
Define what steps you could take to overcome this resistance to change.
In what ways can you identify individuals for promotion in this new structure?
Develop a plan (of at least 1 page) on the RIF (reduction in force), also known as a lay-off, that must occur after the organizations structural change. How will you decide which jobs will have to be eliminated, who will be in on the decision-making process, and how will you notify employees about your decisions? Remember that that horizontal organizations require less middle management not just fewer workers.

Your paper should comprise a title page, at least four pages of information, and a reference page with at least three professional sources .

Evaluate the Teleological argument for God’s existence and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses as an empirical argument.

Please pick one of the following questions to answer for the forum this week:

With reference to Pike’s article, how could it be said that Divine Omniscience challenges the idea that humans have free will?
With reference to Anselm’s Ontological Argument for the existence of God, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of his argument.
Evaluate the Teleological argument for God’s existence and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses as an empirical argument.

provide your perspective about Privacy versus National Security.

For this assignment, provide your perspective about Privacy versus National Security. This is a particularly “hot topic” because of recent actions by the federal government taken against Apple. So, please use information from reliable sources to support your perspective.
This assignment should be 1.5 pages in length, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced on a Word document

What actions does this CEO take that demonstrate effective strategic leadership?

Choose a CEO from a prominent firm that you believe exemplifies the positive aspects of strategic leadership. What actions does this CEO take that demonstrate effective strategic leadership? What are the effects of those actions on the firm’s performance? Your initial post should focus on the key components of strategy execution.
200 word min

What are some of the problems that you have experienced when writing or receiving poorly, perhaps hastily, written emails/texts?

Part A: Email/Text Problems
What are some of the problems that you have experienced when writing or receiving poorly, perhaps hastily, written emails/texts? Describe at least five (5) types of issues.
Part B: Writing a Process Description
Select a specialized process that you understand well and that has several distinct steps. Using the process description discussed in Chapter 19 of your textbook as a model, write a one page description of this process.
Part C: Difficult to Follow Instructions
Find a short set of instructions or some other technical document from work or the Internet that is hard to follow. Replicate or download those instructions at the top of a one-page analysis. Assume that you are the Associate Director of Communications for the company that produced this document and that you are doing a final review before the document is released. Using the “Checklist for Instructions and Procedures” on the following page (also found in Chapter 20 of your textbook), identify what, specifically, makes the document difficult to use, providing a specific reference for each problem area.

Part D: Ted Talk Lecture Evaluation
Watch a 10-20 minute TED Talks lecture online (www.ted.com). There are 27 evaluation criteria on the “Checklist for Oral Presentations” below (also found in Chapter 24 of your textbook). Select 10 among them that you believe are most salient for this speaker. Identify strong areas and areas that could have been better. Provide an example for each. (These are skilled speakers, so you’ll probably be highlighting more strengths than weaknesses.)

When or where would you think it would be necessary to implement security measures for both?

Many business environments have both visible and invisible physical security controls. You see them at the post office, at the corner store, and in certain areas of your own computing environment. They are so pervasive that some people choose where they live based on their presence, as in gated access communities or secure apartment complexes. Alison is a security analyst for a major technology corporation that specializes in data management. This company includes an in house security staff (guards, administrators, and so on) that is capable of handling physical security breaches. Brad experienced an intrusion—into his personal vehicle in the company parking lot. He asks Alison whether she observed or recorded anyone breaking into and entering his vehicle, but this is a personal item and not a company possession, and she has no control or regulation over damage to employee assets. This is understandably unnerving for Brad, but he understands that she’s protecting the business and not his belongings.
When or where would you think it would be necessary to implement security measures for both?

discuss how proper research approaches and documentation styles prevent a student from plagiarizing.

Prepare a one page APA style paper about plagiarism. In the paper be sure to (1) define plagiarism, (2) address why it is unethical, (3) discuss the four different types of plagiarism, and (4) discuss how proper research approaches and documentation styles prevent a student from plagiarizing. Use at least 1 source in this paper (and please be sure to cite it in the paper). Follow the writing guidelines for this course.

Write a 1,000 – 1,250-word paper discussing codes of practice and ethical issues that must be considered when using psychological assessments.

Write a 1,000 – 1,250-word paper discussing codes of practice and ethical issues that must be considered when using psychological assessments. Address the following in your paper:

A description of at least three ethical issues including multicultural and diversity issues
Ways to avoid the ethical issues in psychological assessments
A discussion of how a clinician assesses behaviors that stem from cultures or subcultures
A discussion of how a client’s academic/education, career, personal, and social development impacts assessment choice

Include a discussion of how these ethical issues are addressed in “Section E: Evaluation, Assessment, and Interpretation” from the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics.Include at least three scholarly references in addition to the textbook in your paper.Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.