Trinity Banter | Christina Raiti | Activity https://commons.trincoll.edu/members/craiti/activity/ Activity feed for Christina Raiti. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:29:28 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 e3e05d22a055562e23ce6e2c75aa28e2 Christina Raiti commented on the post, Issuing penalties to districts when families opt out of testing?, on the site Urban Ed @ Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/urbaned/2016/04/18/issuing-penalties-to-districts-when-families-opt-out-of-testing/#comment-119 Mon, 18 Apr 2016 21:45:09 -0400 More and more schools have been penalized for having increased numbers of students opting out of the class. I personally think this is ridiculous, I think if the numbers of parents letting their children opt out […]

]]> 8c44e77d57ee34e846251c6ab2df7c4e Christina Raiti wrote a new post, Evolution of Autism in Public Schooling, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/04/evolution-of-autism-in-public-schooling/ Thu, 24 Apr 2014 13:42:33 -0400 Christina Raiti

 

 

Autism, a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract […]

]]> 5c3d21ddde7661d7f4349fff70ccc29f Christina Raiti wrote a new post, Research Proposal 2014 , on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/04/research-proposal-2014/ Wed, 02 Apr 2014 02:26:20 -0400  

Question:  How has the education of Autistic children in the public school system evolved over time in relation to the education of children with other learning disabilities?

 

Relevance:  Autism is a […]

]]> 244785a6d89c8b95c9db95dfecf996f1 Christina Raiti commented on the post, The Lottery Analysis , on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/02/the-lottery-analysis/#comment-6950 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:38:00 -0500 I really enjoyed reading this essay. The issues with the public schools in New York City sound very familiar to those in Hartford. I would like to know more as to why the public schools are failing? Do they […]

]]> 95c1288013e7639d3136c0f26eb64bb5 Christina Raiti wrote a new post, Harsh Realities of an American Teacher, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/02/harsh-realities-of-an-american-teacher/ Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:49:44 -0500 ThumbnailAmerican Teacher is a heart-warming, yet heart-breaking, factual documentary dealing with the everyday lives of school teachers in America.  Our country, in general, does not respect our teachers.  The film delves […]

]]> a1e15a50eea942fe0949a1cd84d2c5b0 Christina Raiti wrote a new post, Committee Meeting Turns Out to Be a Bust, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/02/committee-meeting-turns-out-to-be-a-bust/ Sun, 16 Feb 2014 22:31:50 -0500 ThumbnailOn February 10, 2014, the State of Connecticut’s Education Committee held a meeting in the Capital Building located in Hartford, CT. Room 2C was a beautiful room with a large mahogany, crescent shaped, table […]

]]> 85babd251e3a9fb80d9af18d12e7ce29 Christina Raiti wrote a new post, Plagarism , on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/02/plagarism-2/ Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:15:26 -0500  

 

Step 1:  The value-added scores also fluctuate between years. A teacher who gets a particular ranking in year one is likely to get a different ranking the next year. There will always be instability in […]

]]> ce1ee5d760bd644c444a820643e91f16 Christina Raiti wrote a new post, Learning Goal, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/01/learning-goal/ Tue, 28 Jan 2014 00:31:21 -0500 There are several things I hope to achieve in Ed 300.  To begin, I would love to learn about the old educational system.  I would also like to learn how the reforms in the past lead to the reforms that followed. […]

]]> 4ff420df2d820f050b626f1f3613b8b0 Christina Raiti wrote a new post, Exercise 8 One Nation Indivisible , on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/11/10/exercise-8-one-nation-indivisible/ Mon, 11 Nov 2013 01:19:30 -0500 ThumbnailCities, Suburbs, Schools

11/9/13

Last Friday, November 8, I was able to attend a conference titled Where Integration Meets Innovation.  This conference was held at the Hartford Public Library and its main […]

]]> 2db2e89c3601256f3c65ed7e208d9049 Christina Raiti wrote a new post, How to Lie with Maps, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/10/26/how-to-lie-with-maps-7/ Sat, 26 Oct 2013 21:46:08 -0400 Both of my maps are the same however, they are manipulated differently.  The first map shows racial diversity by increasing the number of buckets.  By increasing the number of buckets this alters the scale which […]

]]> e097f7ba6f3c4851f1541674f8e8f90b Christina Raiti wrote a new post, Zoning, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/10/15/zoning/ Wed, 16 Oct 2013 02:06:04 -0400 ThumbnailZoning: Emancipative or Restrictive?

In the early 1900s, leaders of West Hartford sought to implement zoning restrictions.  West Hartford was a farming town with nearly as many cows as people and was hopeful of […]

]]> 87054dc6369cef56a225ed5e00a75424 Christina Raiti wrote a new post, Plagiarism , on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/26/plagiarism/ Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:14:23 -0400 Ed 300

Assignment 4

Plagiarism

 

Part 0: Finding Good Mommies pg 102-109

Part 1: But it was more than that.  He was saying that we lived in Westport because our parents are smarter and that people […]

]]> 7fed655acfe88a5528b4abd60fe9cc00 Christina Raiti wrote a new post, Sheff vs O'Neil 2003, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/20/christina-and-bianca-sheff-2003/ Fri, 20 Sep 2013 18:49:52 -0400 Sheff vs. O’Neill Stipulation and Order (Phase I, 2003) is a document dealing with the opening and production of Magnet Schools in the Hartford area.  In an attempt to create racial, ethnic, and economic equality, […]

]]> 0b0d923419ffabde091977a8fd36336c Christina Raiti wrote a new post, West Hartford Zoning: Report to the Zoning Commission on the Zoning of West Hartford , on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/14/west-hartford-zoning-report-to-the-zoning-commission-on-the-zoning-of-west-hartford/ Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:34:19 -0400 In 1854 West Hartford established itself as its own independent town housing less than 1,200 residents, and by the early 1920’s the town had gone from a farming community to a suburb where people came to get away […]

]]> 74c5c20f7814de55ab99530d2011eb31 Christina Raiti wrote a new post, Home Buying Simulation, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/05/home-buying-simulation-2/ Fri, 06 Sep 2013 01:09:31 -0400 ThumbnailThroughout this exercise I learned a number of lessons.  My annual gross income was $42,000 which allowed me to spend a minimum of $136,774 and a maximum of $167,265 on a house and or apartment.  I found there was […]

]]> a61f36216d564211257e4964d47d8409 Christina Raiti wrote a new post, sample, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2013/09/04/sample-3/ Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:51:54 -0400 here’s a sample post 

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