A recent article I read in the New York Times highlights how special interest money can diminish society’s faith in the justice system . Special Interest groups like the Chamber of Commerce are able to pump lots of money into judicial races with hopes that the judges they contribute to will make decisions benefitting Big Business. Despite what Special Interest groups like the Chamber of Commerce say publicly, the policies they support are generally at the expense of the average citizen.
Judges in Mississippi are elected in much the same way as the judges featured in this New York Times editorial. Big Business Special Interest Groups pump millions of dollars into Mississippi judicial races too. Because the wheels of justice turn slowly, it takes the public a long time to realize a problem exists but it appears that voters in Mississippi are catching on.
Generally, its only after something bad happens that the average person realizes what a “bill of goods” they have been sold by Big Insurance and Big Business Special Interest Groups.
In my law practice, I regularly have the unpleasant opportunity to explain how judicial and legislative acts, spurred by special interest groups, have limited average the citizens’ rights and ability to make things right. Often times clients are shocked by what I tell them.
The problem is simple. Regular hard working people cannot compete with Big Business Money when it comes to campaign contributions. Additionally, regular hardworking Amercians dont have time to monitor trends and changes in judicial or leislative policy to stay informed. Meanwhile, Businesses are spending lots of money to evaluate risks and limit their own liability in everyway possible. Doing everything they can to make it easier avoid liability for their mistakes!
The best thing we can do is educate ourselves about a judical candidates positions and more importantly who their contributors are. I think one can learn a lot more about a candidate’s real position by looking at their contributors. As a general rule, when you see lawyers who represent average citizens, not corporations, contribute to judicial races, it means the lawyers believe the judge will uphold the law and not take away a citizen’s ability and rights to correct a wrong they have suffered.
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Lucia French, a developmental psychologist and professor in the counseling and human development and teaching and curriculum programs at the University of Rochester's Warner School of Education, has been appointed the Earl B. Taylor Professor of Education.
A member of the Warner School faculty since 1982, French explores the relations between language development and cognitive development during early childhood. She is nationally known for the development of ScienceStart!, the Warner School's science-based preschool curriculum designed to foster language development, learning, cognition, and school readiness.
"I am delighted that such a distinguished scholar as Lucia French will assume the Earl B. Taylor Professor of Education," said Raffaella Borasi, dean of the Warner School. "Her work on child development and early childhood education truly bridges research and practice, and as such clearly personifies the spirit of the Warner School's mission. Her contributions are not only widely recognized by researchers, but have also directly impacted early childhood education in Rochester."
Initial funding from the Eastman Kodak Company's 21st Century Learning Challenge allowed French to develop the ScienceStart! early childhood curriculum, which capitalizes on children's natural curiosity about the world around them, and uses science as a vehicle to build the rich knowledge base and cognitive and social skills needed for healthy development and academic success. She has received more than $5 million from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education to field test and expand the curriculum.
ScienceStart! was featured at Mayor Robert Duffy's Leadership Summit on Literacy, in November 2006, as one of twelve local promising practices and recognized as a model experiential/applied learning program in Rochester. The Summit's objectives were to formulate a community-wide action plan to promote the awareness of and involvement in advancing literacy and to identify and develop partnerships that will enhance local literacy programs.
French's groundbreaking work, in which she has collaborated extensively with doctoral students and preschool teachers, has been featured in Education Week. She also is the author of Young Children's Understanding of Relational Terms: Some ifs, ors, and buts (Springer-Vertag, 1985) and numerous chapters and articles in developmental psychology.
French has been a Spencer Fellow of the National Academy of Education and a Fulbright-Hayes Research Scholar. Through her Fulbright sponsored research in Korea, she developed the theoretical framework for how preschool programs could best support language development that informed the design of ScienceStart!
French earned her bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees, all in psychology, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She currently teaches courses in child development and early childhood education and supervises doctoral students.
The professorship she assumes was established by the University of Rochester Board of Trustees in 1948 to honor Earl B. Taylor, a 1912 graduate and a professor of education at the University of Rochester from 1928 to 1946. The University's Taylor Hall also is named for him. Previous holders of the Professorship are Henry C. Mills, 1949 to 1955; Byron B. Williams, 1964 to 1967; William A. Fullagar, 1968 to 1980; and most recently Tyll van Geel, 1996 to 2006.