use a digital tool or other appropriate strategy to create an ideal physical layout of your birth to age 2 classroom. Your layout should include how you would organize the space, materials, and resources in order to maximize progress and promote social interaction. Consider areas centered on art, library, writing, science/math, dramatic play, blocks, and puzzles/manipulatives.

In addition, write a 500-750 word research-based  explaining your layout. Explain how you would organize space, time, and materials/resources to maximize progress and promote social interaction amongst peers, parents, and caregivers. Furthermore, discuss any special attention you would give to areas that would accommodate students with exceptionalities.

Support your findings with 3-5 scholarly resources.

Submit the physical layout and the explanation as one submission.

Prepare this according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide

At all levels of education, the responsibilities of administrators are significantly impacted by federal and state policy changes. With the onset of constantly changing COVID-19 policies and shifting impacts on students, this has become increasingly evident. These policy shifts not only affect students but also the administrators and their daily duties.

take an opportunity to review a letter written to all states from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education [PDF]Links to an external site. that provides updates from the current President’s administration.

Second, access information about federal and state policy changes that impact K-12 and Higher Education from the Education Commission of the StatesLinks to an external site. in the section titled: COVID-19 

1. Depending on your focus (K-12 or Higher Education), evaluate the impact on administrator responsibilities based on the policy considerations and sample policies provided in the information below. Be sure to include a summary of the policy considerations suggested and a rationale for the effectiveness of one of the sample policies.
   • K-12 Focus: Accountability and School Improvement [PDF]Links to an external site.. For K-12, administrators include:
     • Superintendents.
     • Central office administrators.
     • Building principals.
     • Building assistant principals.
   • Higher Education Focus: College Readiness [PDF]Links to an external site.. For Higher Education, administrators include:
     • University presidents.
     • Provosts.
     • Vice-provosts.
     • Deans.
     • Department chairs.
2. Determine ways to mitigate negative impacts on administrator responsibilities in three key areas of the Funding Equity policy. Refer to the Funding Equity [PDF]Links to an external site.. Be sure to include information on:
   • COVID-19 Impact.
   • Equity Implications.
   • Policy Considerations.
3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the Professional Learning for Teachers and Leaders policy. Use one of the sample policies included in the Professional Learning for Teachers and Leaders [PDF]Links to an external site. and share your rationale on the effectiveness of the sample policy. Be sure to include a summary of the policy.
4. Use four sources to support your writing. 

Part I

One of the major themes in this week’s readings and lectures is the disconnect between the religious justification for colonization and the economic incentive underlying colonization. The Spanish in particular struggled to reconcile their goal of converting the Americas to Catholicism with the conquistadors’ manic propensity for violence and exploitation.

Write a brief paragraph providing evidence of the religious and profit-driven rationale for colonization. Use at least two examples from the De las Casas readings (“The Black Legend” and the preface from Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies) to show how the Dominican friar favors the religious justification. How does he portray the indigenous Americans, and how does he portray the Europeans? Why do you think he portrays them this way? (In other words, what is his bias?)

Compare De las Casas’ account with Bernardino de Sahagun’s “The Battle for Tenochtitlan”. Use at least two pieces of evidence from the Sahagun reading. How does Sahagun portray the indigenous Americans, and how does he portray the Europeans? Why do you think he portrays them this way? Again, what is his bias? You may either discuss this in a separate paragraph or weave the information of each reading together in a single paragraph.

Who do you think provides a more objective description of events, De Las Casas or Sahagun?

Part II

Olaudah Equiano and Phillips paint a vivid picture of the Atlantic Slave Trade in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In another paragraph, use at least 2 examples from The Life of Olaudah Equiano and “A Journal of a Voyage Made in the Hannibal of London 1694” to explain how the slave trade was an interconnected, globalized endeavor. How do the two readings corroborate each other? I would like you to identify demographic patterns (gender, ethnicity, age, or economic status) among those who participated in the slave trade. In your paragraph, formulate your own argument about the slave trade based on evidence from the readings and lecture.

 TOPIC: Impact of rural health policy 

For the final paper assignment, develop a Policy Analysis of 1,200 to 1,500 words taking a position and recommending a policy to advocate for political, social, or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations. In the Policy Analysis, you will need to address the conflicting concerns regarding the health impacts of the policy. You will need to take a position on a policy opportunity that addresses your defined issues. The paper should incorporate terms and concepts from the course. Expectations: Identification of a topic area that focuses on improving health in diverse populations from the NRHA Policy Agenda (provided in Week 4 Lecture Materials) Problem statement section with at least two problem statements Background section with at least four references to peer-reviewed material and two references to existing NRHA-associated policy efforts Landscape section with at least two stakeholders and two areas (i.e., political and economic) and four fact