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    Key Terms • Equal Employment Opportunity: The treatment of individuals in all aspects of employment. • Protected Classes: Individuals of a minority race‚ women‚ older people‚ and those with disabilities who are covered by federal laws on equal employment opportunity. • Bona Fide Occupational Qualification: Suitable defense against a discrimination charge only where age‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin is an actual qualification for performing the job. • Business Necessity: Work-related practice

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    History The Tanzanian government’s commitment to education as an integral part of its social and economic development started shortly after independence. Before independence‚ educational access was very restricted. The Arusha Declaration was followed in 1967 by the policy document "Education for Self-Reliance"‚ in which education was assigned a seminal role in the transformation of Tanzania to an African socialist society. Universal Primary Education (UPE) was emphasized in the Musoma Declaration

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    Special education only began when parent-organized groups started advocating for disabled children’s rights. Prior to this‚ disabled children were considered crippled‚ dump‚ mentally defective or feeble-minded‚ (J. E. Wallace Wallin‚ 1924). They were therefore excluded from education in public institutions. By 1975‚ more than half of disabled children were denied an opportunity to education. (William N. Myhill‚ 2004) However‚ during the 1950s and 1960s several parent-organized groups of advocacy

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    the Cayman Islands‚ and the Turks and Caicos Islands). Education was the great social elevator of the British Caribbean masses. From the middle of the nineteenth century‚ public education‚ expanded rapidly. A primary education combined with some knowledge of languages was useful in commercial concerns because most of the British Caribbean states conducted much of their commerce with neighboring Spanish-speaking countries. A secondary education was helpful in getting into the lower ranks of the bureaucracy

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    History of Sports in America Newspaper Assignment: July 5th‚ 1910 Cleveland Plain Dealer HSTY 272 Pugilism is perhaps the most violent of sports invented‚ testing the strength of a man in an all out brawl‚ sometimes resulting in the loss of limb or life. Overtime‚ the sport became more regulated with three sets of rules being established during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries. The sport has remained relatively unchanged since 1867 when rules regulating the use of gloves and a standard

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    The History and Philosophy of Nurse Education Amy Allin Capella University Abstract Each educator brings to the academic arena their own personal nursing philosophy that is based on experience and is historic in nature. By studying the history of nursing‚ the educator is able to guide the student through their education process. As an educator the nurse becomes an extension of one’s own personal philosophy. Nursing theory serves as the foundation on which to develop a personal philosophy

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    History of American Education Ryan Craig AED/201 October 28‚2010 3 Major Periods 1: The Colonial Period (1607-1775) 1642- Massachusetts Bay Colony Law requires proper teaching of children. 2: The Early National Period 1819 Emma Hart Willard helps New York State opens education for women 3: The Common school movement (1820-1865) 1852 Children must attend school in Massachusetts 2 Major Eras 1: The Progressive Era 1900 Pencil and paper replaces slates 2: The Modern Era

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    Special education has changed in many different ways throughout the last century. The views of they way students with differences should be taught and treated have changed as people have become more open minded. The education laws have also seen a turn about. One major area of education was in a desperate need of changed opinions and beliefs. Education for children with learning problems has emerged from no education to special funding and programs especially for those individuals with

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    Animation in America Throughout history‚ animation has been a constantly evolving source of cultural and political satire. It continuously touches upon issues of race‚ sexuality‚ politics‚ and the general social structure of American culture. Due to its broad capabilities of expression animation has the ability to create television shows that are both amusing to children and thought provoking for adults. This can even be seen with some of the first animated shorts ever made. During the Great

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    The Philippines Under Japan: Occupation Policy and Reaction Ikehata Setsuho and Ricardo Trota Jose‚ editors Quezon City / Ateneo de Manila University Press / 1999 By Temario C. Rivera   If understanding the past is a key to making sense of the present and the future‚ this collection of eight meticulously researched and clearly written articles on the Japanese occupation of the Philippines is a must read. The book stands out for its extensive use of hitherto inaccessible primary Japanese

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