Although many people felt that these laws were unjust‚ it was not until the 1890s that they were directly challenged in court. In 1892‚ Homer Plessy‚ an African American‚ was jailed for sitting in a “white” car on a train (History of Brown v. Board of Education. n.d.). Plessy contended that this was unconstitutional and was one of the first persons to bring the issue of racial segregation to the Supreme Court. In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson‚ Justice Henry Billings Brown‚ writing the majority opinion
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Online Vs Classroom Education Kathy Overley South University Online Online Vs. Classroom Education When you first think about taking classes online‚ you might think that it will not be as valuable as going to a traditional classroom setting and receiving an education. You might want to rethink that. For some of us who grew up without having computers as a part of their everyday life‚ online classrooms could be very enticing. There are some people who will always prefer the traditional classroom
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UN-HABITAT - WORKING GROUP A Bottom of the Pyramid Approaches for Urban Sustainability Background Paper – Draft 0 At the Fourth Session of the World Urban Forum held in Nanjing in November 2008‚ the private sector decided to organise two working groups which would be based on the themes of Urban Governance and Bottom of the Pyramid Approaches for Urban Sustainability. Through their work‚ the groups will also contribute to the preparation of Core Business Principles for Sustainable Urbanization
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Features of Indian Rural Markets *Large and Scattered market: The rural market of India is large and scattered in the sense that it consists of over 63 crore consumers from 5‚70‚000 villages spread throughout the country. *Major income from agriculture: Nearly 60 % of the rural income is from agriculture. Hence rural prosperity is tied with agricultural prosperity. *Low standard of living: The consumer in the village area do have a low standard of living because of low literacy‚ low per capita
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Urban Slums: Reason for Concern? The definition of a slum varies from one form to another depending on the background or country from which an individual comes from. Someone from a rich country may define slums as old run-down buildings‚ whereas someone from a poor country will define slums as un-serviced haphazard constructions. The universal definition of a slum as found in the dictionary is said to be a heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and filth. Slums are seen
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Adrienne Uy ENG 1050 – DC12M Informative Synthesis 11-7-12 Online Education versus the Classroom An education paves the road to success. From high-school‚ college‚ or on-the-job training‚ the classroom has been the traditional setting for teaching and learning. But nowadays that is rapidly changing. With technology at an advantage‚ more online schooling and training is taking place of the traditional classroom. Both public and online schools have its fair shares of advantages and disadvantages
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A lot of decent Filipinos are getting fed up with arrogant squatters July 10‚ 2013 by Ilda The squatters in the Philippines have wreaked havoc in the country and they are out of control. The problem is quite obvious and the solution is staring everyone in the face; there are just not enough public servants with enough guts to address the issue. But someone has to put an end to the vicious cycle of squatting particularly in Metro Manila where most poor Filipinos from the provinces seem to converge
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EFFECTS OF URBAN CRIME ON THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT Technical Paper by: Ms. Adit Padhi (aditipadhi@gmail.com) “Greater concern about terrorism places new opportunities before the design community. If protection is considered from the outset‚ design can make buildings and people safer.”1 Introduction Violent crime was the issue of the nineties‚ while terrorism has become the talk at the onset of 21st century. Understanding crime prevention design is therefore an invaluable tool in organization and
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Skills vs. Knowledge in Education Education systems all over the world are based on the idea that students get and remember information from teachers and books. These systems test this knowledge with standardized tests which compare students to each-other. They only test the kind of information which is possible to measure in tests. The goal is gaining information‚ not developing skills by which to use and make information. Unlike the old style of education where people remembered things in order
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American vs. Finland Education In different continents the value of education is placed differently. Americans sets high standards for their nation‚ but do not set their educational value to where they are placed highly in international standards. Finland is a country that deeply believes in the rule of equality‚ so no one is better than each other. Finland’s educational system is the most different from all other educational system in the entire world. Every kids wants to move to Finland because
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