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    The United States was built on sense of responsibility that was to be divulged to the entities that could recognize the voices of smaller people and not give too much power to the central government. The states are given the right to education to structure it as they please and fund it. It costs money to operate schools. Teachers need to be paid, buildings need to be maintained and supplies need to be bought. Some schools are funded significantly more than others and it because the funding distributed

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    Elizabeth Wong is a Chinese-American playwright who wrote “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl”. In her essay, she describes her resentment of her Chinese roots and her protest against her parents who want her to learn and appreciate her heritage and culture. Her essay exposes the pressure that society places on immigrant children to fit into the dominant culture. The proposed solutions to fixing this problem is thinking and implementing long term plans. I make the argument that his ethical

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    despite depending on this weak exception to federal law, the ordinance could be passed, as the Spokane Aquifer supplies the entire city with drinkable water, and if it was polluted, an entire city would be without potable water. Additionally, uncovered coal trains often drop coal into people’s yard, also known as private property, thus local governments can regulate uncovered coal trains because they intrude on private property, but the local government would still have trouble with the ordinance

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    Emergency Management laws and acts are established by the Federal Government to allow emergency managers and local elected officials the opportunity to lead disaster response and recovery from the local level to the Federal level. Many of these laws and acts give absolute power to local and state officials to make decisions to best preserve life and property during and after an incident. The laws and acts also hold these officials accountable for the actions that they take and the responsibility

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    Act in 2010 that requires federal agencies to use “clear government communication that the public can understand and use (“PlainLanguage.gov”).. Regardless of federal mandates, the public is seeing the results and expecting no less than clear writing from government (“PlainLanguage.gov”). This analysis of two government documents will define plain language, determine whether the documents meet plain language guidelines, and how the use of plain language impacts government accountability to citizens

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    In the late 1800s, the Canadian government and the church bodies started removing aboriginal children from their homes and started replacing them in industrial schools. The residential schools were the most effective take for destroying aboriginal culture and identity. Many of the Aboriginal children came away from school in their teen year’s barely knowing how to read and write. Thus, what was more critical was that many children were abused emotionally and physically throughout their school years

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    Federal government can rule over the laws of state governments by introducing a new policy, which would be implemented nationwide. So, it would make sense for the state government to intervene in the policies made by the local government. If the laws passed by the federal government can be implemented nationwide, regardless of the state’s views on those laws, the laws passed by the state should also be implemented state-wise, regardless of the views of local government. However, I do

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    states creating their own standards, with significant monetary benefits for states that accept and exceed standards set by CCSS. This topic in particular is interesting because of how politically charged it is. Some individuals think of it as a big-government takeover of what should be handled at a local level, or at the very highest, state level. These standards are important to nearly every aspect of education: teachers, school administration, students, parents, lawmakers, and even textbook and test

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    year of highschool, I joined the policy debate club. Policy debate was an intensive academic activity where teams of two would engage in discussions on the best government 's policy to enact. There would be two teams in each debate round: affirmative or negative. The affirmative would have to propose a policy that the U.S federal government should enact based on their constructed advantages for implementation. After that speech, the negative team would have to make arguments, for examples, kritiks

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    2016). Government agencies at all levels can manage and support policies. A reported by Professor Donald F. Kettl (2014) described local zoning officials in Oso, Washington did not inform people of the potential risk of building their homes on the hillside. Also, federal, state, and local officials did not share information well enough, so that decision makers were not aware of the risks involved (Kettl,2014). The inadequate communication and collaboration between the levels of government resulted

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